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Personal Life
Born on February 6, in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica, Bob Marley helped introduce reggae music to the world and remains one of the genre's most beloved artists to this day. The son of a black teenage mother and much older, later absent white father, he spent his early years in St. Ann Parish, in the rural village known as Nine Miles. -
Personal Life
Marley lived in Trench Town, one of the city's poorest neighborhoods. He struggled in poverty, but he found inspiration in the music around him. Trench Town had a number of successful local performers and was considered the Motown of Jamaica. Marley liked such artists as Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, and the Drifters. -
Early in his musical work
Marley lived in Trench Town, one of the city's poorest neighborhoods. He struggled in poverty, but he found inspiration in the music around him. Trench Town had a number of successful local performers and was considered the Motown of Jamaica. Marley liked such artists as Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, and the Drifters. -
Early in his musical work
While he did not fare well as a solo artist, Marley found some success joining forces with his friends. -
Early in his musical work
Marley, Livingston, and McIntosh formed the Wailing Wailers. Their first single, "Simmer Down," went to the top of the Jamaican charts -
Early in his musical work
By this time, the group also included Junior Braithwaite, Beverly Kelso and Cherry Smith. The group became quite popular in Jamaica, but they had difficulty making it financially. Braithewaite, Kelso, and Smith left the group. The remaining members drifted a part for a time. -
Early in his musical work
Marley married with Rita Anderson on February 10 in USA. After he reunited with Livingston and McIntosh to form the Wailers. Around this time, Marley was exploring his spiritual side and developing a growing interest in the Rastafarian movement. Both religious and political, the Rastafarian movement began in Jamaica in 1930s and drew its beliefs from many sources, including Jamaican nationalist Marcus Garvey, the Old Testament, and their African heritage and culture -
Bob Marley peak in his music.
The Wailers added two new members: bassist Aston "Family Man" Barrett and his brother, drummer Carlton "Carlie" Barrett. The following year, Marley worked on a movie soundtrack in Sweden with Johnny Nash. -
Bob Marley peak in his music.
Marley forms his own record label, Tuff Gong. -
Bob Marley peak in his music.
The Wailers got their big break when they landed a contract with Island Records, founded by Chris Blackwell. For the first time, the group hit the studios to record a full album. -
Bob Marley peak in his music.
Bob Marley and the Wailers sign to Chris Blackwell's Island Records. They release the album Catch a Fire, the first to make a major impression in music markets outside the Caribbean. Livingston and Tosh, however, leave the band to embark on solo careers. -
Bob Marley peak in his music.
Eric Clapton covers The Wailers' I Shot the Sheriff and takes it into the UK top 10, further adding to their reputation. -
Accident and attack
Marley and wife Rita are injured in an assassination attempt in Jamaica. Days later, he takes to the stage with his arm in a sling. -
Accident and attack
Marley breaks one of the toes on his right foot in a football accident in Paris. Doctors find cancerous cells and remove them. -
Accident and attack
He holds the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston, bringing the leaders of Jamaica's rival political factions to the stage to shake hands. -
Accident and attack
Marley and The Wailers kick off the year with a concert in the newly-independent African nation of Zimbabwe. Later in the year, while jogging in New York's Central Park, Marley collapses. Doctors discover cancer has spread to his lungs, liver and brain. -
Marley die. :(
Marley dies in hospital in the US, aged 36. -
After the died Bob Marley.
The Marley Museum is opened in Kingston, on the site of his former home. -
After the died Bob Marley.
Marley's birthday is declared a national holiday in Jamaica. -
After the died Bob Marley.
Bob Marley is posthumously admitted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
