The best known Jamaican reggae hit to reach the Hot 100 in the US was “The Israelites” by Desmond Dekker & The Aces (#9 June, ’69). The lyrics made reference to what 1930’s gangsters?
Answer to last week’s Trivia: The 1966 #1 hit done in the 1930’s style with the lead vocal sung through a megaphone was: “Winchester Cathedral” (New Vaudeville Band, Dec., ’66)
