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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...