Chung was born in
Christiana,
Jamaica, in 1950. He was of
Chinese Jamaican descent, and grew up on Tewari Crescent in
Kingston, Jamaica. He later moved with his family to the
Vineyard Town area of the city, attending
St. George's College. He began his career in music as the guitarist for the Mighty Mystics, The Virtues (1967–69), Generation Gap, and the Federal Studios house band the
Now Generation Band, before playing with artists such as
Jacob Miller and
Inner Circle in the 1970s. As a member of
Word, Sound and Power from 1978, along with
Sly & Robbie, he backed
Peter Tosh on
Mystic Man,
Wanted Dread and Alive, and
Bush Doctor, playing guitar and
synthesizer. He played for
Lee Perry's band
The Upsetters (?-1975?-?), and the
Compass Point All Stars (
Island Records). Chung was the brother of keyboardist/producer
Geoffrey Chung, ==Collaborations==