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Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of the genre, Marley fused elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady in his music and was renowned for his distinctive vocal and songwriting style. Marley's contribution to music increased the visibility of Jamaican music worldwide and made him a global figure in popular culture. Over the course of his career, Marley became known as a Rastafarian icon, and he infused his music with a sense of spirituality. He is also considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture and identity, and was controversial in his outspoken support for democratic social reforms. He also supported legalisation of cannabis, and advocated for Pan-Africanism. In 1976, Marley survived an assassination attempt in his home, which was believed to be politically motivated. Born in Nine Mile, Jamaica, Marley began his professional musical career in 1963, after forming the group Teenagers with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, which, after several name changes, would become the Wailers. In 1965, the group released its debut studio album, The Wailing Wailers, which included the single "One Love", a reworking of "People Get Ready"; the song was popular worldwide, and established the group as a rising figure in reggae. The Wailers released an additional 11 studio albums, and after signing to Island Records, the band's name became Bob Marley and the Wailers. While initially employing louder instrumentation and singing, the group began engaging in rhythmic-based song construction in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which coincided with Marley's conversion to Rastafari. Around this time, Marley relocated to London, and the group embodied their musical shift with the release of the album The Best of The Wailers (1971). The group began to gain international attention after signing to Island, and touring in support of the albums Catch a Fire and Burnin' (both 1973). Following the disbandment of the Wailers a year later, Marley carried on under the band's name. The album Natty Dread (1974) received positive reception. In 1975, following the global popularity of Eric Clapton's version of Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff", Marley had his international breakthrough with his first hit outside Jamaica, with a live version of "No Woman, No Cry", from the Live! album. This was followed by his breakthrough album in the United States, Rastaman Vibration (1976), which reached the Top 50 of the Billboard Soul Charts. A few months after Rastaman Vibration's release, Marley survived an assassination attempt at his home in Jamaica, which prompted him to permanently relocate to London, where he recorded the album Exodus, which incorporated elements of blues, soul, and British rock, and enjoyed widespread commercial and critical success. In 1977, Marley was diagnosed with acral lentiginous melanoma; he died as a result of the illness in 1981, shortly after baptism into the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. His fans around the world expressed their grief, and he received a state funeral in Jamaica. The greatest hits album Legend was released in 1984, and became the best-selling reggae album of all time. Marley also ranks as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of more than 75 million records worldwide. He was posthumously honoured by Jamaica soon after his death with a designated Order of Merit by his nation. In 1994, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone ranked him No. 11 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. and No. 98 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. His other achievements include a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and induction into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. Early life Marley was born on 6 February 1945 at the farm of his maternal grandfather in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, to Norval Sinclair Marley and Cedella Malcolm. Norval Marley was a white Jamaican born in Clarendon Parish. Norval went by the moniker "Captain", despite only having been a private in the British Army. At the time of his marriage to Cedella Malcolm, an Afro-Jamaican then 18 years old, he was supervising a subdivision of land for war veteran housing, and he was about 64 years old at the time of Bob Marley's birth. Norval, who provided little financial support for his wife and child and rarely saw them, died when Marley was 10 years old. Some sources state that Marley's birth name was Nesta Robert Marley, with a story that when Marley was still a boy, a Jamaican passport official reversed his first and middle names because Nesta sounded like a girl's name. Marley's biographer has refuted claims by some cousins that the Marley surname had Syrian-Jewish origins. Marley's maternal grandfather, Omariah, known as a Myal, was an early musical influence on Marley. Marley began to play music with Neville Livingston, later known as Bunny Wailer, while at Stepney Primary and Junior High School in Nine Mile, where they were childhood friends. At age 12, Marley left Nine Mile with his mother and moved to the Trenchtown section of Kingston. Marley's mother and Thadeus Livingston, Bunny Wailer's father, had a daughter together named Claudette Pearl, who was a younger sister to both Bob and Bunny. With Marley and Livingston living together in the same house in Trenchtown, their musical explorations deepened to include the new ska music and the latest R&B from United States radio stations whose broadcasts reached Jamaica. Marley formed a vocal group with Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh. The line-up was known variously as the Teenagers, the Wailing Rudeboys, the Wailing Wailers, and finally just the Wailers. Joe Higgs, who was part of the successful vocal act Higgs and Wilson, lived nearby and encouraged Marley. Marley and the others did not play any instruments at this time, and were more interested in being a vocal harmony group. Higgs helped them develop their vocal harmonies, and began teaching Marley guitar. Marley's mother later married Edward Booker, a civil servant from the United States, giving Marley two half-brothers: Richard and Anthony. Musical career 1962–1972: Early years In February 1962, Marley recorded four songs, "Judge Not", "One Cup of Coffee", "Do You Still Love Me?" and "Terror", at Federal Studios for local music producer Leslie Kong. Three of the songs were released on Beverley's with "One Cup of Coffee" being released under the pseudonym Bobby Martell. In 1963, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, and Cherry Smith were called the Teenagers. They later changed the name to the Wailing Rudeboys, then to the Wailing Wailers, at which point they were discovered by record producer Coxsone Dodd, and finally to the Wailers. Their single "Simmer Down" for the Coxsone label became a Jamaican No..... Discover the Bob Marley popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Bob Marley books.
