11 Facts About Bunny Lee

Edward O'Sullivan Lee OD, better known as Bunny "Striker" Lee, was a Jamaican record producer.

Bunny Lee was known as a pioneer of the United Kingdom reggae market, licensing his productions to Trojan Records in the early 1970s, and later working with Lee "Scratch" Perry and King Tubby.

Bunny Lee was born on 23 August 1941 and grew up in the Greenwich Farm area of Kingston, where his father was a shoemaker.

Bunny Lee then moved on to work with Ken Lack, initially in an administrative role, before taking on engineering duties.

Bunny Lee then set up his own Bunny Lee's label, the first release being Lloyd Jackson's "Listen to the Beat".

Bunny Lee was a pioneer of the United Kingdom reggae market, licensing his productions to the Palmer Brothers and Trojan Records in the early 1970s.

Bunny Lee was instrumental in producing early dub music, working with his friend and dub pioneer King Tubby in the early 1970s.

Bunny Lee encouraged Tubby to mix increasingly wild dubs, sometimes including sound effects such as thunder claps and gunshots.

However, during the late 1970s Bunny Lee produced almost every deejay, notably Dennis Alcapone, U-Roy, I-Roy, Prince Jazzbo, U Brown, Dr Alimantado, Jah Stitch, Trinity, and Tapper Zukie.

Bunny Lee died at the age of 79 from heart failure on 6 October 2020.

Bunny Lee had been suffering from several health issues, including kidney problems relating to diabetes, for some time.