Given the question: Facts: - instrument: vocals - years active: 1949 -- 1959 - birth name: norman byfield thomas - death date: 18 miami , florida , us may 1959 -lrb- age 25 -- 27 -rrb- - genre: mento , calypso - birth date: 1931/32 or 1933/34 - name: lord flea - background: solo_singer - label: calypsodisc , times , capitol - birth place: kingston , jamaica - occupation: musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lord flea .
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lord flea was the stage name of norman byfield thomas -lrb- 1931/32 or 1933/34 -- 18 may 1959 -rrb- , 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 .