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1LP Vinyl – BSRLP905

Dekker and his backup singers, a group of brothers dubbed The Four Aces, produced a string of hits, mostly love ballads and songs with hints of religion or advice to parents. In 1967, Dekker's song "007 (Shanty Town)," detailing the island's "rude boy" gangster ghetto culture, topped charts in Great Britain and became a trans-Atlantic anthem for Britain's growing mod scene.

Dekker headed to England, where the self-proclaimed King of Ska was received like royalty. In 1968, he penned "Israelites" — a song as epic, troubled and hopeful as the era in which it was created, and the one song he's most often associated with.