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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jamaican reggae band (1963–1981)
Bob Marley and the Wailers were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer.
members: The Wailers, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Junior Braithwaite, Cherry Smith, Beverley Kelso, Aston Barrett
formed in: Kingston
labels: Studio One, Island Records
genres: reggae
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Early years
The band formed in 1963 following self-taught musician Peter Tosh (1944–1987) meeting the singers Bunny Wailer (1947–2021) and Bob Marley (1945–1981). They developed a ska vocal group called the Teenagers. The group soon changed their name to the Wailing Rudeboys and then to the Wailing Wailers before settling on the Wailers.
In 2001, Catch a Fire was reissued as a double album, with the first part being the previously unreleased 'Jamaican' versions of the song without Blackwell's overdubs and the second part being the album as it was released in 1972.
Jamaican reggae band fronted by but initially formed as vocal group, with peter tosh & bunny wailer, then adding the rhythm section of the upsetters ( & ). In 1974, after Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer departures, producer chris blackwell renamed the group Bob Marley & The Wailers (even if some previous records were released with this name) and marketed it as a rock band (vocalist + instrumental band). After Bob Marley's death in 1981, The Wailers continue to record with some artists like alpha blondy, Joe Yamanaka, Donald And Lulu Davidson or Winston Jarrett. Some members of The Wailers formed the wailers band in 1989.
Also known as: (Bob Marley) & The Wailers, (Bob Marley) And The Wailers, ...Bob Marley And The Wailers, B. Marley & The Wailers, BM
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Liner notes
Bob Marley & The Wailers, the records, oldest first
Soul Rebels
1970 album
Soul Revolution Part II Dub
1971 album
Soul Revolution Part II
1971 album
Natty Dread
1974 album
Rastaman Vibration
1976 album
wanted
Exodus
1977 album
Kaya
1978 album
Survival
1979 album
Uprising
1980 album
Confrontation
1983 album
wanted
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
"Jah Live" is a song by Bob Marley & the Wailers, released as a single in 1975. The song was recorded and released within days following the announcement of the death of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia whom Rastafarians see as the reincarnation of God, whom they call Jah.
The song was written as a message to the world that Haile Selassie I had not died as the Ethiopian government of the time and detractors of the Rastafarian religion claimed. When the song was released, Selassie was claimed dead by the Ethiopian authorities but there was no body.
