I like to write songs about what’s happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that.

About Desmond Dekker

Desmond Dekkerwas a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group the Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the earliest international reggae hits with “Israelites” (1968).

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Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary’s.

Desmond Dekker

Jamaican ska singer-songwriter (1941-2006)

Things will get better if you just hold out long enough.

Desmond Dekker

Jamaican ska singer-songwriter (1941-2006)

I don’t write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time to look around, you can see that, then you can put it all together and tell the story.

Desmond Dekker

Jamaican ska singer-songwriter (1941-2006)

Recently, I’ve been working on anew album of material, which should be out in the new Millennium. I’m not sure which song will be put out as a single, but I’m still hoping to get another record in the charts.

Desmond Dekker

Jamaican ska singer-songwriter (1941-2006)

So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor.

Desmond Dekker

Jamaican ska singer-songwriter (1941-2006)

Sometimes I’d hear things on other people’s records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn’t right and that it wasn’t my style.

Desmond Dekker

Jamaican ska singer-songwriter (1941-2006)

I was born in St. Andrew’s and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy’s school.

Desmond Dekker

Jamaican ska singer-songwriter (1941-2006)

I like to write songs about what’s happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that.

Desmond Dekker

Jamaican ska singer-songwriter (1941-2006)

The Four Aces asked me if I’d like to sing with them as they didn’t really have a lead singer.

Desmond Dekker

Jamaican ska singer-songwriter (1941-2006)