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| | Former Byron Lee and the Dragonaires lead singer, Vic Taylor, dies at 56 - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM |
 | | NEW YORK (AP) -- Vic Taylor, a singer who performed with the Jamaican bands Tommy McCook and the Skatalites and Byron Lee and the Dragonaires, died Monday at age 56, his daughter Vanessa Taylor said. |
 | | A Kingstonian by birth, Taylor was a lead singer with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires in the 1970s and '80s, performing songs like My Way and You'll Never Walk Alone, said Errol Gayle, a guitarist with the band. |
 | | Long-time Dragonaires bass player, Courtney Robb, remembered Taylor, who had a superb baritone, as the consummate balladeer of the three lead singers the band had at the time, the other two being Keith Lyn and Barry Biggs. |
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