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Leslie Kong was born on 20 December, 1933 in Kingston, Jamaica, is a Leslie Kong was Jamaican reggae producer Jamaican reggae producer. Discover Leslie Kong's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 37 years old?
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Record producer |
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37 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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20 December 1933 |
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20 December |
Birthplace |
Kingston, Jamaica |
Date of death |
9 August, 1971 |
Died Place |
Kingston, Jamaica |
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Jamaica
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Leslie Kong Height, Weight & Measurements
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Leslie Kong Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Leslie Kong worth at the age of 37 years old? Leslie Kong’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. He is from Jamaica. We have estimated Leslie Kong's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Leslie Kong (20 December 1933 – 9 August 1971) was a Jamaican reggae producer.
Leslie and his two older brothers Cecil and Lloyd ran a restaurant, ice cream parlour and record shop called Beverley's in Orange Street, Kingston.
A wise businessman, Kong was one of the original shareholders in Island Records along with Chris Blackwell and Australian engineer Graeme Goodall.
In 1961, he encountered a young Jimmy Cliff outside of his shop singing a song he had written called "Dearest Beverley", in the hopes that the mention of the establishment would convince Kong to record him.
This encounter led Kong to launch his own record label, Beverley's, and to record Cliff's song, launching Cliff's career in the process.
Cliff took on an A&R role for the label, and brought Bob Marley to Kong's attention.
In 1962, Kong recorded Marley's first single: "One Cup of Coffee" and "Judge Not", and Jimmy Cliff's first hit, "Miss Jamaica".
Kong, known in Jamaican music circles as "the Chinaman", quickly established himself as the island's leading producer of local popular music.
Starting in 1963 Kong began licensing ska recordings to Blackwell for release in the UK on Island's Black Swan imprint.
After Blackwell bought out Kong and Goodall's share in Island, in 1967 Kong formed a second partnership with Graeme Goodall, who created the Pyramid label in the UK for the successful release of Kong's rocksteady and early reggae productions.
Kong is known for being the first Jamaican producer to get international hits with long-time collaborator Desmond Dekker, in 1967 with "007 (Shanty Town)" and, above all, in 1969 with "Israelites" which topped the UK Singles Chart in April 1969 and went to number nine on the US charts in June 1969, selling over two million copies.
During the early reggae period, he worked with Bob Marley and The Wailers (The Best of the Wailers) and enjoyed several successful hits with The Pioneers' "Long Shot Kick The Bucket", and The Melodians' "Rivers of Babylon" and "Sweet Sensation".
His works with The Maytals also led to many hits including "54-46 That's My Number" and the UK charting single "Monkey Man".
Ex-Skatalites saxophonist Roland Alphonso cut numerous instrumentals for Kong during the rocksteady period.
When reggae arrived in late 1968, lead instrumental duties were handled by organists Ansell Collins and Winston Wright, a member of Tommy McCook's Supersonics.
Kong makes a cameo appearance in the Jamaican film The Harder They Come, playing a recording engineer in a scene in which Jimmy Cliff's character watches a studio recording session, by Toots and the Maytals, of the song "Sweet and Dandy" (Kong was the actual producer of that recording).
Kong's plans to release a compilation album of tracks from the singles he produced by the Wailers led to Bunny Wailer allegedly threatening Kong with a curse, telling him that if he issued the record he would die.
When Pyramid folded in 1969, the licensing successes continued with Trojan Records.
Kong went ahead with the release in 1970.
Kong died of a heart attack, aged 37, in August 1971.