🌈 Reggae: Jimmy Cliff, I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash, Stir It Up

- James Chambers OM (b. 30 July 1944), aka Jimmy Cliff, is a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae & soul musician, singer, & actor. Noted songs - "Many Rivers to Cross", "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "Reggae Night", & covers of Cat Stevens's "Wild World" & *Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film 'Cool Runnings.' Cliff starred in the film The Harder They Come, which helped popularize reggae around the world, & Club Paradise...
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1973. The song Stir It Up was composed by Bob Marley & recorded by him & the Wailers in 1972.
- John Lester Nash Jr. (Aug. 19, 1940 - Oct. 6, 2020) was an American singer, best known in the US for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae & pop singer, he was one of the first non-Jamaican artists to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica. Nash was born in Houston, TX.. In the 1950s Nash sang covers of R&B hits on a local variety show & radio & TV programs. In 1966, 1967 he went to a Rastafarian party where he met Bob Marley & The Wailing Wailers who were performing. Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, & Rita Marley introduced Nash to the local music scene...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Nash