Los Angeles Times 1961. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [4] "007 (Shanty Town)" was a top 15 hit in the UK and his UK concerts were attended by a large following of mods wherever he played. made it into the Top Ten on the U.S. singles chart the following year. His workplace singing had drawn the attention of his co-workers, who encouraged him to pursue a career in music. The track was written by Dekker (under his real name of Desmond Dacres) and his record producer, Leslie Kong, and was recorded in Jamaica with the brass . [2] The Aces continued to record under their own name (without Dekker) and had a Jamaican hit in 1970 with "Mademoiselle Ninette". "Isrealites" lyrics have long been obscure, but, with the wonder of the internet are now easily available and I have. Stock Photos from Photos.com, iStockPhotos.com, 123rf. [3] In 2003 a reissue of The Harder They Come soundtrack featured "Israelites" and "007 (Shanty Town)". Following his mother's death, he moved to the parish of St. Mary and later to St. Dekker still performed regularly, and gave what would be his final concert Dekker was divorced and was survived by his son and daughter.[14]. Dekker was born on 16 July 1941 in Kingston, Jamaica, and began his working life as a welder before turning to singing full-time. [3], In 1961 he auditioned for Coxsone Dodd (Studio One) and Duke Reid (Treasure Isle), though neither audition was successful. [13] The Harder They Come ", Reggae DJ Daddy Ernie, of Choice FM in London, said: "Any history book that you pick up on reggae, Desmond Dekker's name will have to be in there. His impact on music, record-company veteran Roger It's Not Easy 3. Sung in Jamaican creole, some of the song's lyrics were not readily understood by many British and American listeners at the time of its release. The artist died on May 25, 2006, of a heart attack at his home in Thorton Heath in the Croydon Borough of London. [5] Many of the hits from this era came from his debut album, 007 (Shanty Town). The two had met Singer. Desmond Adolphus Dacres was born in Saint Andrew Parish (Greater Kingston), Jamaica, on 16 July 1941. of a heart attack, May 25, 2006, in London, England. [3], Dekker continued to release rude boy songs such as "Rude Boy Train" and "Rudie Got Soul", as well as mainstream cultural songs like "It's a Shame", "Wise Man", "Hey Grandma", "Unity", "If It Pays", "Mother's Young Girl", "Sabotage" and "Pretty Africa". Los Angeles Times The music began In 2000 he released the album "Halfway to Paradise." Desmond Dekker performing at London's Brixton Academy in 1985. It hit #1 in the United Kingdom,[12] the Netherlands, Jamaica, South Africa, Canada, Sweden and West Germany. He continued to tour regularly; his final concert was on May 11 at Leeds University. Born Desmond Adolphus Dacres, July 16, c. 1941, in Kingston, Jamaica; died of a heart attack, May 25, 2006, in London, England. 1972 film [8] King of Kings consists of songs by Dekker's musical heroes including Byron Lee; Theophilus Beckford, Jimmy Cliff, and his friend and fellow Kong label artist, Derrick Morgan. A series of songs including "Rude Boy Train" and "Rudie Got Soul" made Mr. Dekker a hero of Jamaica's rough urban "rude boy" culture. [3] In Dekker's words: "The students had a demonstration and it went all the way around to Four Shore Road and down to Shanty Town. It was also a hit for Musical Youth in 1983. In 1970 Dekker released "You Can Get It If You Really Want", written by Jimmy Cliff, which reached No. He found fame with his band Desmond Dekker and the Aces - their international hit Israelites topped the UK charts and made the top 10 in the US. From a child he regularly attended the local church with his grandmother and aunt. Dekker recorded the song again for his 1980 album Black and Dekker. Ska legend Desmond Dekker has died suddenly from a heart attack, his manager said today. Compass Point [6], The 1980s found Dekker signed to a new label, Stiff Records, an independent label that specialized in punk and new wave acts as well as releases associated with the 2 Tone label, whose acts instigated a short-lived but influential ska revival. Track listing. I heard a couple arguing about money. The artist took a permanent residency in the UK in 1969. States, but it reached No. By the time I got home, it was complete. On November 