デスモンド・デッカー

**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)
**[[:en:Action! (Desmond Dekker album)|Action!]]* (1968) (Desmond Dekker & The Aces)
**The Israelites* (1969) – Pyramid
**[[:en:Intensified|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
**[[:en:This Is Desmond Dekkar|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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