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"Israelites" — Desmond Dekker & The Aces

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"Israelites," released by Desmond Dekker & the Aces in the UK in March 1969, became the first Jamaican reggae record to reach number one on the UK singles chart - staying there for a week and selling over 250,000 copies - and reached number 9 in the US, one of reggae's first major American chart placements.

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