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He born in St. Anns, Jamaica,
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Participated in an audition for a music producer named Leslie Kong.
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He shared his idea with Bunny and Peter and the three formed the Wailing Wailers.
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The producer Clement Dodd decided to promote the group.
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The Wailing Wailers released their first single, "Simmer Down", with record Coxsone.
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He moved with his mother toDelaware, Estados Unidos and he met Rita Anderson and after they married.
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It gave the visit of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie and from Ethiopia, which boosted and renewed the important island Rastafarian movement.
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Bob called Peter and Bunny to form a new band, the legendary The Wailers.(Los miticos).
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It was discovered that he had formed a acral lentiginous melanoma in the big toe of his right foot. Typical sign of this cancer.
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He died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, now University of Miami Hospital, in the morning, at the age of 36. The spread of cancer started as a melanoma on his foot and produced metastases in his lungs and brain were the cause of his early death.