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Bob Marley
Maureen SheridanFew have combined the music with a message in such a radical way as the Jamaicanborn superstar. The best of Marley’s work conveys elements of his social background and religious an...
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The Seekers
John Densmore & Viggo MortensenThe iconic drummer of The Doors investigates his own relationship with creativity and explores the meaning of artistry with other artists and performers in this compelling and spel...
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Who Are Venus and Serena Williams
James Buckley Jr., Who HQ & Andrew ThomsonThe dynamic story of the Williams sisters, both topranked professional tennis players.Venus and Serena Williams are two of the most successful professional American tennis players ...
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Marley and Me
Don TaylorBob Marley's tragic death in 1981 left the world in mourning. Since that day, the myths and legends which surround his life have continued to grow. Don Taylor, Marley's man...
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Listen to Bob Marley
Bob MarleyAn inspiring collection of poems, meditations, and lyrics by one of the world’s most revered musical legends Bob Marley’s music defined a movement and forever changed a nation. Kno...
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Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog
Emily DeanAs featured on BBC2's Between the Covers'Glamorous. Heartbreaking. Hilarious. Feminist. Lifechanging'Katherine Ryan'I loved this book so much. It's hard to overpraise. So funny and...
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Tanto que contar
Roger SteffensLa mejor y más completa biografía de Bob Marley. Un libro que no elude ninguna controversia y nos ofrece todos los aspectos de su vida.Una historia reveladora y devastadora de uno ...
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Bob Marley - Ukulele Play-Along
Bob MarleyThe Ukulele PlayAlong series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily, with incredible backing tracks to help you sound like a bona fide pro] Just follow the writt...
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Bob Marley
Chris SalewiczI Wailers, Peter Tosh e Bunny Wailer, i mitici Coxsone Dodd e Lee Scratch Perry, la sua infanzia, la madre, Rita e tutte le altre, Cindy Breakspeare miss Mondo 1976, il rapporto c...
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For the Love of Bob
James BowenFrom best friends James Bowen and street cat Bob, stars of the number one bestselling A Street Cat Named Bob, comes a special edition of The World According to Bob for children age...
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Bob Marley
Fernando MorettiO legado de Boby Marley ao mundo é digno de nota, e seu valor é dez a nota máxima! No entanto, depois e ler sua trajetória, pensei que pelo conjunto da obra deveria ser doze, pois...
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Bob Marley - Catch a Fire
Timothy WhiteDiese Lebensgeschichte von Bob Marley gehört zu den anerkannten und besten Standardwerken über den Reggae. Die preisgekrönte Biographie ist weit mehr als nur die fesselnde Chronik ...
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Cannabis for Chronic Pain
Rav IvkerThe first authoritative and comprehensive guide for treating chronic pain with medical marijuana from a holistic family physician who has treated more than six thousand chronic pai...
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A Christmas Carol
Charles DickensCelebrate the spirit of the season with this complimentary edition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol–the perfect companion for a cozy night by the fire. Includes an exclusive e...
