![]() “I would call out the headlines in a singing style, and I really got people to buy the paper!” he recalled to The Washington Post (2004). He was already singing at his local parish at age six and, during his childhood, sang headlines from the papers in the streets. That isn’t to say Cliff came late to the singing game. But writing songs and singing them was a much bigger field, so I went down that road.” Lucky for us. “Acting was my first love,” he told the Hobart Mercury (2015), “but it was more difficult in a small country like Jamaica to say ‘I’m going to be an actor.’ There was only a few places that would put on plays, it was a very small field. If Cliff had his way, he would have shot into fame on the stage or silver screen - not on the Billboard charts. Jimmy Cliff - the reggae star has an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies. James countryside ( The Age, 1993).Īctually, now he goes by Dr. “I chose Cliff because cliffs are high places and that’s where I wanted to be in the world,” explained the artist, who made the switch when he moved to the big city of Kingston in 1961 from his native St. ![]() ![]() ![]() You know that saying, “Dress for the job you want, not the job you have?” That’s exactly what Jimmy Cliff did - with his name. ![]() Here, our cheat sheet to the man and his influence. Rolling Stone called him “reggae’s first global superstar.” While he may not be reggae’s most visible symbol today - more on why below - no conversation about the genre is complete without him Cliff was instrumental in bringing the sounds of Jamaica to the world. Before Bob Marley, there was Jimmy Cliff. ![]()
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