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Israelites by Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker
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Desmond Dekker De Son Vrai Nom Desmond Adolphus Dacres 16 Juillet 1941 Kingston Jamaïque - 25 Mai 2006 Surrey Angleterre Était Un Chanteur Et Un Compositeur De Reggae Et De Ska. Desmond Dekker Est L'un Des Premiers Chanteurs Jamaïcains Les Plus Connus En Dehors De Son Pays. Avec Son Groupe «Les Aces» Composé De Wilson James Et Easton Barrington Howard Il A Sorti Le Premier Hit Jamaïcain Connu Internationalement "Israelites" Enregistré Chez Leslie Kong’s Beverley Records. Biographie Le Son De Sa Voix Et L'instrumentation Qui L'accompagne N'est Pas Sans Rappeler Le Rock'n'roll Dont Il Apprécie Le Son. Desmond Dekker C'est Une Voix Phénoménale Et Cristalline Des Mélodies Inspirées Au Service D'un Rocksteady Engagé Et Positif. Après Quelques Auditions Qui Se Soldèrent Par Des Échecs Notamment Chez Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd / Studio One Et Duke Reid / Treasure Isle Il Auditionne Chez Beverley’s Records Label Du Célèbre Producteur Jamaïcain D’origine Asiatique Leslie Kong . Ce Sera Le Début D’une Longue Collaboration Du Premier Single De Dekker Honour Your Father And Mother 1963 Jusqu’à La Mort De L. Kong En 1971. Honour Your Father And Mother Sinners Come Home Et Labour For Learning Sont Ses Premiers Tubes Qu'il Avait Sorti Sous Le Nom De Desmond Dacres. Après Ces Trois Titres Il Changera Son Nom. Pendant Ces Années Plusieurs Titres De D. Dekker Seront Des Hits Qui Permettront Avant Bob Marley De Faire Découvrir La Musique Jamaïcaine À Un Public International. Avec Son Groupe The Aces Appelé Initialement Four Aces Avant Le Départ D’un Des Membres Il Enregistrera Par Exemple Sinners Come Home 1964 Labour For Learning 1964 King Of Ska 1965 . Jusqu'en 1967 Il Produira Un Son Tourné Vers Un Large Public Puis Suivra La Mode Rude Boys Dont Les Textes Sont Parfois Violents Sans Atteindre Les Mêmes Extrêmes. C'est À Cette Époque Qu'il Sortira Rude Boy Train 1966 Et Rudie Got Soul 1966 . Il Continuera Avec Le Fameux 007 Shanty Town 1967 Inspiré De L'agent Du Même Nom Qui Le Rendra Célèbre Parmi Les Rude Boys. Il N'oublie Pas Pour Autant Le Contenu De Ses Premiers Textes Qui Parlaient De Religion Et De Moralité It's A Shame Wise Man Hey Grandma Unity It Pays Mother's Young Girl And Sabotage . En 1968 Dekker Remporte Le National Song Competition En Jamaïque Avec Son Titre Intensified. Il Sort L'année SuivanteIsraelites Qui Explose Les Hits Américains Et Anglais. Cette Chanson Aux Paroles Dénonciatrices Je Me Lève Le Matin Esclave Pour Un Bout De Pain / Pour Que Chaque Bouche Puisse Être Nourrie Sort À Une Époque Où La Jamaïque Connaît De Fortes Émeutes. Desmond Dekker Est D’ailleurs Connu Pour Ses Textes Engagés Unity 1967 Sabotage Action ! 1968 Pretty Africa 1967 . En Angleterre Grâce À Ce Succès Et Au Soutien Des Skinheads La Musique Jamaïcaine Devient De Plus En Plus Populaire. Plusieurs Artistes Jamaïcains Rentrent Alors Dans Les Charts Dont Les Harry J. Allstars Avec Liquidator 1969 . D'autres Titres Méritent Également D'être Cités Comme King Of Ska Dont Le Groupe Qui L'accompagne "The Cherrypies" N'est Autre Que The Maytals Fu Man Chu Intensified 68 Music Like Dirt . A La Mort De Leslie Kong En 1971 Dekker Passe De Beverley’s Records À Cactus Label Anglais . Ses Enregistrements Sont Alors Principalement Des Reprises De Ses Anciens Titres. Pendant La Période Du Ska Revival Il Sortit Notamment L’album Black And Dekker 1980 Puis King Of King En 1995 Avec Des Membres Du Groupe The Specials. Desmond Dekker Est Mort D'un Arrêt Cardiaque À Son Domicile De Surrey En Angleterre Le 25 Mai 2006 Alors Qu'il Entamait Une Tournée Européenne. Le Label Britannique Trojan A Sorti En 2006 Une Réédition De This Is Desmond Dekkar Production Leslie Kong De 1969 Comportant Une Bonne Partie De Ses Hits.
