VETERAN SINGER HUBERT LEE OF THE CLARENDONIANS FAME, DIES AT 75!

Singer Hubert Lee, who had hits with the legendary group, The Clarendonians, died yesterday, March 31, at his home in Hartford, Connecticut. Lee was 75.

According to family spoke person, Natasha Lee (Hubert’s niece) she got a text message about 8:00 am from Jamaica, that Lee’s younger brother Lansford Scafe, had just lost his battle with cancer. She then made several calls to Hubert to tell him of his brother’s passing. After not getting him, she then asked a family friend to make a “welfare check” on Lee. He was found dead in his bedroom. Natasha says she is certain that Lee never heard that his younger brother had died.

In 1972, Hubert Lee had his first Top Ten hit with The Clarendonians “Night Owl” which peaked at No.3 on the Gleaner Hit Parade, and produced by Prince Tony Robinson. Later in the same year, his solo single “There Is Something On Your Mind” produced by Clive & Leonard for Randy’s Records, climbed to No.8 on the Hit Parade. In the following years, he had other hits with The Clarendonians “High School Dance” and “This Is My Story” also produced by Robinson. By 1974, Hubert Lee was recording for Bunny Lee (no relation) “What I Am Living For” “Crying Time” and Pen In Hand”

Hubert Lee was born on June 5, 1944, in Mannings Field, Manchester. He is survived by a son and five grand children. Funeral arrangements have not known up to press time.