Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican singer and songwriter who along with Bob Marley was among the most influential and popular reggae artists, has died at age 81. Cliff first came to fame during the 1960s, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jimmy Cliff in The Harder They Come: he was given the lead role after entrancing the film's director Perry Henzell with his ...

Reggae and the world just lost one of its most important voices. Jimmy Cliff leaves behind a legacy that shaped global music, influenced generations of artists, and helped carry Jamaican sound to ...

One thing about Jimmy Cliff, he understood the assignment. “My role was and is inspiring people,” he told me in 1999, backstage in Oracabessa, Jamaica during the filming of a television special ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The story of Jimmy Cliff, who has died at age 81, is in part the story of reggae itself. Like so many Jamaican teens of his time, he moved to Kingston in the early 1960s and joined a ...

The two-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer had hits with “Wonderful World, Beautiful People,” “You Can Get It if You Really Want” and “I Can See Clearly Now.” By Roy Trakin Jimmy Cliff ...

Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae star whose lead role in the 1972 cult-movie sensation “The Harder They Come” helped introduce the pulsating island dance beat to a global audience, has died. He was 81 ...

A week after his demise, the singer reappeared as one of the genre’s top sellers. This article explores the division of his catalog among several record labels. UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of ...