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Desmond Dekker & The Aces

Desmond Dekker & The Aces is a group from JM, active since 1965.

Group JM since 1965 ska rocksteady
TOTAL PLAYS
530
SONGS PLAYED
28
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2008-02-20 08:18 · 6 Music — "It Mek"
LAST PLAYED
2 days ago · Radio 2 — "It Mek"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2026
70 53 35 18 0
'08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 331 62%
Radio 2 163 31%
1Xtra 30 6%
Radio 1 6 1%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 12:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Israelites 248 2025-12-04
2 It Mek 171 2026-05-19
3 007 (Shanty Town) 29 2025-10-04
4 It Miek 15 2016-11-14
5 Christmas Day 13 2023-12-26
6 Sabotage 8 2020-03-29
7 Israelites (Crate Classics Remix) 7 2019-09-22
8 Fu Man Chu 5 2024-07-01
9 Rude Boy Train 4 2021-03-07
10 Get Up Edina 4 2019-03-19
11 It Is Not Easy 3 2025-09-14
12 Pretty Africa 3 2020-07-28
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-19 23:40 It Mek Radio 2
2026-05-02 18:22 It Mek Radio 2
2026-03-30 21:22 It Mek Radio 2
2025-12-08 12:43 It Mek 6 Music
2025-12-04 23:23 Israelites Radio 2
2025-11-26 11:41 Israelites Radio 2
2025-11-23 05:28 Israelites Radio 2
2025-11-16 04:08 Israelites 1Xtra
2025-11-09 13:08 Israelites 1Xtra
2025-10-25 17:27 It Mek Radio 2
2025-10-09 13:00 It Mek 6 Music
2025-10-04 22:07 007 (Shanty Town) 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

28 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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007 (Shanty Town) — 29 ▶
007 Shanty Town (Ed Solo Remix) — 1 ▶
Beautiful and Dangerous — 2 ▶
Christmas Day — 13 ▶
Every Beat Of My Heart — 1 ▶
Fu Man Chu — 5 ▶
Fu Manchu — 1 ▶
Generosity — 1 ▶
Get Up Edina — 4 ▶
Intensified '68 (Music like Dirt) — 1 ▶
Israelites — 248 ▶
Israelites (Crate Classics Remix) — 7 ▶
It Is Not Easy — 3 ▶
It Mek — 171 ▶
It Miek — 15 ▶
Keep A Cool Head — 1 ▶
King of Ska — 2 ▶
Licking Stick — 1 ▶
Mother Long Tongue — 1 ▶
Mother's Young Gal — 2 ▶
Mount Zion — 1 ▶
My Lonely World (To Sir With love) — 2 ▶
Pretty Africa — 3 ▶
Rude Boy Train — 4 ▶
Rudie Got Soul — 1 ▶
Rudy Got Soul — 1 ▶
Sabotage — 8 ▶
Wise Man — 1 ▶