MUSICIAN

Desmond Dekker

1941 - 2006

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Desmond Dekker has received more than 925,949 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Desmond Dekker is the 805th most popular musician (down from 778th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Jamaica and the 4th most popular Jamaican Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 930k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Desmond Dekker ranks 805 out of 3,175. Before him are Al Stewart, Vanessa-Mae, Osvaldo Pugliese, T-Bone Walker, Gilbert O'Sullivan, and Maynard Ferguson. After him are Todd Rundgren, Pharoah Sanders, Domenico Montagnana, Julian Bream, Jean-Baptiste Arban, and Chris Squire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Desmond Dekker ranks 248. Before him are Lucien Aimar, Steve Cropper, Randall Collins, Vitaly Solomin, Vladimir Lyakhov, and Georges Heylens. After him are Anne Tyler, George Clinton, George Pell, Roberto Calasso, Lynne Cheney, and Sally Kirkland. Among people deceased in 2006, Desmond Dekker ranks 170. Before him are Tetsurō Tamba, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Maureen Stapleton, Maynard Ferguson, and Gennadiy Aygi. After him are Peter Benchley, Mickey Spillane, Tadao Onishi, Andreas Katsulas, Peter Norman, and Galina Ustvolskaya.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Desmond Dekker ranks 16 out of 189. Before him are Liz Mitchell (1952), Violet Brown (1900), Merlene Ottey (1960), Trevor Berbick (1954), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), and Patrick Ewing (1962). After him are Stephen Hopkins (1958), Asafa Powell (1982), Burning Spear (1945), Madge Sinclair (1938), Sean Paul (1973), and Bunny Wailer (1947).

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Among MUSICIANS In Jamaica

Among musicians born in Jamaica, Desmond Dekker ranks 4. Before him are Bob Marley (1945), Peter Tosh (1944), and Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936). After him are Sean Paul (1973), DJ Kool Herc (1955), Prince Buster (1938), Monty Alexander (1944), King Tubby (1941), Ziggy Marley (1968), Horace Andy (1951), and Damian Marley (1978).

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