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Soca Era The influences and early collaborations with Calypsonians such as the Mighty Sparrow, Lord Brynner and others led Byron Lee to carve a path for the band into Soca music. It was at a performance in Trinidad & Tobago in 1963, that Byron Lee was to meet the Calypso King of the World - The Mighty Sparrow and form a bond that lasts to this day. From that day on, though still playing the music of Ska, Rock Steady, Mento, Reggae, Salsa - the Band started to move more towards the music of Calypso and Soca. Byron Lee & the Dragonaires inimitable way of interpreting Calypso and Soca has let to commercial success, establishing a trend which now identifies the band primarily as one of the top Soca bands in the Caribbean. One of the most successful productions "Sparrow Meets the Dragon" was released in 1969 and the title track "Only A Fool" became a big hit worldwide. Over the years the Sparrow and the Dragon have collaborated to merge the much more developed Jamaican music and the slowly emerging rhythm of the Eastern Caribbean. 1974 became another landmark in the Soca career of Byron Lee and the Dragonaires when they were accepted into the prestigious Trinidad Carnival, playing in the road march with a Legendary Mas Band designer - Stephen Lee Hung. Their growing popularity as a Soca Band was further cemented with their number one Soca hit "Tiney Winey". Released in 1985, this song became the most popular Soca song for the Caribbean and the USA that year. Other hits have since followed which include, "Dancehall Soca", "Soca Butterfly" and "Soca Tatie". But it was in 1989 that formal recognition as a Soca band was achieved in Trinidad and Tobago when the band became the first non-Trinidadian band to win the Downtown Carnival Committee Award in Port-of-Spain for Best Playing Band. Jump Up Carnival 75 Heat In De Place Wine Miss Tiny Soca Girl Soca Bacchanal
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