Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer-songwriter (died 2006)

Desmond Dekker

Jamaican musician (1941–2006)

Desmond Dekker was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group the Aces, he had one of the earliest international reggae hits with "Israelites" (1968). Other hits include "007 " (1967), "It Mek" (1969) and "You Can Get It…