2006-09-20 09:52:25 · 24 answers · asked by ask.answer.heyhey 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Jimmy Cliff
2006-09-20 09:53:38 · answer #1 · answered by li5pia 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Written and originally performed by Johnny Nash in 1972
Song went to #1 on the Top 40 charts, the first Reggae tune to reach the Top 40
The original backing band consisted of Bob Marley's Wailers
Re-released in 1993 by Jimmy Cliff, and included in the movie Cool Runnings
This version hit #18 on the charts
2006-09-20 09:57:49 · answer #2 · answered by Shayna 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"I Can See Clearly Now" is a song written and recorded by Johnny Nash. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 4, 1972. It has since been recorded and performed by numerous artists, but the original was Johnny Nash.
2006-09-20 09:56:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Johnny Nash
2006-09-21 08:54:44 · answer #4 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Johnny Nash
2006-09-20 09:55:55 · answer #5 · answered by Norman Bates 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Johnny Nash
This was #1 in the US for 4 weeks late in 1972.
A cover version by Jimmy Cliff went to #18 in the US in 1994. His version was in the John Candy movie Cool Runnings, about the Jamaican bobsled team.
2006-09-20 09:55:04 · answer #6 · answered by Yahoo U there 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Johnny Nash
2006-09-20 09:54:30 · answer #7 · answered by marstewy24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was actually Johnny Nash who wrote and sang it in 1972. Jimmy just did a cover of it.
2006-09-20 10:01:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Johnny Nash did the original, but, Ray Charles DID do a great cover! Honest.
2006-09-24 05:58:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now the rains gone it was Johnny Nash ,but Jimmy Cliff's Many Rivers to Cross is sooooo much better.
2006-09-20 09:56:49 · answer #10 · answered by shawdwarf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Johnny Nash, then Jimmy Cliff and then Bob Marley
2006-09-20 09:56:08 · answer #11 · answered by jbfin2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