Israelites (song)
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title:
Israelites (song)
text:
"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 Patois, 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. It combined the Rastafarian religion with rude boy concerns, to m
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1968 single by Desmond Dekker & the Aces
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites_(song)
date created:
2004-08-12T06:38:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T00:52:47Z
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