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Desmond Dekker (16 July 1941 – 25 May 2006) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group the Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the earliest international reggae hits with " Israelites " (1968).
Dec 20, 2022 · LONDON — Musician Terry Hall, who helped create one of the defining sounds of post-punk Britain as lead singer of The Specials, has died. He was 63. The band announced late Monday that Hall had...
Dec 25, 2022 · He was 63. The cause was pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate Horace Panter announced on Facebook. The announcement did not say where he died. After enduring a traumatic childhood, Mr. Hall...
Jimmy Cliff. James Chambers, OM (born 30 July 1944), known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, is a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor. He is the only living reggae musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievements in the ...
Dec 19, 2022 · Terry Hall, lead vocalist of British ska-punk band the Specials, has died at age 63. On Monday, the band released a statement on social media informing fans that the musician had died after a...
Don Drummond (12 March 1934 – 6 May 1969) was a Jamaican ska trombonist and composer. He was one of the original members of The Skatalites, and composed many of their tunes. In 1966, Drummond was convicted of murdering his 23-year-old lover, Anita "Marguerita" Mahfood.
Mar 27, 2019 · March 27, 2019. Ranking Roger, a vocalist for the popular British ska band the Beat in the late 1970s and early ’80s who carried on that group’s infectious sound in subsequent bands and solo...
