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BOB MARLEY.

Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in the parish of St. Anns in Nine Miles, Jamaica to Norval Sinclair Marley and Cedella "˜Ciddy' Malcolm. Norval was a British Marine officer and Ciddy was a native Jamaican. Soon after his birth, Bob's father left and had little contact with him although he did financially support his son.
When Bob was five, his father took him toKingston, Jamaica. It wasn't until a year later that Bob saw his mother again. Soon after, he moved with his mother to Trenchtown, a section of Kingston notorious for it's rough ghettoes.

In 1961, at the age of sixteen, Bob released his first song, Judge Not, which did not do well. This did not discourage Bob. He continued to pursue a career in music and in 1965, he formed a group called "˜TheWailers' with Bunny Livingstone (later known as Bunny Wailer) and Peter McIntosh (later known as simply Peter Tosh.) Bob acted as front man for the group and wrote most of the group's material. The trio released "˜Simmer Down,' "˜Rule Them Rudie' and "˜It Hurts To Be Alone,' all of which were hits in Jamaica.
In 1966, Bob Marley married Rita Anderson, his long-term girlfriend. The next day he wentto the United States and stayed long enough to gain financing for his next record. The next year Bob and Rita's first child, Cedella, was born. Soon after, the Marleys set up their own recording label, Wail "˜N Soul "˜M Records, and produced a single, "˜Bend Down Low/Mellow Mood.' That same year, the record label was ended.

Their next child, David (Ziggy) was born in 1968. The Wailerscontinued to release singles without producing an album. The band formed another label, Tuff Gong, and finally reached a degree of success. By that time, the Wailers were famous in the Caribbean, but were unknown in the rest of the world.

Finally in 1971, the Wailers got a break. Island Records forwarded them 8,000 pounds for the production of a full album. The Wailers were the first reggae band toreceive so much money and to have access to the best recording studios. They produced two albums, "˜Catch a Fire' and "˜Burnin'', the latter which included "˜Get Up Stand Up' and "˜I Shot the Sheriff.' The Wailers began to extensively toured the United States and the United Kingdom and when Eric Clapton covered "˜I Shot the Sheriff' the Wailers soared to instant fame.

Soon after their success inthe US, the band changed their name to Bob Marley and the Wailers and then released their next album, "˜Natty Dread.' The album included the hit single "˜No Woman No Cry,' perhaps their most popular song. Soon after, Bunny and Peter left to pursue solo careers and were replaced by new members. By 1976, reggae fever had swept the United States. Rolling Stone magazine named Bob Marley and the Wailersthe "˜Band of the Year' and "˜Rastaman Vibration' rose to the top of the charts.

On December 3 of 1976, an assassination attempt was made on Bob Marley, his wife and the managers of the Wailers to keep him from playing at the Smile Jamaica concert in Kingston. His concert was scheduled for December 5 after a presidential candidate's election rally, a presidential candidate who happened to beat odds with the US. Some people believe that the assassination attempt was executed by the US government, for fear that Marley's performance would sway the vote. Despite receiving two gun shot wounds, Bob Marley performed anyway and then left for the UK.

Bob Marley and the Wailers went on to produce their next album, "˜Exodus,' in 1977. The release of this album propelled Bob to a internationalsuperstar. Later, in May of the same year, Bob found out that he had cancer in his toe. Doctors recommended that he have the toe removed, but Bob refused since this was against his Rastafarian beliefs. In July, the rest of the Exodus tour was canceled.

In 1978, the band released another album, "˜Kaya.' The group's songs went from protest anthems to love songs about ganja (marijuana), which...