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Bob Marley's Family

I have already told you about Bob Marley'S excessively big family. He had thirteen children altogether. Three with his wife Rita, two adopted from Rita's previous relationships and the remaining eight with separate women.
Below is a list of all his children in the order of their birth:

Sharon, born November 23 1964. (Rita's separate marriage)

Imani Carole, born May 22 1963 (Cheryl Murray)

Cedella, born August 23 1967. (Rita)

David "Ziggy", born October 17 1968. (Rita)

Stephen, born April 20 1972. (Rita)

Robert, born May 16 1972. (Pat Williams)

Rohan, born May 19 1972. (Janet Hunt)

Karen, born 1973. (Janet Bowen)

Stephanie, born 1974. (Rita's separate marriage)

Julian, born June 4 1975. (Lucy Pounder)

Ky-Mani, born February 26 1976. (Anita Belnavis)

Damian, born July 21 1978. (Cindy Breakspear)

Makeda, born May 30 1971. (Yvette Crichton)

Bob Marley's Music

Bob Marley's gave the world brilliant music that stretches back over two decades. He founded a group called the Wailing Wailers in the early Sixties. By 1964, the Wailing Wailers, made up of Bob, Peter McIntosh and Bunny Livingston, were properly established as one of the hottest groups in Jamaica. They put over 30 records out to the people to establish this presence.

Marley's music style was composed mainly of Jamaican music, from a type called ska to old school reggae. During the early days of his solo career, Bob's music wasn't as popular as he would have hoped. Forming the band really upped his status as a music artist. Despite the groups popularity, the pressure proved too much for the other two members. They shortly quit leaving the Wailing Wailers as a three man band. However, when Bob moved to America to live with his mother, the group separated completely.

After spending only a few months in America, Marley came back to Jamaica wanting to continue the music career as he left it. He rejoined Peter and Bunny and by the end of the Sixties, the Wailing Wailers were once again back on the top spot on the Jamaican music charts. Having the great producer of Lee 'Scratch' Perry resulted in some of the finest music the band had ever made.

In 1970 the band were joined by Aston 'Familyman' Barrett, on bass, and Carlton, on drums. Although the band had a massive fan following throughout the Caribbean, they were still unknown internationally. Their luck changed in 1972 when they signed to Island Records. This was the first time a reggae band had access to the best recording facilities. The Wailers' first album Catch A Fire was finely packaged and heavily promoted. The Catch A Fire album included the song I Shot The Sheriff which a few later, was also recorded by Eric Clapton. His version hit number one in the U.S singles chart.

1977 brought great achievements to the band. Releasing the Exodus album properly established Marley's international status. It remained in the British charts for 56 straight weeks. It was the longest time any one album had stayed in the charts. Jamming was the band's first ever top 10 hit in Britain.

At the end of their European tour in 1979, the group went to America. They played two shows, but immediately afterwards Bob was taken seriously ill. He was diagnosed with cancer. He fought the disease for eight months. That battle was eventually unsuccessful. Bob Marley died on the 11 May 1981 in a hospital in Miami.

Bob Marley's LIfe

Bob Marley was born in Rhoden Hall, north of Jamaica in 1945. His mother was eighteen when she had him. After Bob moved to Trenchtown with his mother at the age of fifteen, he quit school to devote himself to his music. Further on in this blog I will inform you more on his music career and success he had during his life.

In 1966, Bob's mother moved away from her family and friends in Jamaica to live in the United States. She saved enough money and posted it over to him to get a plane ticket to join her. It was there that he met and fell in love with Rita Anderson. In February of that year, the couple married. In October, Bob moved back to Jamaica to continue his music career with his band mates in The Wailers.

Bob had ten children altogether. He had four with his wife, adopted four from Rita's previous marriage and also had two from his own previous marriage. None of his children had a career as successful as his but some have reached a milestone in theis own careers. Stephen Marley, Bob's second son, is a five-time Grammywinning producer, singer, song-writer and mutli instrumentalist. Other sons, Damian, Julian and Ziggy have all had Grammy-award winning albums in Jamaica.

In 1977, Bob Marley got a cancerous infection on his toe. He was treated in a hospital in Miami. He fought the disease for three long years. In April 1980, Bob was awarded Jamaica's Order Of Merit. This was the third highest honout a person could achieve for outstanding contribution to the country's culture.

Eventually, the battle proved too much for Bob to cope with. He died in the Miami hospital on Monday May 11th, 1981. Bob Marley was only 36 years old when he died and had so much more he wanted to share with the world through his music.

Introduction

Hi my name is Stephen..This is my blog about Bob Marley..
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