3, 2019, "Israelites" was prominently featured in the third episode of HBO's Watchmen. Left to earn a living on his own, he apprenticed as a welder. Photo Highlights: Protoje takes Hope Gardens A Matter of Time Live, The Top 100 Reggae Songs From 1962 2017. Desmond Dekker passed away. Black and Dekker jazz elements, combined with such local forms as calypso and mento and He had been due to perform at the Respect Festival in Prague on 2 June, and numerous dates across Europe . The 7 Breakfast Dishes Every Jamaican Should Know How Jamaican Men Say Thank You to another Jamaican How Jamaicans Greet You When They Have Not Seen You 20 English Words That Sound Better In Jamaican Patois. Many of his On the 22 August 1970 edition of American top 40, Casey Kasem claimed that Dekker had more than 40 #1 records in Jamaica. Desmond Dekker was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. An energetic live performer, he was about to start a European summer tour and was booked to play in Prague next week. By the 1980s, he was signed to Stiff Records and his music created a short-term revival of ska, but he was bankrupt by 1984. Desmond Adolphus Dacres - Born in Saint Andrew Parish Kingston Jamaica 16th July 1941. "007 (Shanty Town)" was included in the soundtrack for Chocolate Skateboard's Las Nueve Vidas De Paco (1995), during the segment of professional skater Keenan Milton. Their song "Working on it Night and Day", entered the pop charts in 1973. Nincom Poop 8. The Aces, originally known as The Four Aces, were a Jamaican vocal group who are best known for their work with Desmond Dekker. Genres: Jamaican Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae. career, "Israelites," was released in December of 1968 and Jamaican patois, helped make his 1969 song "Israelites" an Times [1] The track was written by Dekker (under his real name of Desmond Dacres) and his record producer, Leslie Kong, and was recorded in Jamaica with the brass accompaniment added in the UK. The 64-year-old Jamaican, best known for his 1969 smash hit Israelites, collapsed at his home in Surrey yesterday morning. A global million sales was reported in June 1969. Dekker's next album, Compass Point (1981), was produced by Robert Palmer. It was one of the first reggae songs to become an international hit, despite Dekker's strong Jamaican accent which made his lyrics difficult to understand for many listeners outside Jamaica.[10]. For the secondary James Bond theme, see, O'Brien Chang, Kevin & Chen, Wayne (1998), Soundtrack for the ages: 40 Years of Harder They Come, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=007_(Shanty_Town)&oldid=1099693912, This page was last edited on 22 July 2022, at 03:53. [2], The disc was released in the UK in March 1969 and was #1 for one week, selling over 250,000 copies. He was preparing to headline The World Music Festival in Prague. [9] Desmond headlined Jools Holland's 2003 Annual Hootenanny. He was also a songwriter and a musician as well. even the most obscure ones.". 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Other successes included 007 (Shanty Town) and Rude Boy Train, which established him as an icon of Jamaica's 1960s rude boy scene - the ska subculture of sharp-suited urban youth who lead violent invasions of dancehall parties. The obituary was featured in Legacy on May 26, 2006. He was orphaned as a teenager but made a success for himself after signing with Leslie Kong's Beverley's record label and releasing his first single, Honour Your Father and Mother, in 1963, a paean. Ironically although he went to worldwide fame his former welding colleague Marley never had a UK number one. May 25, 2006 - Desmond Dekker was born Desmond Adolphus Dacres on July 16th 1941 in Saint Andrew Parrish, Kingston, Jamaica. park one day, was a homage to Jamaica's underclass, who were still Dekker was instrumental in popularizing the rude boy subculture, highlighting Jamaican ghetto life with 007 (Shanty Town), that became a working-class anthem for those in Jamaica and the United Kingdom. journalist Jocelyn Y. Stewart. [1], Jamaica Independence Festival Song Contest, "Jamaica Ska Legend Winston Samuels Is Dead - News Americas NowCaribbean and Latin America Daily News", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Aces_(Jamaican_group)&oldid=1117842044, Easton Barrington "Barry" Howard (19651969), Winston James Samuels (left 1969, died 2017), This page was last edited on 23 October 2022, at 21:37. the resurgence of ska in England, and top-selling bands like Madness and I dig you out and you're cool, girl. Tips of My Fingers 5. "Israelites" was Dekker's only real hit in the United In 1962 "Judge Not" and "One Cup Of Coffee" became the first recorded efforts of Marley, who retained gratitude, respect and admiration for Dekker for the rest of his life. there. and performed with his backing band, the Four Aces. 1 in Jamaica. He moved to the UK in the '70s, later recording the hit You Can Get It If You Really Want, written by Jimmy Cliff. Desmond Dekker. Search instead in Creative? Originally issued in Jamaica as "Poor Me Israelites",[7] it remains the best known Jamaican reggae hit to reach the United States Hot 100's top 10,[5] and was written almost two years after Dekker first made his mark with the rude boy song "007 (Shanty Town)". 2 in the UK charts. Problems 9. He was 64. , May 27, 2006, p. A11; He died on 24 May 2006 in Thornton Heath, London, England, UK. [1] Kong employed the group as backing singers for Dekker and they can be heard on the song "Get Up . From a very young age he would regularly attend the local church with his grandmother and aunt. Mr. Dekker's songs were rediscovered, and he was signed by Madness's label, Stiff Records. celebrity on the island and throughout the Caribbean. community, and in 1967 his song "0.0.7 (Shanty Town)" Desmond Dekker, who has died of a heart attack aged 64 in Surrey, was one of the first Jamaican vocalists to make a significant impact outside the land of his birth. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites (Official Lyrics Video) Trojan Records Official 109K subscribers Subscribe 40K Share 3.5M views 3 years ago #Pyramid #Israelites #rocksteady Between 1967. Ska legend Desmond Dekker has died suddenly from a heart attack, his manager said today. Orphaned at an early age, he was sent to live in a It was his workmates who first noted his vocal talents, as the youngster sang around the workshop. Dekker recorded on the Pyramid record label, and when its catalogue was acquired by Cactus Records in 1975, "Israelites" was re-issued in a first-time stereo mix. When he released Israelites nobody had heard of Bob Marley - he paved the way for all of them.". He was a composer, known for Fool's Gold (2008), Idiocracy (2006) and Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). considered the genre's first genuine star, but his fame would later more rural part of the island, but returned to Kingston and by his late By 1970 Dekker was living in England, but still worked steadily with Kong. Born July 16, 1941 Died May 24, 2006 (64) Add or change photo on IMDbPro Add to list Known for Fool's Gold 5.7 Browse 99 desmond dekker stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. [2] While at St. Thomas, Dekker embarked on an apprenticeship as a tailor before returning to Kingston, where he became a welder. "007 (Shanty Town)" was included in the soundtrack of the film The Harder They Come,[13] and in the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack from the Episodes from Liberty City add-on. With the release of Israelites, Dekker became the first Jamaican artist to score a hit in the United States. of the world. [3] Dekker's version uses the same backing track as Cliff's original. Paul McCartney slipped Mr. Dekker's first name into the lyrics to the Beatles' ska song, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," on "The Beatles" (also known as the White Album) in 1968, the year Mr. Dekker moved to England. Musical their ska-inflected hit "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da." Steffens told Stewart in the lament, whose lyrics Dekker had written in his head while walking in a Several more hits followed, and Dekker became a major Mr Williams said Dekker had led the way for reggae stars such as Bob Marley. 