デスモンド・デッカー
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出生名
Desmond Adolphus Dacres
デスモンド・デッカー（英: Desmond Dekker, 1941年7月16日 - 2006年5月25日）は、ジャマイカのレゲエ歌手。セント・アンドリュー教区で生まれた。
スカの時代から活躍し、1968年の曲「Israelites」では、カリブに売られてきたアフリカの黒人奴隷を、彷徨えるイスラエルの民に例えて歌い、アメリカを始めとして世界的にヒットした。
彼の歌った「Unity」という曲は、1991年のトニー・レベル&マカBのヒット曲「D.J.ユニティ」の元歌である[1]。
2006年5月25日、イギリスの自宅で心臓発作を起こし死去[2]。
- 007 Shanty Town (1967) – Doctor Bird (Desmond Dekker & The Aces)
- Action! (1968) (Desmond Dekker & The Aces)
- The Israelites (1969) – Pyramid
- Intensified (1970) – Lagoon
- You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970) – Trojan
- The Israelites (1975), Cactus – completely different album from the 1969 release
- Black And Dekker (1980) – Stiff
- Compass Point (1981) – Stiff
- King of Kings with スペシャルズ (1993) – Trojan Records
- Halfway to Paradise (1999) – Trojan
- This Is Desmond Dekkar (1969) – Trojan Records (UK #27),[3] reissued on CD in 2006 with 19 bonus tracks
- Double Dekker (1973) – Trojan
- Dekker's Sweet 16 Hits (1979) – Trojan
- The Original Reggae Hitsound (1985) – Trojan
- 20 Golden Pieces of Desmond Dekker (1987) – Bulldog
- The Official Live and Rare (1987) – Trojan
- Greatest Hits (1988) – Streetlife
- The Best of & The Rest of (1990) – Action Replay
- Music Like Dirt (1992) – Trojan
- Rockin' Steady – The Best of Desmond Dekker (1992) – Rhino
- Crucial Cuts (1993) – Music Club
- Israelites (1994) – Laserlight
- Action (1995) – Lagoon
- Voice of Ska (1995) – Emporio
- Moving On (1996) – Trojan
- The Israelites (1996) – Marble Arch
- First Time for a Long Time (1997) – Trojan
- Desmond Dekker Archive (1997) – Rialto
- The Writing on the Wall (1998) – Trojan
- Israelites (1999) – Castle Pie
- Israelites: The Best Of Desmond Dekker (1963–1971) – Trojan (1999)
- Desmond Dekker (2000) – Snapper
- The Very Best Of (2000) – Jet Set
- Israelites – Anthology 1963 To 1999 (2001) – Trojan
- Gimmie Gimmie [1967-70] (2004) – Brook
- 007 - The Best of Desmond Dekker (2011) – Trojan
- "Honour Your Mother and Father" (1963) – アイランド・レコード (as Desmond Dekker & Beverley's Allstars)
- "Parents" (1964) – Island
- "King of Ska" (1964) – Island (as Desmond Dekkar and his Cherry Pies)
- "Dracula" (1964) – Black Swan (as Desmond Dekkar)
- "Generosity" (1965) — Island
- "Get Up Adina" (1965) – Island
- "This Woman" (1965) – Island
- "Mount Zion" (1965) – Island
- "007 (Shanty Town)" (1967) – Doctor Bird
- "Wise Man" (1967) – Pyramid
- "007 Shanty Town" (1967) – Pyramid
- "It's a Shame" (1967) – Pyramid
- "Rudy Got Soul" (1967) – Pyramid
- "Rude Boy Train" (1967) – Pyramid
- "Mother's Young Gal" (1967) – Pyramid
- "Unity" (1967) – Pyramid
- "Sabotage" (1967) – Pyramid
- "It Pays" (1967) – Pyramid
- "Beautiful and Dangerous" (1967) – Pyramid
- "Bongo Gal" (1967) – Pyramid
- "To Sir, With Love" (1967) – Pyramid
- "Mother Pepper" (1967) – Pyramid
- "Hey Grandma" (1967) – Pyramid
- "Music Like Dirt (Intensified '68)" (1967) – Pyramid
- "It Mek" (1968) – Pyramid
- "Israelites" (1968) – Pyramid (UK #1, US #9)[3]
- "Christmas Day" (1968) – Pyramid
- "It Mek" (1969) – Pyramid (UK #7)[3]
- "Pickney Gal" (1969) – Pyramid (UK #42)[3]
- "You Can Get It If You Really Want" (1970) – Trojan (UK #2)
- "The Song We Used to Sing" (1970) – Trojan
- "Licking Stick" (1971) – Trojan
- "It Gotta Be So" (1972) – Trojan
- "Beware" (1972) – Rhino
- "Sing a Little Song" (1973) – Rhino
- "Everybody Join Hands" (1973) – Rhino
- "Busted Lad" (1974) – Rhino
- "Israelites (re-recording)" (1975) – Cactus (UK #10)[3]
- "Sing a Little Song" (1975) – Cactus (UK #16)[3]
- "Roots Rock" (1977) – Feelgood
- "Israelites (new mix)" (1980) – Stiff
- "Please Don't Bend" (1980) – Stiff
- "Many Rivers to Cross" (1980) – Stiff
- "We Can and Shall" (1981) – Stiff
- "Book of Rules" (1982) – Stiff
- "Hot City" (1983) – Stiff
- "Jamaica Ska" (1993) – Trojan
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