WASHINGTON -- Jamaican reggae pioneer Desmond Dekker, famed for the genre's first worldwide hit, Israelites, has died of a heart attack at his home in England, the Jamaica Observer reported Friday. He ...

Dave Wakeling brings the current iteration of the English Beat to Atlanta on Dec. 1-2. Formed in 1978, the band keeps the fire burning for British ska.

DESMOND DEKKER, the first international star of Jamaican ska and rocksteady music, died of a heart attack in late May at the age of 64. Before Bob Marley made reggae music into a world phenomenon in ...

Reggae legend Desmond Dekker has died suddenly from a heart attack at his home in Surrey, south-east England, just a week before his next concert, his manager said on Friday. The 64-year-old Jamaican, ...

This is the song that towers over the rest of Dekker’s catalogue, with good reason. For one thing, it was the first reggae song to hit in America, unless you count “My Boy Lollipop,” which you ...

LONDON - Desmond Dekker, who brought the sound of Jamaican ska music to the world with songs such as "Israelites," has died, his manager said Friday. He was 64. Dekker, who lived in England, collapsed ...

Ska legend Desmond Dekker has died suddenly from a heart attack, aged 64. The Jamaican-born singer – who achieved fame with 1969 hit 'Israelites' – was seen as a forerunner of reggae music. What ...