Bob Recorded All These Hit Songs
Bob Marley was the first Jamaican artist to achieve international super stardom, while introducing Reggae music of his native island Jamaica to the many corners of the globe.
Bob is also best known for his popular Reggae hit songs which includes: “No Woman No Cry,” “I Shot the Sheriff,” “One Love,” “Jammin,” “Waiting I Vain,” “Exodus”, and many more.
Bob Respected Both Parents
Even though Bob's father was a Jamaican, he was also of English decent.
In other words, Bob Marley's father was white and his mother was black. Bob often talked about not being prejudice against himself, he said, “my father is white and my mother was black” He said he will not dip on anybody's side. I won't dip on the white man side and I won't dip on the black man side. I will only dip on God's side. He loved his parents.
Musical Career:
Bob's musical career span over several years, he formed a group called “The Teenagers”, with fellow musicians Bunny Livingston, Peter McIntosh, Beverly Kelso, Junior Braithwaite and Cherry Smith. Not long after, they change their name to “The Wailing Rudeboys”, then to “The Wailing Wailers; the final name the group decided to use was “The Wailers”.
Musicians Bob Worked With
He worked with Carlton and Aston Barrett on drum and bass. He also worked with Al Anderson, Junior Marvin, Tyrone Downie, Alvin Patterson, Earl Lindo, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt and Rita Marley his wife. The three ladies provided back ground vocals for the group were called the "I Threes".
Recognition by the Jamaican Government
In 1980 the government of Jamaica added Hon. to Bob Marley's name because of the impact he made with Reggae music throughout the world. To date, even though Bob Marley has been dead for over 26 years, he remains the most popular person from Jamaica.
His Birth Place
The Hon. Robert Nesta Marley hails from a village called Nine Mile in the parish of Saint Ann, Jamaica West Indies. He was born on February 6, 1945. He died on May 11, 1981. However, his music lives on.
