Bob Marley

Födelsenamn Robert Nesta Marley
Född 6 februari 1945
Nine Miles, St Ann, Jamaica

Död 11 maj 1981 (36 år)
Miami, Florida, USA

Genre(r)
Reggae (roots reggae, lovers rock), Ska, Rocksteady

Instrument
Gibson Les Paul

Aktiva år 1962-1981
Skivbolag
under de stora åren 1973 – 1981 Island Records (distribution) och egna Tuff Gong (produktion)

Relaterade band The Wailers, Peter Tosh

Webbplats bobmarley.com

Medlemmar
The Wailing Wailers bestod på 1960-talet av kärnan Marley, Peter Tosh och Bunny Wailer som sångare och låtskrivare som kompades av toppmusiker inom ska-genren som gruppen The Skatalites. Aston "Family Man" Barrett mfl.

Discography
Main article: Bob Marley & The Wailers discography
• The Wailing Wailers (1965)
• Soul Rebels (1970)
• Soul Revolution (1971)
• The Best of The Wailers (1971)
• Catch a Fire (1973)
• Burnin' (1973)
• Natty Dread (1974)
• Rastaman Vibration (1976)
• Exodus (1977)
• Kaya (1978)
• Survival (1979)
• Uprising (1980)
• Confrontation (1983)
Awards and honors

Marley's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 1976: Band of the Year (Rolling Stone).
• June 1978: Awarded the Peace Medal of the Third World from the United Nations.[54]
• February 1981: Awarded Jamaica's third highest honour, the Jamaican Order of Merit.
• March 1994: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• 1999: Album of the Century for Exodus by Time Magazine.
• February 2001: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• February 2001: Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
• 2004: Rolling Stone ranked him No.11 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[61]
• "One Love" named song of the millennium by BBC.
• Voted as one of the greatest lyricists of all time by a BBC poll.[62]
• 2006: A blue plaque was unveiled at his first UK residence in Ridgmount Gardens, London, dedicated to him by Nubian Jak community trust and supported by Her Majesty's Foreign Office.[63]
• 2010: "Catch a Fire" inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Reggae Album).[64]

Marley's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame