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Bob Marley is the worlds best known reggae artist. His music has bought pleasure to millions across the world. If you want to know a hundred-and-one facts about him, his life and his music, then this is the book for you!Test yourself and your friends with these handily-packaged facts easily organised into categories for maximum enjoyment.
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Title Page 101 AMAZING BOB MARLEY FACTS by Jack Goldstein Publisher Information Published in 2012 by Andrews UK Limited www.andrewsuk.com The right of Jack Goldstein to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998 Copyright Jack Goldstein 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Any person who does so may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. Disclaimer: All facts presented in this title were gained from common and reputable sources in print and on the internet. If any detail within this title is found to be incorrect, the author and publisher will be happy to publish a corrected version. Introduction Bob Marley is the worlds best known reggae artist.
His music has bought pleasure to millions across the world. If you want to know a hundred-and-one facts about him, his life and his music, then this is the book for you! Test yourself and your friends with these handily-packaged facts easily organised into categories for maximum enjoyment. Life and Death 1.Bob died when he was in Miami; he had stopped there to receive urgent medical attention. He wanted to spend his final days in Jamaica, but never got the chance. 2.Bob was a devout Rastafarian. 3.Because of his Rastafarian beliefs, Bob chose not to have his toe amputated.
Sadly the toe was cancerous, and the cancer spread to the rest of his body. 4.Being a Rastafarian, Bob was a vegetarian - eating food known as Ital in that faith. 5.Bob was once arrested in England for possession of Cannabis. 6.Bobs song Night Shift is about when he worked unsociable hours at the Chrysler plant in Delaware when he was 21. 7.Bob was once shot by unknown gunmen a couple of days before he was due to perform at a free concert in Jamaica. It is thought that the shooting was politically motivated.
Bob still performed at the concert. 8.Bob was buried with a guitar, a bible, a soccer ball and a bud of marijuana. 9.As a child, Bob had a knack of predicting peoples future when reading their palms. 10.As a mark of respect after his death, the Jamaican Post Office issued seven national postage stamps. Biographical 1.Bob was born on the 6th of February 1945 2.Bob died on the 11th of May 1981 3.Bob was an excellent soccer player - he could have played at the top level. 5.Bob left school at the age of 14 to make music with Joe Higgs, a local singer and devout Rastafari. 6.Bobs last tour before he died was called the Uprising Tour . 7.Bobs full name was Robert Nesta Marley. 8.A mix-up on Bobs passport meant that it showed his name as Nesta Robert Marley 9.Bob was born in the village of Nine Miles in Jamaica. 10.When Bob sadly died at the age of just 36, his body was laid in state at Jamaicas national arena. 10.When Bob sadly died at the age of just 36, his body was laid in state at Jamaicas national arena.
In one day, over 40,000 people filed past to pay their respects. The Wailers First Ten Studio Albums (not including compilations) 1. The Wailing Wailers (1965) 2. Soul Rebels (1970) 3. Soul Revolution (1971) 4. Catch a Fire (1973) 5.
Burnin (1973) 6. Natty Dread (1974) 7. Rastaman Vibration (1976) 8. Exodus (1977) 9. Kaya (1978) 10. 2.In 2001, Bob came third in the BBCs Greatest Lyricists of all Time list - only behind Bob Dylan and John Lennon. 3.Bob is credited with bringing Reggae music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience. 4.The compilation album Legend is reggaes best-selling album, having gone ten times platinum, and selling 25 million copies worldwide. 5.A statue of Bob was erected at the United Nations building. 6. 6.
Exodus was chosen as the greatest album of the 20th Century by time magazine. 7.In 2001, Bob was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 8.Bob was also awarded a Grammy lifetime achievement award in 2001. 9.Despite his lifetime achievement award, Bob never actually won a Grammy for any of his songs or albums! 10.Bob was awarded a Jamaican Order of Merit Ten Bob Marley Quotes 1.We Africans will fight. We find it necessary. (From the song War) 2.Rasta no abide amputation. (From the song War) 2.Rasta no abide amputation.
