Danny Simms. PHOTO/Hayes Sahlan
Danny Sims, who has died aged 75, was one of the first black music entrepreneurs and the first non-Jamaican to recognise the global potential of the reggae superstar Bob Marley.
Marley was still finding his professional feet outside Jamaica when his songs Stir It Up and Guava Jelly became big hits for the singer Johnny Nash in the early 1970s. Sims signed Marley to his publishing company, Cayman Music, paid him a retainer of US$100 a week and brought in
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