Explore some of the most iconic songs by reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff and how they shaped global music history. Celebrate his ...

A giant of Jamaican music, he gained international renown through the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” and helped establish reggae’s themes of struggle, resistance and uplift. By Ben Sisario Much ...

A maxim as profound as the Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” but far more hopeful, the jaunty 1970 single “You Can Get It If You Really Want” perfectly set up Jimmy Cliff’s career: Here is ...

Some books give Smith's birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed.

FILE - Jamaican musician, singer and actor Jimmy Cliff performs during the Timbre Rock and Roots concert on Friday March 22, 2013 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File) FILE - Jamaican musician, ...

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 ...

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