Credit: Photo By John Carrico

Jimmy Cliff, Backyard, early Nineties

Even if Jimmy Cliff never has another hit, his cult classic “The Harder They Come” will remain the crossover hit that introduced the sound of the islands into America’s mainstream.

This article appears in January 28 • 2000.

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