Jimmy Cliff

Acting

Born 1944-07-30 Died 2025-11-24 Somerton district of St. James, Jamaica 39 credits Grammy Awards 2 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1 Order of Merit 1

Awards

Won 2 Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards 2 won · 5 nominated

2013 Best Reggae Album Won Rebirth
2005 Best Reggae Album Nominated
1993 Best Reggae Album Nominated
1989 Best Reggae Album Nominated Hanging Fire
1987 Best Reggae Album Nominated
1986 Best Reggae Album Won Cliff Hanger
1985 Best Reggae Album Nominated Reggae Night

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1 won

2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Won

Order of Merit 1 won

2003 Order of Merit Won

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The Honourable Jimmy Cliff, OM (30 July 1944 – 24 November 2025), known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and actor. At the time of his death, he was the only living reggae musician to hold the Order of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievements 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.

Jimmy Cliff

Awards

Grammy Awards 2 won · 5 nominated

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1 won

Order of Merit 1 won

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