Name - Robert Nesta Marley (Bob Marley) aka Tuff Gong
Famous – Famous reggae musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter.
Birth- February 6, 1945, Nine mile, Saint Ann parish, Jamaica.
Nationality- Jamaica
1962 - Bob Marley recorded 4 songs judge not, one cup of coffee, do you still love me? at Federal Studio
1963 - Bob Marley and his colleagues formed wailing wailers group .
February10, 1966 - Bob Marley got married to Rita Anderson.
1972-1974 - Bob Marley moved to CBS records in London
1974 – Bob Marley and the Wailers released album called burning which contained hit song like “I shot the sheriff” and “get up stand up”
1976- 1979 - Bob Marley relocated t England and recorded the albums Exodus and the Kaya
1977 - Bob Marley was found to have cancer (malignant melanoma) on his big toe, but he refused treatment that involve amputation his belief didn’t allow amputation.
1978 - Bob Marley returned to Jamaica and performed at political concert called one love peace concert in an attempt to calm down warring parties.
1979 - Bob Marley release survival, a defiant and politically charged album was released with famous tracks like Zimbabwe, Africa Unite, wake up and live and survival
July 1979 – His appearance in Amandla festival conducted in Boston US. Bob Marley shows strong opposition to South African apartheid which he already had shown in his song war in 1976.
1980 - Bob Marley was invited to perform at 17 April celebration of Zimbabwe Independence Day.
1980 - Bob Marley released his final studio album containing hit songs like redemption song,forever loving Jah, Confrontation released posthumously in 1983,contained unreleased material recorded during Marley lifetime including the hit buffalo soldier .
1980 - Bob Marley collapsed while jogging in NYCs central Park after a series of shows at Madison Square Garden
May 11, 1981 - Bob Marley passed away at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital now called university of Miami, Florida (metastatic skin cancer)
May 21, 1981 - Bob Marley was buried in Jamaica, the burial combined both elements of Ethiopian Orthodox and Rastafarian tradition
Bob Marley Awards.
1978 - Bob Marley received peace medal of the third world
1981 - Bob Marley received Order of merit award
1994 – Bob Marley received Rock and Roll hall of fame award.
2001 - Bob Marley received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Bob Marley Quick facts
- Bob Marley funerals were dignified affairs with combined elements of Ethiopian elements of Orthodox.
- Bob Marley is considered as one of the popular and influential musician of all the time credited with popularizing reggae music on the globe.
- Bob Marley was raised as a Catholic but he became interested in Rastafarian beliefs.
- While in London Bob Marley was arrested and received convictions for possessing small quantity of cannabis
- Apart from reggae music Bob Marley liked to play football and he followed Brazilian club Santos and he was inspired by Brazilian player Pele
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