Desmond Dekker (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).
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Leslie Kong
Chinese-Jamaican record producer
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The Aces
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The Pioneers
Jamaican band
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Derrick Morgan
Jamaican musician
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Judge Dread
English musician
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Dandy Livingstone
Jamaican musician
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Lynn Taitt
Jamaican musician
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Alton Ellis
Jamaican musician
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Winston Grennan
Jamaican drummer, creator of one drop reggae beat, flyers beat,
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Nicky Thomas
Jamaican reggae singer
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Clancy Eccles
Jamaican musician
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The Specials
British 2-Tone ska band
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Jackie Edwards
Jamaican recording artist; musician and songwriter
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The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
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Owen Gray
Jamaican musician
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Justin Hinds
Jamaican musician
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Bruce Ruffin
Jamaican musician
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Phyllis Dillon
Jamaican singer
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Prince Buster
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
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Ken Boothe
Jamaican musician
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Lloyd Charmers
Jamaican musician
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Errol Dunkley
Jamaican musician
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Dennis Brown
Jamaican reggae singer
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The Ethiopians
band
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Jah Jerry Haynes
Jamaican guitarist
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Lord Tanamo
Jamaican singer
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Michael Rose
Jamaican reggae singer
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The Techniques
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Black Slate
Black Slate: UK's long lasting reggae band.
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Theophilus Beckford
Jamaican pianist
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Symarip
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The Selecter
British new wave band
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Dawn Penn
Jamaican reggae singer
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Garnett Silk
Jamaician musician
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Zap Pow
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Derrick Harriott
Jamaican musician
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Slim Smith
Jamaican singer
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Bitty McLean
British singer
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Laurel Aitken
singer
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Cornell Campbell
Jamaican musician
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Roy Shirley
Jamaican musician
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Jackie Mittoo
Jamaican musician
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Delroy Wilson
Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer (1948-1995)
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Keith Hudson
Jamaican musician
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Toots and the Maytals
Jamaican ska/rocksteady band
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Millie Small
singer-songwriter
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Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
musical artist
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Rudy Mills
Reggae musician
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The Cimarons
British reggae band
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Dwight Pinkney
Jamaican musician
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Ansell Collins
Jamaican musician
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Matumbi
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The Paragons
Jamaïcan ska band
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Dave Barker
Jamaican reggae musician
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Tommy McCook
Jamaican musician
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Johnny Osbourne
Jamaican musician
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Lloyd Parks
Jamaican musician
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Boris Gardiner
Jamaican musician
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Gladstone Anderson
Jamaican musician