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Bob was born in Nine Mile, north of Jamaica, in a beautiful place.
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His family moved to Jamaica's capital Kingston when he was 12.
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He met Bunny Livingstone and Peter Mcintosh and they started playing music together as the Wallers -both boys would later find solo fame as Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh.
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though he made his first record at the age 17, he was just one of humdreds of young men struggling to made a living from music in jamaica.
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The Wailing Waillers, as Bob Marley's band now called, had a Jamaican hit with the song: ''Simmer Down''.
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Bob Marley married one of his backing singers .
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They went to London, wich had been the centre youth culture in the 60's
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As Marley's fame grew, he became increasingly involved in the politics of his country .Bob never sold huge amounts of records, but he influenced other musicians a lot.
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In 1976 in jamaica , bob's home was shoted, where no one died
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He died without seeing Jamaica again because He was warned to not return to his country because the war.
