"Born James Chambers on July 30, 1944, during a hurricane in St James Parish in northwestern Jamaica, he moved in the 1950s from the family farm to the country's capital, Kingston, with his father, determined to succeed in the music industry. At 14, he became nationally famous for the song Hurricane Hattie, which he wrote. Cliff would go on to record more than 30 albums and perform all over the world, including in Paris, Brazil and at the World's Fair in New York in 1964."
"Known in part for the singles You Can Get It If You Really Want It and Many Rivers To Cross as well as for his covers of Johnny Nash's I Can See Clearly Now, which appeared on the soundtrack of the 1993 movie Cool Runnings, and Cat Stevens's Wild World, Cliff was well known for weaving his humanitarian views into his songs."
Jimmy Cliff died at 81 after a seizure followed by pneumonia. Born James Chambers on July 30, 1944, during a hurricane in St James Parish, Jamaica, he moved to Kingston in the 1950s to pursue music. He became nationally famous at 14 with the song Hurricane Hattie, recorded more than 30 albums and performed worldwide, including Paris, Brazil and the 1964 New York World's Fair. Chris Blackwell invited him to work in the United Kingdom. He starred in the 1972 film The Harder They Come, which introduced reggae internationally. His notable songs and covers include You Can Get It If You Really Want It, Many Rivers To Cross, I Can See Clearly Now and Wild World. His music combined humanitarian and antiestablishment themes and gave voice to hardship and resilient joy; Bob Dylan called Vietnam the best protest song ever.
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