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    What Desmond Dekker tune was the first reggae to make the North American hit charts in 1969?

    Question #126727. Asked by endoverend. (Sep 06 12 4:04 AM)


    mctavish99

    		"The Israelites" - although this source says 1968.

    "In 1968 Dekker's "Israelites" was released, eventually topping the UK Singles Chart and peaking in the Top Ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 during the summer of 1969. Dekker was the first Jamaican artist to have a hit record in the US with a form and style that was purely Jamaican, though he never repeated the feat."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dekker#Career

    Sep 06 12, 5:25 AM
    doogie52

    		The Israelites

    Sep 06 12, 11:23 AM

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