Performance · Production
Desmond Dekker
Kingston, Jamaica • 1941-07-16 – 2006-05-25
Desmond Dekker is credited on 431 releases across 152 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
431
Pressings credited
152
Albums
7
Decades active
100
In collections
Credited work
431 releases · 152 albums · active 1962–2025
- Performance · 549
- Production · 22
- Other credits · 20
Studios: Federal Records Studio · Wirl Studio · The Stock-Yard Studios · Planet Studios (3)
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Harder They Come (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1972
Rude Boy Ska
2016
Neptune
2008
Action!
1968
Black And Dekker
1980
The Trojan Story
1971
More Intensified! Original Ska 1963-67 Vol. 2
1980
Israelites
1968
King Of Kings
1993
Trojan Explosion
1979
Double Dekker
1973
Die Hinterstoißer Traverse
2013
Jonny Greenwood Is The Controller
2007
This Is Reggae Music - The Golden Era 1960 - 1975
2005
Trojan Ska Box Set
1998
Roll Wit Tha Flava
1993
The Story Of Jamaican Music (Tougher Than Tough)
1993
The Original Reggae Hitsound Of Desmond Dekker And The Aces
1985
Different Style!
1984
Israelites
1980
This Is Desmond Dekkar
1969
007 Shanty Town
1967
Rock Steady Beat - Jamaica's New Dance Craze
1967
Sounds.... Rock Steady
1967
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Desmond Dekker And The Aces
- Desmond Dekker & The Aces
- Byron Lee And The Dragonaires
- DJ Andy Smith
- The Night Hawks
- The Specials
- The Nighthawks (2)
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