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 ...

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 ...

Jamaican prime minister spoke highly of Jimmy Cliff and honoured him with a special funeral after a discussion with his widow The culture minister in the country revealed that Cliff left specific ...

The instructions on Wednesday were clear: no serious, sad or long faces. And the crowd filing into a gymnasium in Jamaica’s capital largely obliged as they honored reggae giant Jimmy Cliff. “Jimmy ...

Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican singer, actor and cultural ambassador for reggae music, who starred in and wrote the title song for the iconic 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” has died, according to a ...

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 ...

Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff, born James Chambers in 1944, has passed away at 81. His wife, Latifa, announced his death was due to a seizure followed by pneumonia. Cliff was a highly influential figure in ...

"Jimmy is his name, music is his game," an announcer said before reggae icon Jimmy Cliff took the stage at My Father’s Place in Roslyn on Nov. 24, 1978. After enthusiastic applause from the crowd, ...

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 ...