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Jacob Miller

1952 - 1980

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Jacob Miller (4 May 1952 – 23 March 1980) was a Jamaican reggae artist. His first recording session was with the producer Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd in the late 1960s. While pursuing a solo career, he became the lead singer for Inner Circle, a Jamaican roots reggae band. Miller recorded and toured with Inner Circle before he died in a car crash in early 1980 at age 27. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Miller is the 733rd most popular singer (up from 1,547th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 49th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Jamaican Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jacob Miller ranks 733 out of 4,381. Before him are Shoshana Damari, Massimo Ranieri, Montserrat Figueras, Halid Bešlić, Elza Soares, and Michel Berger. After him are Patricia Kaas, Robertino Loreti, Pharrell Williams, Shakin' Stevens, Kim Jung-sook, and Dado Topić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Jacob Miller ranks 213. Before him are Diane Venora, David Petraeus, Harold Faltermeyer, Vinnie Vincent, Pat Cox, and Wolfgang Rihm. After him are Adi Shamir, Randy Savage, Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, Francesco Graziani, Salam Fayyad, and Marky Ramone. Among people deceased in 1980, Jacob Miller ranks 137. Before him are Richard Chase, John W. McCormack, Toshiko Yuasa, Lucien Buysse, Rafael Paasio, and Barbara O'Neil. After him are José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Charley Borah, Celia Sánchez, Alberto Demicheli, Andrei Amalrik, and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Jacob Miller ranks 20 out of 189. Before him are Liz Mitchell (1952), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), Trevor Berbick (1954), Madge Sinclair (1938), Millie Small (1947), and George Rhoden (1926). After him are George Kerr (1937), Cedella Booker (1926), Merlene Ottey (1960), Stephen Hopkins (1958), Shaggy (1968), and Patrick Ewing (1962).

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Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Jacob Miller ranks 6. Before him are Grace Jones (1948), Max Romeo (1944), Jimmy Cliff (1948), Liz Mitchell (1952), and Millie Small (1947). After him are Cedella Booker (1926), Shaggy (1968), Bunny Wailer (1947), Burning Spear (1945), Carl Douglas (1942), and Gregory Isaacs (1951).

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