デスモンド・デッカー（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