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"Israelites" Is A Song Written By Desmond Dekker And Leslie Kong That Became A Hit For Dekker's Group Desmond Dekker & The Aces Reaching The Top Of The Charts In Numerous Countries In 1969. Sung In Jamaican English Some Of The Song's Lyrics Were Not Readily Understood By Many British And American Listeners At The Time Of Its Release. Despite This The Single Was The First UK Reggae #1 And Among The First To Reach The US Top Ten Peaking At #9 . It Combined The Rastafarian Religion With Rude Boy Concerns To Make What Has Been Described As A "timeless Masterpiece That Knew No Boundaries". Originally Issued In Jamaica As "Poor Me Israelites" It Remains The Best Known Jamaican Reggae Hit To Reach The United States Hot 100's Top 10 And Was Written Almost Two Years After Dekker First Made His Mark With The Rude Boy Song "007 Shanty Town ". Dekker Composed The Song After Overhearing An Argument "I Was Walking In The Park Eating Popcorn. I Heard A Couple Arguing About Money. She Was Saying She Needs Money And He Was Saying The Work He Was Doing Was Not Giving Him Enough. I Related To Those Things And Began To Sing A Little Song 'You Get Up In The Morning And You're Slaving For Bread.' By The Time I Got Home It Was Complete." The Title Has Been The Source Of Speculation But Most Settle On The Rastafarian Movement's Association With The Twelve Tribes Of Israel. In The 1960s Jamaican Rastafarians Were Largely Marginalized As "cultish" And Ostracized From The Larger Society Including By The More Conservative Christian Church In Kingston. Destitute "slaving For Bread" And Unkempt "Shirt Dem A-Tear Up Trousers A-Go" Some Rastafarians Were Tempted To A Life Of Crime "I Don't Want To End Up Like Bonnie And Clyde" . The Song Is A Lament Of This Condition. The Vocal Melody Is Syncopated And Is Centred On The Tone Of B Flat. The Chords Of The Guitar Accompaniment Are Played On The Offbeat And Move Through The Tonic Chord B Flat The Subdominant E Flat The Dominant F And The Occasional D Flat Viz B Flat - E Flat - F - B Flat - D Flat . It Was One Of The First Reggae Songs To Become An International Hit Despite Dekker's Strong Jamaican Accent Which Made His Lyrics Difficult To Understand For Many Listeners Outside Jamaica. Despite "Israelites" Being Recorded And Released In 1968 The Uni 45 Discography Shows Its Cataloguing In 1969. In June 1969 It Reached The Top Ten In The United States Peaking At #9 On The Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. It Hit #1 In The United Kingdom The Netherlands Jamaica South Africa Canada Sweden And West Germany. "Israelites" Brought A Jamaican Beat To The British Top 40 For The First Time Since Dekker's #14 Hit "007 Shanty Town " In 1967. The Disc Was Released In The UK In March 1969 And Was #1 For One Week Selling Over 250 000 Copies. A Global Million Sales Was Reported In June 1969. Dekker Had Two More UK Top 10 Hits Over The Next Year "It Miek" And His Cover Of Jimmy Cliff's Song "You Can Get It If You Really Want". Dekker Recorded On The Pyramid Record Label And When Its Catalogue Was Acquired By Cactus Records In 1975 "Israelites" Was Re-Issued In A First-Time Stereo Mix. Just Over Six Years After The Original Release The Song Again Reached A Top Ten Position In The United Kingdom. In 1980 Dekker Released A New Recording Of The Song On UK Label Stiff Records Performed In An Uptempo Two Tone Style. It Was Taken From An Album Of Similar Re-Recordings Of His Old Hits Black & Dekker. The Song Has Appeared In Numerous Movies And Television Programs Including The Soundtracks Of The 1989 American Film Drugstore Cowboy And The 2010 British Film Made In Dagenham. On November 3 2019 "Israelites" Was Prominently Featured In The Third Episode Of HBO's Watchmen. Potentially Because Of This Usage The Song Charted Again Entering The Billboard Digital Reggae Song Sales Chart At #2.
