Sing a Little Song
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| "Sing a Little Song" | ||||
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| Single by Desmond Dekker | ||||
| B-side | "No Place Like Home" | |||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 3:04 | |||
| Label | Cactus CT73 | |||
| Songwriter | D. Dacres | |||
| Producer | Bruce Anthony | |||
| Desmond Dekker singles chronology | ||||
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"Sing a Little Song" is a song written and performed by Jamaican musician Desmond Dekker. It was released as a single in 1975.
It entered the UK Singles Chart in August that year, reaching number 16 and staying for seven weeks on the chart.[1][2]
Following the death of Dekker's producer Leslie Kong in 1971, he found his music career floundering. In the mid-1970s, in an attempt at further success he combined with English production duo Tony Cousins and Bruce White, who went under the name Bruce Anthony. After two chart failures, the third single "Sing a Little Song" made the charts in 1975. As with some of Dekker's earlier releases such as "Problems", the B-side of his hit "It Mek", the song deals with life's hardships in a light-hearted manner.[3]