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Desmond Dekker

Desmond Dekker is a person from JM, active from 1941.

Person JM 1941–2006 ska reggae rocksteady

TOTAL PLAYS

625

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-08-13 08:54 · 6 Music — "007 (Shanty Town)"

LAST PLAYED

1 week ago · Radio 2 — "You Can Get It If You Really Want"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

70 53 35 18 0

'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 325 52%

Radio 2 232 37%

1Xtra 52 8%

Radio 1 16 3%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 007 (Shanty Town) 252 2025-07-15

2 You Can Get It If You Really Want 232 2026-05-09

3 Israelites 34 2023-02-25

4 It Mek 17 2024-03-23

5 You Can Get It If You Really Want It 14 2023-01-22

6 Fu Man chu 10 2023-02-02

7 Fu Manchu 7 2023-06-06

8 Sing a Little Song 4 2022-10-04

9 King Of Ska 4 2022-06-13

10 Wise Man 4 2016-03-19

11 Perseverance 3 2025-08-13

12 Keep a Cool Head 3 2023-08-27

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-09 12:57 You Can Get It If You Really Want Radio 2

2026-05-01 01:12 You Can Get It If You Really Want Radio 2

2026-03-19 02:21 You Can Get It If You Really Want Radio 2

2026-02-23 14:57 You Can Get It If You Really Want Radio 2

2026-02-11 17:57 You Can Get It If You Really Want Radio 2

2026-01-20 10:15 You Can Get It If You Really Want Radio 2

2026-01-07 01:30 You Can Get It If You Really Want Radio 2

2025-12-16 23:12 You Can Get It If You Really Want Radio 2

2025-11-30 15:15 You Can Get It If You Really Want Radio 2

2025-11-02 03:45 You Can Get It If You Really Want 6 Music

2025-10-30 22:37 Dracula Radio 2

2025-10-28 15:58 You Can Get It If You Really Want Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

44 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

007 —

1 2013-05-12 ▶

007 (Shanty Town) —

252 2025-07-15 ▶

007 Shanty Town —

1 2018-12-30 ▶

A It Mek —

1 2024-02-05 ▶

Blackbird —

1 2014-08-09 ▶

Bongo Gal —

2 2012-08-15 ▶

Cindy —

1 2018-07-02 ▶

Dracula —

1 2025-10-30 ▶

Fu Man chu —

10 2023-02-02 ▶

Fu Manchu —

7 2023-06-06 ▶

Get up Adina —

1 2021-06-06 ▶

Get Up Edina —

2 2019-07-15 ▶

Hey Grandma —

2 2023-06-25 ▶

Honour Your Mother & Father —

1 2015-02-28 ▶

Intensified —

2 2025-01-13 ▶

Israelites —

34 2023-02-25 ▶

Israelites (Crate Classics Remix) —

1 2019-07-07 ▶

It Mek —

17 2024-03-23 ▶

It Miek —

1 2013-06-29 ▶

Keep a Cool Head —

3 2023-08-27 ▶

King Of Ska —

4 2022-06-13 ▶

Lickin' Stick —

1 2013-11-26 ▶

Licking Stick —

1 2014-11-29 ▶

Mother Long Tongue —

1 2021-07-09 ▶

Mother Long Tounge —

1 2018-10-12 ▶

Mother Pepper —

1 2015-10-19 ▶

Music Like Dirt —

1 2015-10-13 ▶

My Reward —

1 2009-10-29 ▶

No Place Like Home —

1 2025-01-19 ▶

Perseverance —

3 2025-08-13 ▶

Pickney Gal —

1 2017-03-24 ▶

Please Don't Bend —

1 2011-06-02 ▶

Problems —

1 2020-08-20 ▶

Reggae Recipe —

1 2018-05-04 ▶

Rude Boy Train —

3 2015-06-23 ▶

Rudy Got Soul —

2 2015-11-25 ▶

Sabotage —

3 2021-03-01 ▶

Sing a Little Song —

4 2022-10-04 ▶

Sinners, Prepare! —

1 2023-09-10 ▶

The Israelites —

1 2006-07-04 ▶

Unity —

1 2020-04-04 ▶

Wise Man —

4 2016-03-19 ▶

You Can Get It If You Really Want —

232 2026-05-09 ▶

You Can Get It If You Really Want It —

14 2023-01-22 ▶