Matthew Sherman explains the relationship between The Maytals and Leslie Kong as, "From '69 to '71, Toots (Toots Hibbert) could do no wrong recording for Leslie Kong. With the consistent nucleus of musicians, the Beverley's All-Stars (Jackie Jackson, Gladstone Anderson, Winston Wright, Hux Brown, Rad Bryan, Paul Douglas and Winston Grennan) and the Maytals’ brilliant harmonizing, Toots wrote and sang his unmistakable voice about every subject imaginable." Other vocalists who recorded for him and the Beverley's label include Ken Boothe, Bruce Ruffin, The Gaylads and Delroy Wilson. 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. 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. Kong went ahead with the release in 1970. Kong died of a heart attack, aged 37, in August 1971. Discography Various Artists – Original Reggae Hot Shots – 1969 – Beverley's/Trojan (1975) Various Artists – King Size Reggae – 1970 – Beverley's Various Artists – Golden Hits by the Greats – 1970 – Beverley's Various Artists – Reggae Chartbusters – 1970 – Beverley's Various Artists – King Size Reggae – 1970 – Trojan Records Various Artists – Hot Shots of Reggae – 1970 – Trojan Records Various Artists – Best of Beverley's Records 1969–1970 – Trojan Records (1981) Various Artists – The Best of Beverley's Records or Masterpieces From The Works of Leslie Kong – Island Records/Trojan (1981) Various Artists – The King Kong Compilation – Island Records (1981) Various Artists – Leslie Kong's Connection Vol 01 – 1969–1971 – Jet Set Records Various Artists – Leslie Kong's Connection Vol 02 – 1969–1971' – Jet Set Records References 1933 births 1971 deaths Jamaican record producers Jamaican people of Chinese descent Trojan Records artists