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 ...

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, 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 ...

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Jamaican reggae pioneer Desmond Dekker, famed for the genre’s first worldwide hit with ”Israelites,” has died of a heart attack at his home in England, the Jamaica Observer reported Friday. He was 64.

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Desmond Dekker, who brought the sound of Jamaican ska music to the world with hits such as “Israelites,” has died, his manager said Friday. He was 64. Dekker, who lived in England, collapsed from an ...

DESMOND DEKKER, the first international star of Jamaican ska and rocksteady music, died of a heart attack in late May at the age of 64. Before Bob Marley made reggae music into a world phenomenon in ...

Two distinctive and influential musicians passed away this week: Jamaican ska pioneer Desmond Dekker and Egyptian musician Hamza el Din. Dekker's 1969 hit "The Israelites" helped introduce Jamaica's ...

Desmond Dekker was crucial: With his backing group, the Aces, he was hugely influential in the Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae scenes—and, just as much, in the English ska revival of the late ...

DESMOND Dekker, who brought the sound of Jamaican ska music to the world, has died aged 64. Dekker, whose song Israelites is regarded by many as the first reggae single to top the UK charts, in 1969, ...