Desmond Dekker

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Aliases: Desmond Dekker and The Cherry Pies
Real name: Desmond Adolphus Dacres
Born: July 16, 1941
Died: May 25, 2006
Country: Jamaica
IPI: 00034114035 6 works
00034137116 4 works
Affiliation: PRS
Comments: Legendary ska and reggae musician
Family: George Dekker Half-Brother
Related: The Four Aces [JM] Vocal group

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		007	Desmond Dekker and The Aces - The Beverley's All Stars	1967	(10 artists) Sampled by Special Ed
		A It Mek	Desmond Dekker and The Aces	1968	(3 artists)
		Foo Manchu	Desmond Dekker and The Aces	1968	(2 artists)
		Keep a Cool Head	Desmond Dekker	1967	Reel Big Fish
		King of Ska	Desmond Dekker and The Cherry Pies	1964	(2 artists)
		Mother’s Young Girl	Desmond Dekker	1969	Unverified
		Poor Me Israelite	Desmond Dekker and The Aces	1968	(23 artists) Sampled by Dickie Goodman
		Unity	Desmond Dekker	1969	Unverified

Covers by Desmond Dekker

		Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
		Blackbird	Desmond Dekker	May 28, 1996	The Beatles
		Carry Go Bring Come	Desmond Dekker and The Specials	1993	Justin Hinds with The Dominoes, Tommy McCook & His Ska-Talite
		Dancing Mood	Desmond Dekker and The Specials	1993	The Tams, Delroy Wilson
		Easy Snappin'	Desmond Dekker and The Specials	1993	Clue J. and His Blues Blasters, vocals by Theophilus Beckford
		For Once in My Life	Desmond Dekker	1969	Jean DuShon REL, Connie Haines REC
		King of Kings	Desmond Dekker and The Specials	1993	Jimmy Cliff
		King of Ska	Desmond Dekker and The Specials	1993	Desmond Dekker and The Cherry Pies
		Many Rivers to Cross	Desmond Dekker	July 1980	Jimmy Cliff
		Take It Easy	Desmond Dekker and The Specials	1993	Hopeton Lewis
		That's the Way Life Goes	Desmond Dekker	1970	Jimmy Cliff
		Tips of My Fingers	Desmond Dekker	1969	Bill Anderson [US1]
		Wimoweh	Desmond Dekker	1999	Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds, The Tokens - Orchestra conducted by Sammy Lowe
		Yakety Yak	Desmond Dekker	1973	Unverified
		You Can Get It if You Really Want	Desmond Dekker	August 1970	Jimmy Cliff

Sampled songs

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		007	Desmond Dekker and The Aces - The Beverley's All Stars	1967	Covered by (10 artists) Sampled by Special Ed
		Poor Me Israelite	Desmond Dekker and The Aces	1968	Covered by (23 artists) Sampled by Dickie Goodman

Songs written by Desmond Dekker

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
007 (Shanty Town)	Desmond Dekker, Leslie Kong	Desmond Dekker and The Aces - The Beverley's All Stars	1967	Covered by (10 artists)
A It Mek	Desmond Dekker, Leslie Kong	Desmond Dekker and The Aces	1968	Covered by (3 artists)
Foo Manchu	Desmond Dekker, Leslie Kong	Desmond Dekker and The Aces	1968	Covered by (2 artists)
Keep a Cool Head	Desmond Dekker	Desmond Dekker	1967	Covered by Reel Big Fish
King of Ska	Desmond Dekker	Desmond Dekker and The Cherry Pies	1964	Covered by (2 artists)
Mother’s Young Girl	Desmond Dekker	Desmond Dekker	1969	Unverified
Poor Me Israelite	Desmond Dekker	Desmond Dekker and The Aces	1968	Covered by (23 artists)
Unity	Desmond Dekker	Desmond Dekker	1969	Unverified

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Black and Dekker	Desmond Dekker	July 1980	Stiff Records
	Halfway to Paradise	Desmond Dekker	1999	Trojan Records [GB]
	Intensified	Desmond Dekker & The Aces	1968	Beverley's Records
	King of Kings	Desmond Dekker and The Specials	1993	Trojan Records [GB]
	Moving Out	Desmond Dekker	May 28, 1996	Trojan Records [GB]
	The Israelites	Desmond Dekker	1969	Doctor Bird
	You Can Get It if You Really Want	Desmond Dekker	1970	Trojan Records [GB]

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	007 - El toro	Desmond Dekker and The Aces - Roland Alphonso and The Beverley's All-Stars	1967	Beverley's Records
	A It Mek	Desmond Dekker and The Aces	1968	Beverley's Records
	Just One Little Girl - It Was Only a Dream	The Four Aces - The Beverley's All-Stars - Desmond Dekker and The Four Aces	1965	Beverley's Records
	Keep a Cool Head - Charade	Desmond Dekker - Roland Alphonso & Beverley's All Stars	1967	Beverley's Records
	King of Ska - Boof Ska	Desmond Dekker and The Cherry Pies - The Beverley's All-Stars	1964	Beverley's Records
	Poor Me Israelites - Fly Right	Desmond Dekker and The Aces - Beverley's All Stars	1968	Beverley's Records
	We Shall Overcome - Foo Manchu	The Maytals - Desmond Dekker & The Aces	1968	Pyramid [GB]
	You Can Get It if You Really Want	Desmond Dekker	August 1970	Trojan Records [GB]

Reported errors

#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#35264	Isa	2007-10-28 09:31:37 UTC	processed	2007-11-23 23:05:00 UTC by Denis
#39075	Stephan Koenig	2009-05-11 13:50:12 UTC	processed	2009-08-31 13:08:36 UTC by Stephan Koenig