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Desmond Dekker

1941 - 2006

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Desmond Dekker (born Desmond Adolphus Dacres; 16 July 1941 – 25 May 2006) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group the Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the earliest international reggae hits with "Israelites" (1968). Other hits include "007 (Shanty Town)" (1967), "It Mek" (1969) and "You Can Get It If You Really Want" (1970). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Desmond Dekker is the 1,134th most popular musician (down from 805th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 16th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Jamaican Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Desmond Dekker ranks 1,134 out of 3,175. Before him are Dizzy Reed, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Woody Herman, Yvonne Loriod, Giorgio Gaber, and Lou Donaldson. After him are Mika, Nathan East, Trevor Pinnock, Pharoah Sanders, Volodymyr Ivasyuk, and Dick Parry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Desmond Dekker ranks 333. Before him are Robert Keohane, Jorma Kinnunen, Sean S. Cunningham, Marina Oswald Porter, Keith Newton, and Sara Nazarbayeva. After him are Georges Heylens, Pasqual Maragall, Pascoal Mocumbi, Donella Meadows, Ikuo Matsumoto, and Pete Rose. Among people deceased in 2006, Desmond Dekker ranks 212. Before him are Chris Heunis, Robert Lockwood Jr., Al Lewis, Shigeru Kayano, Fernando Romeo Lucas García, and Betty Curtis. After him are Mirko Marjanović, André Schwarz-Bart, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Ted Schroeder, Akira Ifukube, and Gert Fredriksson.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Desmond Dekker ranks 31 out of 189. Before him are Shaggy (1968), Patrick Ewing (1962), Sean Paul (1973), Mary Seacole (1805), DJ Kool Herc (1955), and Bunny Wailer (1947). After him are Burning Spear (1945), Norman Manley (1893), Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), Carol (null), Prince Buster (1938), and Ziggy Marley (1968).

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Among MUSICIANS In Jamaica

Among musicians born in Jamaica, Desmond Dekker ranks 6. Before him are Bob Marley (1945), Peter Tosh (1944), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), Sean Paul (1973), and DJ Kool Herc (1955). After him are Prince Buster (1938), Ziggy Marley (1968), Horace Andy (1951), Monty Alexander (1944), Damian Marley (1978), and King Tubby (1941).

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