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Jimmy Cliff

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77 Years Old

The Honourable Jimmy Cliff, OM (born James Chambers; 1 April 1948) is a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, musician, and actor. He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as "Sitting in Limbo," "You Can Get It If You Really Want," and "Many Rivers to Cross" from the soundtrack to The Harder They Come, which helped popularize reggae across the world; and his covers of Cat Stevens' "Wild World" and Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film Cool Runnings. Outside of the reggae world, he is probably best known for his film appearance in The Harder They Come. Jimmy Cliff was one of five performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jimmy Cliff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Somerton district of St. James, Jamaica on 1st April 1948

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Sacrée soirée
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Champs-Elysées
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TOTP2
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Saturday Night Live
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Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Rock Concert
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Rockpalast
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Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Le monde est à vous Image
Le monde est à vous
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Grandes Nomes
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Marked for Death
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4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
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Spotlight
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Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
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Club Paradise
Ernest Reed
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The Harder They Come
Ivanhoe "Ivan" Martin
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Marley
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Lennon or McCartney
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One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star tribute
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ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
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Muscle Shoals
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O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
Self (archive footage)
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Dear Jerry - Celebrating The Music of Jerry Garcia
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Rude Boy: The Jamaican Don
Wise Man
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Beats of the Heart: Roots Rock Reggae
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A Reggae Session
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Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes
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Titãs - A Vida Até Parece Uma Festa
Self (archive footage)
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Toots and the Maytals Reggae Got Soul
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Acústico MTV: Titãs
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Formel Eins - Die Kultvideos Vol. 2
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Jimmy Cliff - Rockpalast 84
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This Is Ska
Himself
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Jimmy Cliff - Moving On
Singer
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Bongo Man
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