1 spot on Desmond Dekker unleashed a flood of fine singles across the '60s and early '70s, all under the aegis of producer Leslie Kong.Taking a chance on an untried youngster barely into his teens, who'd already been shown the door by Coxsone Dodd and Duke Reid, Kong nurtured Dekker to international stardom, only to die suddenly in 1971, two years after the singer's breakthrough. Desmond Adolphus Dacres (Desmond Dekker), singer and songwriter, born July 16 1941; died May 25 2006, Jamaican singer best known for The Israelites and It Miek, he helped launch the career of Bob Marley, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. [2] Just over six years after the original release, the song again reached a Top Ten position in the United Kingdom. Dekker was a native of Kingston, Jamaica's capital, where he was Dekker then recruited four brothers, Carl, Patrick, Clive and Barry Howard, as his permanent backing vocalists to perform with him under the name Desmond Dekker and the Aces. Early Life Desmond Dekker, was born in Jamaica's Saint Andrew Parish on July 16, 1941, and was an early influencer with one of the earliest reggae hits, "Israelites." The ska, reggae and rock steady singer, songwriter and musician was introduced to music through the local church he attended as a child. Manager Delroy Williams said the Jamaica-born performer had seemed fine when they met a day earlier, adding: "I don't think I will ever get over this. Dekker, whose 1969 hit Israelites was the first reggae song to top the UK charts, collapsed at his Surrey home. [3] 1969 saw the release of "It Mek", which became a hit both in Jamaica and the UK. I was his manager and his best friend, I don't think anyone knew how close we were - we go back so far.". His mother had passed away from a young age. His last concert was at Leeds Metropolitan University on 11 May. Ostensibly a reissue of his 1969 U.K. LP of 1966-1968 recordings, which had . and became one of his country's first recording stars to achieve Dubbed "the King of Ska," Desmond Dekker is one of the key artists in the history of Jamaican music. introduced Marley to the record label executives who shaped his own of musicians and producers Dekker cut two more albums, suffering even after independence from Britain. Previously divorced, he was survived by a son and daughter. He won the Jamaican Song Festival in 1968 with "Intensified.". Join our newsletter to get the latest articles, news, & videos. Although Mr. Dekker had no further hits in the United States, he continued to have hits in England with "It Mek" in 1969 and the first recording of Jimmy Cliff's "You Can Get It if You Really Want" in 1970. "Honour Your Father and Mother" reached the No. She was saying she needs money and he was saying the work he was doing was not giving him enough. All tracks composed by Desmond Dekker; except where indicated "It Mek" (Dekker, Leslie Kong) - 1:40 "Too Much Too Soon" (Dekker, Leslie Kong) - 2:38 "Coconut Water" - 3:27 "Sweet Music" - 2:29 [3], In 1968 Dekker's "Israelites" was released, eventually topping the UK Singles Chart in April 1969 and peaking in the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 in June 1969. [8] The single was a number one hit in Jamaica and reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the first Jamaican-produced record to reach the UK top 20. He was renowned for his earliest reggae hit internationally 'Israelites.' He died at the age of Sixty Four years. Rude. But that song was treated as a novelty. He also collaborated on a remix of "Israelites" with reggae artist Apache Indian. He was 64. "They know all the words to his songs, It Mek (sometimes appearing as "A It Mek" or German language "It Miek") was a 1969 hit song by the Jamaican musicians Desmond Dekker & the Aces.After being re-released in June 1969, the single reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. Desmond Dekker was the first to have hit records outside of Jamaica and his influence on young white British teenagers was pivotal to his success in the 1960s. And the higher ones wanted to bulldoze the whole thing down and do their own thing and the students said no way. Survivors include Desmond Dekker 5/2006. Born Desmond Dacres in Kingston, Jamaica on July 16, 1942, the star-to-be was orphaned in his teens. He had 10 studio albums, 25 compilation albums, and 47 singles during his career. Most recently, it featured on the soundtrack of the 2019 film Vivarium. [2] It spent eleven weeks in the UK chart, and by September 1970 had sold over a million copies worldwide. [11] In 1984 he was declared bankrupt. born in 1941 or 1942. Dekker spent his formative years in Kingston.
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