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ANNIE LENNOX’s recent performance on AMERICAN IDOL has landed her back on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart - for the first time in more than a decade. The former Eurythmics singer entered the countdown at number 80 on Thursday (17Apr08) with her cover of reggae icon JimmyCliff’s 1969 song Many Rivers To Cross, [...]
I've always heard that Bruce Springsteen puts on a great show, and my wife's a huge fan, so on Saturday we went to see him with the fabled E Street Band. Much to my surprise, he kicked off the show with my favorite song of his, a JimmyCliff cover called "Trapped." Some background: back in 1984, when Born in the U.S.A. was huge, the local hard rock station in Seattle, KISW , got a sudden...
Show of hands, reggae fans: How many of you knew that Chris Blackwell — the legendary record man who founded Island Records in the late '50s and broke Jamaican icons like JimmyCliff and Bob Marley to the wider world...
Reggae is a fine musical style, and the Soul Syndicate Band are masters of the craft. This Jamaican Reggae powerhouse have provided backing for Bob Marley and The Wailers, Toots and The Maytals, The Heptones, Burning Spear, JimmyCliff, to name but a few. The DVD is part outdoor concert, part documentary, and part personal look [...]
Perry Henzell's 1972 masterpiece, The Harder They Come, which starred JimmyCliff, has been described as the first truly great Jamaican film. Namechecked in two songs by The Clash, its Do-It-Yourself ethos and anti-establishment stance has led many t...
David Cameron has launched a new Conservative campaign - Restoring Trust in Politics. It's this that he was presaging in today's PMQ’s. It's part of a wider Conservative campaign, entitled ‘You can get it if you really want', and it comes with a Facebook video, and JimmyCliff’s song of the same name in this video. Good choice. [...]
“The Mighty Sparrow is comparable as a lyricist only to Bob Marley and JimmyCliff in the Caribbean,” writes Abeng News Magazine - and proceeds to post a song by the Calypso King of the World endorsing Barack Obama for the US Presidency.
Guy with electric bass: This one's real hard. Real hard. I'm gonna give whoever gets this one three dollars! Three dollars! [Sings] I can see clearly now the rain is gone... Mother of three: JimmyCliff! JimmyCliff! Guy with electric bass: Did you say 'JimmyCliff'?! [Mumbling upon seeing her litter] Man, I wish she didn't have so many babies... [Shouting...
As John continues to quietly recover here at home, let me pass along a story we first heard in the British press a few days ago. If you've ever felt like you were too old to do something, you should take a look at the story of Eric King-Turner and his wife Doris. It'll change your mind! The King-Turners are on the way to New Zealand from England. So what's so interesting about that, you say?
