| Born on February 6, 1945 in rural St. Ann's Parish, | | | | Tosh, releasing "Bend Down Low" on their own |
| Jamaica, no one in Robert Nesta Marley’s life had | | | | short-lived Wail 'N' Soul 'M label. It was around this time |
| any idea of the kind of life this young son of a | | | | that Marley and the rest of the group devoted |
| middle-aged white father and teenaged black mother | | | | themselves to the teachings of the Rastafari faith, a |
| would lead. | | | | cornerstone of Bob Marley's life and music until his |
| Known today as an iconic figure in the Reggae world, | | | | death. The Wailers went on to record a wealth of |
| Bob Marley was the first Jamaican artist to reach the | | | | new material including "My Cup," "Duppy Conqueror," |
| level of international superstardom. He began is musical | | | | "Soul Almighty," and "Small Axe." |
| journey at a young age. He left home at 14 to pursue | | | | 1973's “Catch a Fire” was the first of The |
| a music career in Kingston, Jamaica, becoming a pupil | | | | Wailers’ albums released outside of Jamaica, and |
| of local singer and devout Rastafarian Joe Higgs. He | | | | immediately earned worldwide acclaim and industry |
| recorded his first single, "Judge Not," in 1962. | | | | respect. The follow-up, “Burnin”, launched the |
| In 1963 Bob Marley teamed with fellow singers Peter | | | | track "I Shot the Sheriff," later a Top Ten hit for Eric |
| Tosh, Bunny Livingston, Junior Braithwaite, Beverly | | | | Clapton in 1974. 1977's “Exodus” was Bon |
| Kelso, and Cherry Smith to form the vocal group the | | | | Marley’s biggest record to date, generating the hits |
| Teenagers; later rechristened the Wailing Rudeboys, | | | | "Jamming," "Waiting in Vain," and "One Love/People |
| and later simply The Wailers. The group signed on with | | | | Get Ready." “Uprising” was the final album |
| producer Coxsone Dodd's legendary Studio One and | | | | released in Bob Marley's lifetime. He died May 11, 1981, |
| recorded their debut, "I'm Still Waiting." | | | | at the age of 36 of untreatable cancer that had |
| When Braithwaite and Smith exited the Wailers, Bob | | | | spread to his brain, lungs and liver. |
| Marley assumed lead vocal duties, and in early 1964 | | | | Today his legacy lives on. Bob Marley songs gave |
| the group's follow-up, "Simmer Down," topped the | | | | voice to the day-to-day struggles of the Jamaican |
| Jamaican charts. A series of singles including "Let Him | | | | experience, vividly capturing not only the plight of the |
| Go (Rude Boy Get Gail)," "Dancing Shoes," "Jerk in | | | | country's impoverished and oppressed, but also the |
| Time," "Who Feels It Knows It," and "What Am I to Do" | | | | devout spirituality that remains their source of strength. |
| followed, and in all, the Wailers recorded some 70 | | | | Now, more than a quarter century after his death, Bob |
| tracks before breaking up in 1966. | | | | Marley is still one of the most popular reggae artists in |
| After returning to Jamaica nearly a year later, Bob | | | | the world. |
| Marley re-formed the Wailers with Livingston and | | | | |