Jimmy Cliff Arrival Lyrics

Jimmy Cliff OM (> Jamaican Order of Merit) born as James Chambers

Biography

Jimmy Cliff OM (> Jamaican Order of Merit) born as James Chambers (1 April 1948, St. Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs like "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want," "Many Rivers to Cross" and the title track from The Harder They Come, a film soundtrack which helped popularise reggae across the world.

Cliff moved to Kingston in 1962. After he released two singles that failed to make much of an impression, his career took off when his "Hurricane Hattie" became a hit, while he was aged just 14; it was produced by Leslie Kong, with whom Cliff would remain until Kong's death. Later local hit singles included "King of Kings", "Dearest Beverley" and "Pride and Passion". In 1964, Cliff was chosen as one of the Jamaican representatives at the World's Fair, and Cliff soon signed to Island Records and moved to Britain. Island initially (and unsuccessfully) tried to sell Cliff to the rock audience, but his career took off in the late 1960s. His international debut album was Hard Road to Travel, which received excellent reviews and included "Waterfall", a Brazilian hit that won the International Song Festival.

"Waterfall" was followed in 1969 by "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" and "Vietnam" in 1970, both popular throughout most of the world. Folk rock singer-songwriter Bob Dylan even called "Vietnam" the best protest song he'd ever heard. Wonderful World included a cover of Cat Stevens' "Wild World", which was a success in 1970.

album: "Jimmy Cliff" (1969)

Time Will Tell

Many Rivers To Cross

Vietnam

Use What I Got

Hard Road To Travel

Wonderful World, Beautiful People

Sufferin' In The Land

Hello Sunshine

My Ancestors

Come Into My Life

Those Good, Good Old Days[2001 Re-issue Bonus Track]

My World Is Blue[2001 Re-issue Bonus Track]

Better Days Are Coming[2001 Re-issue Bonus Track]

soundtrack: "The Harder They Come" (1972)

You Can Get It If You Really Want

Rivers Of Babylon

Many Rivers To Cross

The Harder They Come

Johnny Too Bad

Shanty Town

Pressure Drop

Sitting In Limbo

album: "Struggling Man" (1974)

Struggling Man

When You're Young

Better Days Are Coming

Sooner Or Later

Those Good, Good Old Days

Can't Live Without You

Going Back West

album: "Give Thanx" (1978)

Bongo Man

Lonely Street

Love I Need

album: "The Power And The Glory" (1983)

We All Are One

Reggae Night

Roots Woman

Love Solution

Journey

album: "Breakout" (1992)

Peace

Haunted

Samba Reggae

True Story

album: "Higher And Higher" (1998)

Higher And Higher

You Can Get It If You Really Want

Wonderful World, Beautiful People

Many Rivers To Cross

I Can See Clearly Now

Rebel In Me

The Harder They Come

album: "Black Magic" (2004)

I Want I Do I Get

People

Love Comes

Terror

(Ooh La, La, La) Let's Go Dancing

Take Your Time

album: "Rebirth" (2012)

World Upside Down

One More

Guns Of Brixton

Ruby Soho

Blessed Love

Ship Is Sailing

King Of Kings[iTunes Bonus Track]

other songs:

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Big Bad John

Club Paradise

Fundamental Reggae

Give The People What They Want

Goodbye Yesterday

Hold Tight

House Of Exile

I'm Free

I'm Sorry

Let It Go

Let Your Yeah Be Yeah

Miss Jamaica

No Woman No Cry

Rock Children

Roots Radical

Son Of Man

Too Many Rivers To Cross

Treat The Youths Right

You've Got A Friend