Sing a Little Song

"Sing a Little Song"
Single by Desmond Dekker
B-side No Place Like Home
Released 1975
Genre Reggae
Length 3:04
Label Cactus CT73
Writer(s) D. Dacres
Producer(s) Bruce Anthony
Desmond Dekker singles chronology
"Israelites - re-release"
(1975)
"'Sing a Little Song'"
(1975)
"Roots Rock"
(1977)

"Sing a Little Song" is a song and single written and performed by Jamaican, Desmond Dekker.[1]

It was first released in 1975. It entered the UK singles chart in August, reaching number 16 and staying for seven weeks on the chart.[2][3]

Following the death of Dekker's producer, Leslie Kong in 1971 he found his music career foundering. In the mid 1970s, in an attempt at further success he combined with English production duo Tony Cousins and Bruce White who went under the name, Bruce Anthony. After two chart failures, the third single "Sing a Little Song" made the charts in 1975. As with some of Dekker's earlier releases such as "Problems" the b-side of his hit It Miek, it deals with life's hardships in a light-hearted manner.[4]

References

  1. "Sing a Little Song". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 133. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. "Sing a Little Song - Chart Archive". www.chartarchive.org. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. "Sing a Little Song". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
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