12 h. ago How Jimmy Cliff rose from grinding poverty to become reggae legend who blazed a trail for Bob Marley

REGGAE legend Jimmy Cliff lived by the words of one of his most famous songs: You Can Get It If You Really Want. The Jamaican’s feelgood anthems I Can See Clearly Now, Wonderful World, Beautiful People and The Harder They Come were global hits — blazing a trail for Bob Marley. Tributes to the reggae...

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18 h. ago Jimmy Cliff dead aged 81: Jamaican prime minister leads tributes to Reggae legend

Singer was credited with popularising reggae alongside Bob Marley

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20 h. ago 'Absolutely heartbroken': Tributes pour in as reggae superstar Jimmy Cliff dies aged 81

Jimmy Cliff at one time was a rival to Bob Marley as reggae’s most prominent artist

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21 h. ago Jimmy Cliff dead aged 81: Reggae legend has passed away, his wife announces

Singer was credited with popularising reggae alongside Bob Marley

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22 h. ago Reggae legend and 'cultural icon' Jimmy Cliff dies as tributes pour in

Raggae music legend Jimmy Cliff has passed away, with the star being dubbed a 'cultural icon' for his role is taking the genre international alongside Bob Marley

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3 w. ago Romesh Ranganathan: ‘I Want Your Soul by Armand Van Helden is so relentlessly catchy I’m sick of it’

The comedian and presenter would do LL Cool J at karaoke – if his family’s lives depended on it. But what song would make his funeral ‘pop off’?The first song I fell in love with Growing up, every weekend we’d visit a different Sri Lankan family’s house in London. One kid had Thriller by Michael Jackson, and I fell in love with Billie Jean. I then ripped my brother’s Michael Jackson Bad poster in a retaliation move, for which I now formally apologise.The song I do at karaoke I’ve never done it. If somebody had my family and said: “Pick a song for them to be released,” I’d still consider not doing it, before eventually settling on Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J. Continue reading...

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