# Desmond Dekker

> Desmond Dekker was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group the Aces, he had one of the earliest international reggae hits with "Israelites" (1968). Other hits include "007 " (1967), "It Mek" (1969) and "You Can Get It If You Really Want" (1970).

*Jamaican ska singer-songwriter (1941–2006)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/desmond-dekker

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Born:** 1941-07-16
- **Died:** 2006-05-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.6 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0215266/ (@nm0215266)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1FcB6xMihhP9Hb6AdGVbWe (@1FcB6xMihhP9Hb6AdGVbWe)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.desmonddekker.com/

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/64403)
- [ديزموند ديكر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1)
- [ديزموند ديكر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1)
- [Desmond Dekker](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dekker)
- [دیزموند دیکر](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1)
- [Desmond Dekker](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dekker)
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- [Desmond Dekker](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dekker)
- [דזמונד דקר](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%96%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93_%D7%93%D7%A7%D7%A8)
- [Desmond Dekker](https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dekker)
- [Desmond Dekker](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dekker)
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- [Desmond Dekker](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dekker)
- [デスモンド・デッカー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC)
- [Desmond Dekker](https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dekker)
- [데스먼드 데커](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%8A%A4%EB%A8%BC%EB%93%9C_%EB%8D%B0%EC%BB%A4)
- [Desmond Dekker](https://nds_nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dekker)
- [Desmond Dekker](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dekker)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8ac5bea6-3a62-4e28-9df7-03f24d4c06fc)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333598)
- [Desmond Dekker](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52840)

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