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He was born in 1945 in England.
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He and his family moved to Kingston when he was 12.
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marley continued to make the music that wold develop into reggae - a slowed-down .
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he started playing music together witch bunny living stone and mcintosh.
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he made his first record at the age of 17.
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his band was called had a jamaican hit with the song simmer down.
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he also travelled to Delaware in the United States to see his mother .
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this was a time of great political activity in the States an opposition to the Vietnam war. This had a big effect on Marley. who returned to jamaica commited to political change.
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he had also grown his hair into dreadlocks, a sing of his espiritual conversion to the rastafarian religion.
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the wailers went to london with had been centre of youth culture in the 60s.