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Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley
Ann PancakeAnn Pancake's 2007 novel Strange As This Weather Has Been exposed the devastating fallout of mountaintop removal mining on a single West Virginia family. In Me and My Daddy Listen...
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Cooking with Herb
Cedella Marley & Raquel PelzelCedella Marley shows how cannabis can be part of a clean, green, healthy life, and shares tips firsttime users and marijuana devotees can use to enhance their wellness routines and...
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Bob Marley
Timothy WhiteNon si conosce l'esatta data di nascita di Bob Marley, giamaicano di Kingston, rasta coi dreadlocks, che avrebbe voluto far ritorno nella Madre Africa presso l'imperatore d'Etiopia...
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Bob Marley
Jason ToynbeeIs Bob Marley the only third world superstar? How did he achieve this unique status? In this captivating new study of one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century...
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The Bible and Bob Marley
Dean A. MacNeilWith a Bible and guitar, Bob Marley set out to conquer the world of popular music. Rising from humble origins to international stardom, he worked tirelessly to spread a dual messag...
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Bob Marley
50MinutosEste libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Bob Marley, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá...
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The Future Is the Beginning
Bob Marley & Gerald HausmanIn this oneofakind collection, edited by Gerald Hausman and with an introduction by Cedella Marley, the words of reggae legend Bob Marley are gathered together to give readers a se...
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The Islander
Chris BlackwellIn the vein of Sound Man and The Soundtrack of My Life, a lyrical memoir from the founder of one of the greatest music labels of all time, Island Records, about his astonishing lif...
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Bob Marley
Bob MarleyThe Guitar PlayAlong series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily] Just follow the tab, listen to the audio to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play a...
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Every Little Thing
Bob Marley & Cedella MarleyBob Marley's songs are known the world over for their powerful message of love, peace, and harmony. Now a whole new generation can discover one of his most joyous songs in this rea...
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Bob Marley
Michael HeatleyBob Marley blazed a trail for reggae from 1962, when he cut his first single as an inexperienced teenager, to 1980, when he played the last of his concerts. The decades after his d...
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Bob Marley for Ukulele
Bob MarleyYa mon] 20 Marley favorites to strum on your uke, including: Buffalo Soldier Could You Be Loved Exodus Get up Stand Up I Shot the Sheriff Jamming Lively up Yourself No Woman...
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Bob Marley
Brice Depasse & Hugues HausmanComme vous, il m’arrive souvent d’écouter La Story de Brice Depasse que diffuse Radio Nostalgie depuis 20 ans. Dans cet article consacré à Bob Marley, on ressent la singulière et p...
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Bob Marley
Catherine ThirardDécouvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Bob Marley en moins d'une heure !Personnalité incontournable de la culture populaire, Bob Marley a connu un succès à l'échelle mondial...
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Bob Marley
William EnglishThis eBook will attempt to tell the story of Jamaica’s greatest son, in a manner which will give the reader a broad spectrum in a small space. A lot of this book will not be about ...
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Bob Marley
Chris SalewiczComment Bob Marley estil devenu un chanteur si populaire dans un monde dominé par le rock ? Comment estil devenu non seulement le plus grand artiste que le reggae ait connu, mais a...
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The Covert War Against Rock
Alex ConstantineThe connections between government, organized crime, and the music industry are examined, offering compelling evidence that there may be more to the deaths of important popular mus...
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Bob Marley
Jean-Philippe de Tonnac"La musique peut rendre les hommes libres." Né d’une mère noire jamaïcaine et d’un père blanc d’origine anglaise, Bob Marley (19451981) a révélé au monde l’universalité du reggae....
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No Woman No Cry
Rita MarleyA memoir by the woman who knew Bob Marley besthis wife, Rita. Rita Marley grew up in the slums of Trench Town, Jamaica. Abandoned by her mother at a very young age, she was raised ...
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Do the Reggae
René WynandsAn keinem Ort der Welt wird mehr Musik produziert als auf der Karibik insel Jamaika. Reggae ist dort echte „Volksmusik“, die die Erlebnisse, Wün sche und Ansichten einer quirligcha...