Bob Marley | Jamaican singer-songwriter | Biography In English |

 

Bob Marley, he was a famous singer he was born in nine miles st. Anne parish British Jamaica on 6 February 1945 his father's name was Norval Marley and mother's name was Cedella Marley Booker

his father was a soldier in plantation overseer and mother was a writer and singer-songwriter the young boy pursued his education from the institution Stepney primary and junior high school his father succumbed to a heart failure when bob was but a child of ten years in

school the child had a friend Neville Livingstone later known as Bunny Wailer whose father Thaddeus had a daughter pearl with Bob's mother Cedella the two boys began collaborating on music and soon formed a band along with friends leave early Kelso jr. Braithwaite and Peter Tosh it was in 1962 that Marley first released his singles do you still love me judge not terror and one cup of coffee with

the help of recording artist Leslie Kong the following year the music band changed its name several times finally to the Wailers it was initially the teenagers then the wailing rude boys and after that the wailing Wailers it was when they became the Wailers that record company owner Coxsone Dodd took notice of them in 1964 the Wailers produced their debut track simmer down under and spanner the

next year the reggae band released their first album the wailing Wailers with the successful single rude boy in 1966 however lead artists jr. Braithwaite and beaver Lee Kelso left the band to pursue their solo careers Marley got married to alpha Rita Constantia Anderson commonly known as Rita On February 10th 1966 in Kingston the couple had three children cedilha Ziggy and Steven the Wailers

released their first international album soul rebels in 1970 with the help of recording artist Lee scratch Perry in 1971 the band released two popular albums soul revolution and the best of the Wailers the latter ironically contained new tracks and was not a collection of songs produced earlier the next year Marley signed a contract with london-based CBS records and collaborated with American musician

Johnny Nash for a tour of United Kingdom the Wailers released their next album catch a fire in 1973 for the label Island Records it was moderately successful with 14,000 copies being sold the same year the album burnin was produced containing the hit track I shot the sheriff in 1974 Bob's ban was supposed to kick-start 17 concerts in the United States before other music groups took over

however their popularity had grown to such an extent that their performance had to be stopped after the first four concerts the same year the Wailers disbanded but Marley continued to belt solo albums and singles under the name Bob Marley and the Wailers the famous singer released the solo album natty dread in the year 1974 with popular singles like no cry and no woman in 1975 Bob recorded the album 

live along with his new band members barrett tyrone downey al anderson jr. marvin as well as brothers aston in carlton the following year he also produced the album rest him in vibration with the hit single war during 1977-78 this singer produced the album's Exodus kaalia and Babylon by buses the latter consisting of 13 live performances including the song jamming in the next two years

Marley released the commercially successful album survival with heart-rending tracks like Africa unite Zimbabwe and wake up and live he also released the album uprising with famous singles like Redemption song and forever loving jaws he died on May 11th 1981 at the age of 36 loved the life you live live the life you love said Bob Marley.