Bom Marleu

Bob Marley is one of the greatest stars in the world of music. He was born in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, in 1945. His mother named him Robert Nesta Marley but he was always known as Bob Marley.
The boy grew up with his mother in a very poor area of Kingston called Trenchtown. Life there was very hard. He began to sing and play the guitar, and when he was only nineteen he made his first record. A year later he formed a trio with two friends, Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingstone. They called themselves “The Wailers”. Their song, composed by Bob Marley, and sung and played by the three men, were about life in Trenchtown.
Bob Marley and the Wailers became very popular in Jamaica. His songs with their political message and strong rhythm made him a national hero. And this new reggae music was soon popular outside Jamaica too. In the 1970s, Bob Marley signed a music contract in Britain and after that he became famous all over the world. Everyone knew about the singer, guitarist and composer from Jamaica. Everyone recognised the Rasta man with his hair in dreadlocks. Everyone danced to his famous songs “No Women, No Cry” and “I Shot the Sheriff”.
In 1977 he contracted cancer in the foot. Four years later he died. He wasn’t forty years old yet. But his music live on.