デスモンド・デッカー

デスモンド・デッカー（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。
2006年5月25日、イギリスの自宅で心臓発作を起こし死去。

**ディスコグラフィー**

**アルバム**

**スタジオ・アルバム**
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

**コンピレーション・アルバム**
This Is Desmond Dekkar (1969) – Trojan Records (UK #27), 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

**シングル**

**初期ソロ・シングル**
"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)

**Desmond Dekker and the Four Aces**
"Generosity" (1965) — Island
*"Get Up Adina" (1965) – Island
*"This Woman" (1965) – Island
*"Mount Zion" (1965) – Island

**Desmond Dekker and the Aces**
"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)
*"Christmas Day" (1968) – Pyramid
*"It Mek" (1969) – Pyramid (UK #7)
*"Pickney Gal" (1969) – Pyramid (UK #42)

**後期ソロ・シングル**
"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)
*"Sing a Little Song" (1975) – Cactus (UK #16)
*"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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