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Desmond Dekker

"I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school."

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"Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style."
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"Recently, I've been working on anew album of material, which should be out in the new Millennium. I'm not sure which song will be put out as a single, but I'm still hoping to get another record in the charts."
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"I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school."
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