Bob Marley

Lucien Rosa Samuel Ethique

Bob Marley

We are going to speak to you about Bob marley, simply because it's one of our favortit singer !

His life and his musical career

Bob Marley was born on sixth of february ninteen-fortyfive in Rhoden Hall near to Nin Miles Jamaica. His real name was Nesta Robert Marley, he took the name Bob when he was famous.

Bob had a difficlut chilhood, he had never really known his father because he worked as a plantation overseer but he was a captain too, he travelled a lot for his work and when he was in Jamaica, he worked at Kingston. Bob was six years old, his father wanted than Bob came to Kingston for study. His mother didn't recieve any news of his son, she decided to come to Kingston and she found Bob in the street. When he was a teenager, Bob left the country side to live in the ghetto of Kingston. There he met Neville Livingston and Winston Hubert Mclntosh. Our three friends began to sing in the street, Bob recored two songs but he didnt have success. In nineteen-sixtythree, they created a band with Junior Braithwaite, The Wailers!

In ninteen-sixtysix Bob has got married to Rita Anderson, he began to interest himself to the ''religion'' Rastafari. It's Mortimer Planno, a jamaican's rasta, who had learned this culture to Bob.

The next years were hard for the Wailers because the Rocksteady song wasn't very like by the public. They began to be a little famous in the Usa thanks to Johnny Nash. They made a lot of songs in Jamaica and in England but they weren't very recognized. Bob created a personal label Tuff Gong and they recorded their first album Trench Town Rock, it was their first local success.

With their new producteur, Blackwell, they played and made tour in England, but Neville Livingston and after Winston Hubert Mclntosh left the band. He needed to reform a groupe and he found many musicians and chorists as his wife, Joe Higgs, the Barrett's brother, Tyrone and more. The Wailers was hencefoth the name of the accompanying.

The eightteen July nineteen- seventyfive, They made a live at London and Bob sang No Woman No Cry for a wife in the public who cry because the violence in the ghetto. It was their first international succsess! After that Bob chained the success with his song like I shot the Sheriff.

The three december ninteen-seventysix, Bob, his wife, his productor were attack by terrorist. Bob received many bullets, Rita was touch on the head but she survived. Two days after, Bob mad the big concert ''Smile Jamaica'', he showed his injury to the public, he sang for the freedom of Jamaica and black people and it's his certainly his biggest performance in his life! When the reporter asked him: '' Why do you made the concert despite yours injury'' he responded: ''the people who are trying to make this world worse aren’t taking a day off. How can I?"

Marley came out of Jamaica for England in at the end of the years nineteen-seventysix. He made two albums Exodus and Kaya, Exodus was on the top chart for many weeks( fivtysix exactly ). Bob was very engaged politicly and he came in Africa for making concert, one for the independence of the Zimbabwe. During this periode of his life, he sang his most famous songs Jammin, African Unite, wake up and Live, Redemption Song, Forever Loving Jah and of course Buffalo Soldier.

Bob hurted himsefl at a match of football and he had a infection. His doctor advised him to do an amputation but because his religion he can't. In nineteen-eighty Bob had got five tumors whose three at the brains.

Bob made some tour in Usa, in New-Zeland, in France, he played his last concert at Pittsburgh in september. After that, he went in a hospital in Germany, he converted to the Ethiopian Orthodoxy.

Bob wanted to die in Jamaica but during the fly to the Usa his state worse and he went to the hospital in Miami he died the eleven May of the year nineteen-eightyone at the ago of thirtysix years old. His last words to his son Ziggy was ''Money can't buy life."

Bob Marley Family

During his life Bob had got many children with his wife or other woman. Now the most famous are, beacause they make reggae music, are Damian Marley, Ziggy Marley, Ky-mani Marley and Stephane Marley. In total he had twelve Kids!

Conclusion

Bob Marley is the biggest reggae songer of all time. He had to do discover the world of reaggae music at everybody, if one person was reponsible for breaking the barriers between reggae and pop world Bob Marley is your man!. He sells two millions album in the world!

If you would like a resum of the life of Bob Marley in french for a best comprehension I advise you to listend the song Marley by Danakil.