born Desmond Dacres in Kingston on July 16, 1941 and spent his childhood in an orphanage in Seaforth in the region of Saint Thomas Parish. Later he moved to Kingston by finding work as a welder. It was the first to notice his colleagues for his vocal abilities, when he sang in the shop. With their encouragement, in 1961 the young BEGINNING Dekker decided to give his singing career. He introduced the hearings for the most influential period, and Coxsone Dodd's Studio One to which Duke Reid at Treasure Isle, but was refused by both.
was Leslie Kong, another successful producer and owner of the Beverley's, to receive him under his management, beginning his promising future as a singer. Desmond in 1963 recorded his first single, "Honour Your Father And Mother," which was published for the Beverly, but risucire to reach the UK market thanks to the availability of Chris Blackwell of Island Records. Rinominatosi definitely under the name of Desmond Dekker, the rising star gave birth to two other major hit, "Sinners Come Home" and "Labour for Learning." However, it was not until the next single, "King of Ska," that Dekker confirmed his talent and popularity. The piece was performed with The Maytals as support band on that occasion rinominatisi "the Cherrypies", and became a classic artist. Before Dekker the end of the year managed to find a backing band, The Aces, a quartet consisting of brothers Carl singers, Clive, Barry, and Patrick Howard, who before the union with the singer, were known as the Four Aces . The band then introduced himself as Desmond Dekker & The Aces ". The five released a series of ska singles like "Get Up Edina," "Parents," "This Woman" and "Mount Zion", all successful hit. The artist achieved many successes during all 60 years, managing to produce 20 individual he was always the first places in the rankings. Following the period of ska, rocksteady was born, the genus to which they have adapted all the artists of the period. Dekker also began to directions on this new style of giving birth to the famous "007 Shanty Town" in 1966.
The following year he obtained the second place in the Jamaican Song Festival with the song "Unity". Followed by other successful singles such as "Rudie Got Soul," "Sabotage," "Hey Grandma", "Music Like Dirt" and "Rude Boy Train". In 1969 he recorded the song "Israelites" that scoops in England maintaining the top spot on the charts for several months. Also in England recorded other songs such as "A It Mek" and "Problems" always getting a big success, and becoming a one of the most famous Jamaican reggae artists in the world. Desmond continued his successful career in the British terriotorio getting more acclaim from the audience. In this period affect songs like "Pickney Gal" and a cover of Jimmy Cliff "You Can Get It If You Really Want," which the original version was included on the soundtrack of the historical film The Harder They Come which participated in the Cliff [. On August 9, 1971 Leslie Kong, his producer and friend, died of a heart attack. Desmond then decided to sign a contract with the label Cactus Records. So in 1975 he recorded a single style reggae pop with the title of "Sing A Little Song" [1]. A seguitro the death of Leslie Kong, Desmond suffered a sharp decline in popularity. In fact the disc Black Dekker in 1980 and went unnoticed in any charts. The final setback occurred in 1984 when it suffered a conviction for failure of the English Supreme Court, remaining dormant for many years. The year 1993 was a brief revival when he recorded the new album King Of Kings along with some members of the group The Specials 2 Tone.
Desmond Dekker died of a heart attack 25 May 2006 at his home in Thornton Heath in London at the age of 64 years. He was preparing to attend a festival in Prague. He played the last time in Rome with a great performarce April 21, 2006 (Global Village) about a month before his death in front of an audience in delirio. Dekker era divorziato e lascia un figlio e una figlia[
In Studio
007 Shanty Town (1967) (Desmond Dekker & the Aces)
This Is Desmond Dekker (1969)
Israelites (1969)
You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970)
Black And Dekker (1980)
Compass Point (1981)
King of Kings (con i The Specials) (1993) Raccolte
Double Dekker (1973)
Dekker's Sweet 16 Hits (1979)
The Original Reggae Hitsound (1985)
20 Golden Pieces of Desmond Dekker (1987)
The Official Live and Rare (1987)
Greatest Hits (1988)
The Best of & The Rest of (1990)
Music Like Dirt (1992)
Rockin' Steady - The Best of Desmond Dekker (1992)
Crucial Cuts (1993)
Israelites (1994)
Action (1995)
Voice of Ska (1995)
Moving On (1996)
The Israelites (1996)
First Time for a Long Time (1997)
Desmond Dekker Archive (1997)
The Writing on the Wall (1998)
Israelites (1999)
Israelites: The Best Of Desmond Dekker (1963-1971) (1999)
Desmond Dekker (2000)
The Very Best Of (2000)
This Is Desmond Dekker (Bonus Tracks) (2006)
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