It's unlikely reggae music would have emerged from the island nation of Jamaica without its precursor, a musical style called ska. And ska would not have been such an international success if it ...

Desmond Dekker, the Jamaican singer whose 1969 hit, "The Israelites," opened up a worldwide audience for reggae, died on Wednesday. He was 64. He died after collapsing from a heart attack in his home ...

This is the song that towers over the rest of Dekker’s catalogue, with good reason. For one thing, it was the first reggae song to hit in America, unless you count “My Boy Lollipop,” which you ...

Toots and the Maytals were right: Desmond Dekker came first. While Toots was actually referring to Dekker s placement in Jamaica s 1968 Song Festival, the sentiment could easily connote Dekker s place ...

The fans who pushed Desmond Dekker’s “Israelites” to the top of the pop charts in 1968 and 1969 had no firsthand experience with the social conditions in Jamaica that gave rise to the lyrics. They did ...

Desmond Dekker, who brought the sound of Jamaican ska to the world with songs such as "Israelites," has died, his manager said Friday. He was 64. By Billboard Staff Desmond Dekker, who brought the ...

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The Jamaica Observer‘s Entertainment Desk continues with the 55th of its biweekly feature looking at seminal moments that have helped shape Jamaica over the past 60 years. When Desmond Dekker died in ...

WASHINGTON -- Jamaican reggae pioneer Desmond Dekker, famed for the genre's first worldwide hit, Israelites, has died of a heart attack at his home in England, the Jamaica Observer reported Friday. He ...

LONDON – Desmond Dekker, who brought the sound of Jamaican ska music to the world with songs such as "Israelites," has died, his manager said Friday. He was 64. Dekker, who lived in England, collapsed ...