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Desmond Dekker De Son Vrai Nom Desmond Adolphus Dacres 16 Juillet 1941 Kingston Jamaïque - 25 Mai 2006 Surrey Angleterre Était Un Chanteur Et Un Compositeur De Reggae Et De Ska. Desmond Dekker Est L'un Des Premiers Chanteurs Jamaïcains Les Plus Connus En Dehors De Son Pays. Avec Son Groupe «Les Aces» Composé De Wilson James Et Easton Barrington Howard Il A Sorti Le Premier Hit Jamaïcain Connu Internationalement "Israelites" Enregistré Chez Leslie Kong’s Beverley Records. Biographie Le Son De Sa Voix Et L'instrumentation Qui L'accompagne N'est Pas Sans Rappeler Le Rock'n'roll Dont Il Apprécie Le Son. Desmond Dekker C'est Une Voix Phénoménale Et Cristalline Des Mélodies Inspirées Au Service D'un Rocksteady Engagé Et Positif. Après Quelques Auditions Qui Se Soldèrent Par Des Échecs Notamment Chez Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd / Studio One Et Duke Reid / Treasure Isle Il Auditionne Chez Beverley’s Records Label Du Célèbre Producteur Jamaïcain D’origine Asiatique Leslie Kong . Ce Sera Le Début D’une Longue Collaboration Du Premier Single De Dekker Honour Your Father And Mother 1963 Jusqu’à La Mort De L. Kong En 1971. Honour Your Father And Mother Sinners Come Home Et Labour For Learning Sont Ses Premiers Tubes Qu'il Avait Sorti Sous Le Nom De Desmond Dacres. Après Ces Trois Titres Il Changera Son Nom. Pendant Ces Années Plusieurs Titres De D. Dekker Seront Des Hits Qui Permettront Avant Bob Marley De Faire Découvrir La Musique Jamaïcaine À Un Public International. Avec Son Groupe The Aces Appelé Initialement Four Aces Avant Le Départ D’un Des Membres Il Enregistrera Par Exemple Sinners Come Home 1964 Labour For Learning 1964 King Of Ska 1965 . Jusqu'en 1967 Il Produira Un Son Tourné Vers Un Large Public Puis Suivra La Mode Rude Boys Dont Les Textes Sont Parfois Violents Sans Atteindre Les Mêmes Extrêmes. C'est À Cette Époque Qu'il Sortira Rude Boy Train 1966 Et Rudie Got Soul 1966 . Il Continuera Avec Le Fameux 007 Shanty Town 1967 Inspiré De L'agent Du Même Nom Qui Le Rendra Célèbre Parmi Les Rude Boys. Il N'oublie Pas Pour Autant Le Contenu De Ses Premiers Textes Qui Parlaient De Religion Et De Moralité It's A Shame Wise Man Hey Grandma Unity It Pays Mother's Young Girl And Sabotage . En 1968 Dekker Remporte Le National Song Competition En Jamaïque Avec Son Titre Intensified. Il Sort L'année SuivanteIsraelites Qui Explose Les Hits Américains Et Anglais. Cette Chanson Aux Paroles Dénonciatrices Je Me Lève Le Matin Esclave Pour Un Bout De Pain / Pour Que Chaque Bouche Puisse Être Nourrie Sort À Une Époque Où La Jamaïque Connaît De Fortes Émeutes. Desmond Dekker Est D’ailleurs Connu Pour Ses Textes Engagés Unity 1967 Sabotage Action ! 1968 Pretty Africa 1967 . En Angleterre Grâce À Ce Succès Et Au Soutien Des Skinheads La Musique Jamaïcaine Devient De Plus En Plus Populaire. Plusieurs Artistes Jamaïcains Rentrent Alors Dans Les Charts Dont Les Harry J. Allstars Avec Liquidator 1969 . D'autres Titres Méritent Également D'être Cités Comme King Of Ska Dont Le Groupe Qui L'accompagne "The Cherrypies" N'est Autre Que The Maytals Fu Man Chu Intensified 68 Music Like Dirt . A La Mort De Leslie Kong En 1971 Dekker Passe De Beverley’s Records À Cactus Label Anglais . Ses Enregistrements Sont Alors Principalement Des Reprises De Ses Anciens Titres. Pendant La Période Du Ska Revival Il Sortit Notamment L’album Black And Dekker 1980 Puis King Of King En 1995 Avec Des Membres Du Groupe The Specials. Desmond Dekker Est Mort D'un Arrêt Cardiaque À Son Domicile De Surrey En Angleterre Le 25 Mai 2006 Alors Qu'il Entamait Une Tournée Européenne. Le Label Britannique Trojan A Sorti En 2006 Une Réédition De This Is Desmond Dekkar Production Leslie Kong De 1969 Comportant Une Bonne Partie De Ses Hits.
