Desmond Dekker
- MatchDesmond Dekker
- 92%The Maytals
- 92%Toots & The Maytals
- 74%Ken Boothe
- 64%The Paragons
- 63%Derrick Morgan
- 58%Alton Ellis
- 58%Skatalites
- 55%Jimmy Cliff
- 54%Prince Buster
- 53%John Holt
Biography
Desmond Adolphus Dacres, 16 July 1941, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, d. 25 May 2006, London, England. Dacres spent much of his orphaned childhood near Seaforth in St. Thomas before returning to Kingston, where he worked as a welder. His workmates encouraged him to seek a recording audition and, after receiving rejections from leading producers Clement Dodd and Duke Reid, he found a mentor in the influential Leslie Kong. In 1963, the newly named Dekker released his first single, ‘Honour... Read more
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ska
reggae
rocksteady
jamaica
roots reggae
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