Book: The Ultimate Guide to Great Reggae
Chapter: Jimmy Cliff
Blurb:
Jimmy Cliff is one of the very best singers to ever emerge from Jamaica. He brandishes
a high-powered instrument – a soprano with great range and a plaintive
lilt that is capable of a keening emotional intensity and soaring joy. It would make
him a star at home and abroad, and garner him many honors. He was awarded
Jamaica’s Order of Distinction, then its Order of Merit, and was inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio (the only reggae star other
than Bob Marley to achieve this, even though neither of them recorded much that
could be considered rock and roll).