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QUICK FACTS NAMEJimmy Cliff OCCUPATION Songwriter , Singer BIRTH DATE April 1 , 1948 (age 69) EDUCATION Kingston Technical High School PLACE OF BIRTH St. James , Jamaica AKAEl Hadi Naïm BachirJimmy Cliff ORIGINALLYJames Chambers ZODIAC SIGN Aries Jamaican musician Jimmy Cliff is best known for introducing reggae to an international audience. Synopsis International reggae star Jimmy Cliff, born James Chambers on April 1, 1948, in St. James, Jamaica, began making music as a child. In his adolescent years, he began releasing singles and finding fame in Jamaica. As a result of his role as a troubled musician in the film The Harder They Come , Cliff burst onto the international music scene, where he remained for years to follow. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2010. Early Life Jimmy Cliff was born James Chambers on April 1, 1948, in Somerton District, St. James, Jamaica. He began his career as a musician , singer and actor by

Synopsis Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica. In 1963, Marley and his friends formed the Wailing Wailers. The Wailers' big break came in 1972, when they landed a contract with Island Records . Marley went on to sell more than 20 million records throughout his career, making him the first international superstar to emerge from the so-called Third World . He died in Miami, Florida, on May 11, 1981. Early Life in Jamaica Born on February 6, 1945, in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica, Bob Marley helped introduce reggae music to the world and remains one of the genre's most beloved artists to this day. The son of a black teenage mother and much older, later absent white father, he spent his early years in St. Ann Parish, in the rural village known as Nine Miles . One of his childhood friends in St. Ann was Neville "Bunny" O'Riley Livingston. Attending the same school, the two shared a love of music. Bunny inspired Bob to learn to play th