Lee was the founder of a Hong Kong beat band called The Thunderbirds, a beat group in the same Hong Kong/Macau musical scene as Danny Diaz & The Checkmates, Zoundcrakers, Anders Nelson & The Inspiration, D'Topnotes and Teddy Robin & The Playboys.[8] He founded the group in 1966 and quickly became famous in Hong Kong.[9][10][11] A few singles were sung mostly or all in English.