shanty town

Many of the hits from this era came from his debut album, 007 (Shanty Town).

Msimangu soon arrives, and takes Kumalo to Shanty Town.

They begin their hour-long walk from Shanty Town into Orlando and on to the school.

"007 (Shanty Town)" has been called "the most enduring and archetypal" rude boy song.

Notable groups who have covered "007 (Shanty Town)" include:

Before the dogs came, the place was known as Shanty Town, and hobos and Gypsies lived on the land.

He organizes the bus boycott and inspires the building of Shanty Town.

Overnight, thousands of families erect Shanty Town.

The song came almost two years after Dekker first made his mark with the rude boy song, "007 (Shanty Town)".

In the 1880's, tenements there housed poor Irish immigrants and the neighborhood was nicknamed Shanty Town.