Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One thing about Jimmy Cliff, he understood the assignment. “My role was and is inspiring people,” he told me in 1999, backstage in ...

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 ...

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, the voice behind “Many Rivers to Cross” and “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” has died at 81. Born James Chambers on July 30, 1944, in rural St. James Parish, Jamaica, he ...

Jimmy Cliff, the smooth-voiced singer who helped popularize the reggae genre, has died at age 81, his wife announced on Instagram on Monday. “It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as "Many Rivers to Cross," "You Can Get it If You Really Want" and ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and ...