Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley the greatest ever reggae singer. He reggae and his message of love and unity to a worldwide audience. His live performances legendary for their passion and energy. Marley’s album ‘Exodus’ voted by ‘Time’ magazine as the best of the 20th Century. The BBC his song ‘One Love’ as the song of the millennium.
Marley born in 1945 in a small village in Jamaica to a white father and black mother. The racist bullying he as a child an impact on his songwriting. He school at the age of 14 to make music. He members of his future band The Wailers at a jam session. It several years before they famous.
The Wailers' first album ‘Catch a Fire’ released in 1973 and well. Another album a year later which the song ‘I Shot The Sheriff’. Eric Clapton’s cover of the song in 1974 Marley a lot of global attention. In 1975, Marley his breakthrough song ‘No Woman, No Cry’, still as a classic today.
Marley Jamaica for England in 1976 to record his ‘Exodus’ and ‘Kaya’ albums. He the world and to campaign against apartheid in South Africa and to celebrate Zimbabwe’s independence. He of cancer in 1981, aged 36. He given a state funeral in Jamaica according to the Rastafari tradition. He to be an important influence on today’s music.