While he and Kong had been pretty tight throughout the decade, in the late '60s things changed when Kong began focussing most of his attention on producing the new sensation from Barbados' Jackie Opel, shorting the old guard on recording time. Bob Marley finally got fed up and moved to work with Coxsone Dodd. Eventually, Dekker too left -- joining instead Duke Reid. On the day he was to record with Reid, Kong showed up and begged him to return. Dekker recorded "Get Up Adina" and "King of Ska" with his back-up band, the Aces. They had international success with "007" a song credited with shaping the direction of future rock-steady music. The song reached the top of Jamaican charts and peaked at number 15 on the U.K. charts. In 1968, Dekker's song "Intensified" won the Jamaica Festival song competition. Following the success of "Israelites," Dekker left his Aces and toured as a solo act. Solo successes include "A It Mek," a song he wrote about his little sister. Later he had another smash hit with his cover of Jimmy Cliff's "You Can Get It if You Really Want." As reggae music began to overshadow rock-steady through the 1970s, Dekker's popularity began to fade a bit. By the late-'70s, his career was revitalized by the british ska-revival. He signed to Stiff Records and recorded two albums including 1980's Black and Dekker, but since then has only infrequently recorded.