I dont allow a man to be dismantled. 3.Rastafari not a culture, its a reality. 4.People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger.
The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people. 5.Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. 6.My music will go on forever. Maybe its a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever. 7.My fadda was a guy yunno, from England here, yunno? Him was like like you can read it yunno, its one odem slave stories: white guy get the black woman and breed her.
Hes a English guy I tink. Cos me see him one time yunno. My mother? My Mother African. 8.I love the development of our music, thats what I really dig about the whole thing. How weve tried to develop, yknow? It grows. Thats why every day people come forward with new songs.
Music goes on forever. 9.The stone that the builder refused to lay should always be the head corners stone. Youre a builder baby; here I am a stone. 10.The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall. Family 1.Before he died, Bobs final words to his son were Money Cant Buy Life. 3.Bobs mother was called Cedella Booker. 4.Bobs father was called Norval Sinclair Marley. 5.Bobs father was a marine officer and a plantation overseer. 6.Bobs wife Rita was a Sunday school teacher from Trenchtown. 7.No-one is quite sure how many children Bob had - estimates put it between ten and fourteen. 8.Bob was technically mixed-race (his father was white, his mother was black), however he identified himself as a black African. 9.Bobs son Ziggy has followed in his fathers footsteps, and is a hugely successful recording artist. 10.Bobs son Stephen is considered my music critics to have the closest resemblance to Bob, both in his sound and in his stage performance. 10.Bobs son Stephen is considered my music critics to have the closest resemblance to Bob, both in his sound and in his stage performance.
The Ten Best Bob Marley Songs As taken from a poll of music critics 1. Natural Mystic 2. Stir it Up 3. Could you Be Loved 4. Jamming 5. No Woman No Cry 6.
Is This Love 7. Buffalo Soldier 8. One Love 9. Exodus 10. Get Up, Stand Up Music 1.Bobs female backing singers were called the I-Threes. 3.The other members of The Wailers were Bunny Livingston and Peter Tosh. 4.The Wailers were the first reggae group to perform at the world famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem. 5.Before being known as The Wailers, Bobs band was called The Teenagers. 6.The Wailers were originally a blues band. 7.The first song that Bob released was called Judge Not ; on the record his name was misspelt Bob Morley. 8.Only 26 copies of Bobs rarest single Selassie is the Chapel were ever pressed. 9.Bob was signed to the record label Island Records. 10.Bob performed at the One Love Peace Concert on April the 22nd 1978 in Jamaica. 10.Bob performed at the One Love Peace Concert on April the 22nd 1978 in Jamaica.
Bobs Officially Acknowledged Children 1.Cedella 2.David (Ziggy) 3.Stephen 4.Robert 5.Rohan 6.Karen 7.Stephanie 8.Julian 9.Ky-Mani 10.Damian Note: Also Sharon and Stephanie - Bob was neither of these girls biological father. General Facts 1.Bob couldnt work out why he was so famous and yet had so little money. Eventually he found out that his manager Don Taylor had been robbing him blind, and beat him to within an inch of his life. He then fired him. 2.In 1973, The Wailers supported Sly and the Family Stone on a 17-city concert tour. 3.Bob drove a BMW - because he felt that the initials stood for Bob Marley and the Wailers. 4.If you look at the songwriting credits for No Woman No Cry , youll see it appears to have been written by a Vincent Ford - it was in fact written by Bob, however he put the credits down to his friend Vincent, who ran a soup kitchen - this meant that the song royalties continue to go to a good cause. 5.Bob was taught how to play the guitar by Peter Tosh. 6.The Wailers first single Simmer Down reached the top of the Jamaican charts in 1964. 7.The Wailers were Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. 8.Dub great Lee Scratch Perry discovered Bob Marley and The Wailers. 9.The Wailers were called so because Bob believed they were born into the world crying. 10.A film about Bobs life (called Marley) was released on the 20th April 2012. 10.A film about Bobs life (called Marley) was released on the 20th April 2012.
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