# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desmond-dekker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:31:52.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/desmond-dekker"
name: "Desmond Dekker"
slug: "desmond-dekker"
description: "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)."
tagline: "Jamaican ska singer-songwriter (1941–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Desmond_Dekker_in_2005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-07-16"
deathDate: "2006-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.556967157724017
  historical:           22.64116933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0215266"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.desmonddekker.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump