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Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements o ...

's early music was recorded with Peter Tosh and

Bunny Wailer Neville O'Riley Livingston (10 April 1947 – 2 March 2021), known professionally as Bunny Wailer, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and percussionist. He was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. ...

, who together with Marley were the most prominent members of

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. In 1972, the Wailers had their first hit outside

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when

Johnny Nash John Lester Nash Jr. (August 19, 1940October 6, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit " I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop singer, he was one of the first non-Jamaican artists ...

covered their song "

Stir It Up "Stir It Up" is a song composed by Bob Marley in 1967 and first recorded by the group Bob Marley and the Wailers that year and issued as a single. It was later covered by American singer Johnny Nash on his 1972 album ''I Can See Clearly Now' ...

", which became a UK hit. The 1973 album ''

Catch a Fire ''Catch a Fire'' is the fifth studio album by the reggae band The Wailers (aka Bob Marley and the Wailers), released in April 1973. It was their first album released by Island Records. After finishing a UK tour with Johnny Nash, they had sta ...

'' was released worldwide, and sold well. It was followed by '' Burnin''', which included the song "

I Shot the Sheriff "I Shot the Sheriff" is a song written by Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley and released in 1973 with his band Bob Marley and the Wailers. Bob Marley and the Wailers version The song was first released in 1973 on The Wailers' album '' Burn ...

". Eric Clapton's cover of the song became a hit in 1974. Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left the Wailers in 1974. Bob Marley proceeded with

Bob Marley and the Wailers Bob Marley and the Wailers (previously known as The Wailers, and prior to that The Wailing Rudeboys, The Wailing Wailers and The Teenagers) were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley (Robert ...

, which included the

Wailers Band The Wailers Band are a reggae band formed by Aston Barrett in 1989, one of several spinoffs from Bob Marley and the Wailers. History After the death of Bob Marley in 1981, the Wailers continued, led by Aston Barrett and Junior Marvin. The ban ...

and the

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. In 1975, he had his first own hit outside Jamaica with "

No Woman, No Cry "No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song by Bob Marley and the Wailers. The song was recorded in 1974 and released on the studio album '' Natty Dread''. The live recording of this song from the 1975 album '' Live!'' was released as a single and is ...

", from the '' Live!'' album. His subsequent albums, including ''

Rastaman Vibration ''Rastaman Vibration'' is the eighth studio album by the reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers, released in April 1976. Critical reception Reviewing for ''Rolling Stone'' in 1976, Robert Palmer said that on the album Marley consummately perfo ...

'', ''

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'' and the last album released during his lifetime, ''

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'', were big international sellers. Between 1991 and 2007 Bob Marley and the Wailers sold in excess of 21 million records. These statistics did not begin to be collected until ten years after his death. The Roots Reggae Library has created an overview of the music released by the Wailers prior to their contract with the Island Records label. This overview lists all the Wailers' songs known to have been released during that period, filled into six

ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...

albums and 11 rocksteady albums.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Trojan releases

Island/Tuff Gong releases

Remix albums

Island/Tuff Gong releases

Box sets

Island/Tuff Gong releases

* ''The Box Set'' (1982) * '' Songs of Freedom'' (1992)

JAD/Trojan releases

* ''The Early Years'' (1993) * '' The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers 1967–1972, Part I'' (1997) * '' The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers 1967–1972, Part II'' (1997) * '' The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers 1967–1972, Part III'' (1998) * ''The Complete Upsetter Collection'' (2000) * ''REBEL: The Finest of The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers 1967–1972'' (2002) * ''The Upsetter Singles Box'' (2002) * '' Grooving Kingston 12'' (2004) * ''Fy-ah, Fy-ah'' (2004) * ''Man to Man'' (2005)

Other albums

Singles

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Videos

Video albums

* ''Live at The Rainbow'' (1978) * ''The Bob Marley Story: Caribbean Nights'' (1982)

Music videos

Notes

References

Sources

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marley, Bob Reggae discographies Discographies of Jamaican artists

Discography Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry ...

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