Leslie Kong
Leslie Kong (
1933–
August 9,
1971) was a
Chinese Jamaican reggae record producer.Leslie Kong and his brothers (Fats and Cecil) used to run a restaurant, ice-cream parlour and record shop named Beverley's in Orange street,
Kingston. In 1961, he met
Jimmy Cliff singing outside of his shop; this encounter led him to decide to launch his own label "
Beverley's" and to record Cliff's first song "Dearest Beverley", launching his career. In 1962, he recorded
Bob Marley's first singles: "One Cup of Coffee" and "
Judge Not", and Jimmy Cliff's hit, "Miss Jamaica". Throughout the 60s he kept on recording many Jamaican artists from
ska to reggae through
rocksteady including
Joe Higgs,
Desmond Dekker,
Toots & The Maytals,
Derrick Morgan,
John Holt and Stranger Cole. A wise businessman, Kong made from 1963 a licence deal with
Chris Blackwell's
Island Records subdivision "Black Swan" label, then with Graeme Goodall's Pyramid imprint and with
Trojan Records by the end of the 60s.
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Leslie Kong
Leslie Kong