Lord Flea

about

Lord Flea was the stage name of Norman Byfield Thomas (1931/32 or 1933/34 – 18 May 1959), a Jamaican mento musician credited with "helping start the calypso craze in U.S." With his band The Calypsonians, Flea toured America throughout the late 1950s, and released an album on the Capitol label. The band also performed in two calypso-related films. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

albums

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Mirror To The Soul: Caribbean Jump-Up, Mambo and Calypso Beat 1954-77

Jamaica-Mento 1951-1958

Swingin' Calypso's

Jamaican Mento Music Hits (1952 - 1958)

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swingin' calypsos

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Rookumbine

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Early Jamaican Music - The Best Of Mento & Calypso

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Jamaica Before Ska

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Best of Ska, Vol. 1

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Rookumbine(Authentic Calypso & Mentos

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Calypso a la mode

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Essential Jamaican Mento and Ska