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"Israelites" is a song written by Desmond Dekker and Leslie Kong that became a hit for Dekker's group, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, reaching the top of the charts in numerous countries in 1969. Sung in Jamaican English, some of the song's lyrics were not readily understood by many British and American listeners at the time of its release. Despite this, the single was the first UK reggae #1 and among the first to reach the US top ten (peaking at #9). It combined the Rastafarian religion with rude boy concerns, to make what has been described as a "timeless masterpiece that knew no boundaries".
Originally issued in Jamaica as "Poor Me Israelites", it remains the best known Jamaican reggae hit to reach the United States Hot 100's top 10, and was written almost two years after Dekker first made his mark with the rude boy song, "007 (Shanty Town)". Dekker composed the song after overhearing an argument: "I was walking in the park, eating popcorn. I heard a couple arguing about money. She was saying she needs money and he was saying the work he was doing was not giving him enough. I related to those things and began to sing a little song: 'You get up in the morning and you're slaving for bread.' By the time I got home, it was complete." The title has been the source of speculation, but most settle on the Rastafarian Movement's association with the Twelve Tribes of Israel. In the 1960s, Jamaican Rastafarians were largely marginalized as "cultish" and ostracized from the larger society, including by the more conservative Christian church in Kingston. Destitute ("slaving for bread") and unkempt ("Shirt dem a-tear up, trousers a-go"), some Rastafarians were tempted to a life of crime ("I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde"). The song is a lament of this condition.
The vocal melody is syncopated and is centred on the tone of B flat. The chords of the guitar accompaniment are played on the offbeat and move through the tonic chord (B flat), the subdominant (E flat), the dominant (F), and the occasional (D flat), viz, (B flat) - (E flat) - (F) - (B flat) - (D flat). It was one of the first reggae songs to become an international hit, despite Dekker's strong Jamaican accent which made his lyrics difficult to understand for many listeners outside Jamaica.
Despite "Israelites" being recorded and released in 1968, the Uni 45 discography shows its cataloguing in 1969. In June 1969 it reached the Top Ten in the United States, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It hit #1 in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Jamaica, South Africa, Canada, Sweden and West Germany.
"Israelites" brought a Jamaican beat to the British top 40 for the first time since Dekker's #14 hit "007 (Shanty Town)" in 1967.
The disc was released in the UK in March 1969 and was #1 for one week, selling over 250,000 copies. A global million sales was reported in June 1969.
Dekker had two more UK Top 10 hits over the next year, "It Miek" and his cover of Jimmy Cliff's song "You Can Get It If You Really Want".
Dekker recorded on the Pyramid record label, and when its catalogue was acquired by Cactus Records in 1975, "Israelites" was re-issued in a first-time stereo mix. Just over six years after the original release, the song again reached a Top Ten position in the United Kingdom.
In 1980, Dekker released a new recording of the song on UK label Stiff Records, performed in an uptempo Two Tone style. It was taken from an album of similar re-recordings of his old hits, Black & Dekker.
The song has appeared in numerous movies and television programs, including the soundtracks of the 1989 American film Drugstore Cowboy and the 2010 British film Made in Dagenham.
On November 3, 2019, "Israelites" was prominently featured in the third episode of HBO's Watchmen. Potentially because of this usage, the song charted again, entering the Billboard Digital Reggae Song Sales Chart at #2. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.