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 ...

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 ...