Bob Marley & The Wailers discography
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Most of Bob Marley
's early music was recorded with Peter Tosh
and Bunny Wailer
, who together with Marley were the most prominent members of Bob Marley & The Wailers
. In 1972, Bob Marley had his first hit outside Jamaica
when Johnny Nash
covered his song "Stir It Up
", which became a U.K.
hit. The 1973 album, Catch a Fire
, was released worldwide, and sold well. It was followed by Burnin' which included the song "I Shot the Sheriff
", of which a cover version by Eric Clapton
became a hit in 1974.
Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left The Wailers in 1974. Bob Marley proceeded with Bob Marley & The Wailers
, which included the Wailers Band
and the I Threes
. In 1975, he had his first own hit outside Jamaica with "No Woman, No Cry
," from the Natty Dread
album. His subsequent albums, including Rastaman Vibration
, Exodus, Kaya
, Survival and Uprising, were big international sellers. Bob Marley has sold over 250 million records worldwide. Between 1991 and 2007 Bob Marley and The Wailers have sold in excess of 21 million records. These statistics did not begin to be collected until ten years after his death.
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
's early music was recorded with Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...
and Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer, , also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately as Jah B, is a singer songwriter and percussionist and 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 Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley & The Wailers were a Jamaican reggae, ska and rocksteady band formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963. Additional members were Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Cherry Smith and Aston and Carlton Barrett...
. In 1972, Bob Marley had his first hit outside Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
when Johnny Nash
Johnny Nash
John Lester "Johnny" Nash, Jr. is an American pop singer-songwriter, best known in the US for his 1972 hit, "I Can See Clearly Now". He was also the first non-Jamaican to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica.-Life and career:...
covered his song "Stir It Up
Stir It Up
"Stir It Up" is a song composed by Bob Marley in 1967, written for his wife Rita, and first made popular by Johnny Nash. Nash's recording hit the top 15 in both Britain and America in 1972....
", which became a U.K.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
hit. The 1973 album, Catch a Fire
Catch a Fire
Catch a Fire is the major-label-debut album for Jamaican reggae band The Wailers, released on Island Records on 13 April 1973. The album established the band as international superstars. Leader Bob Marley in particular became world-famous...
, was released worldwide, and sold well. It was followed by Burnin' which included the song "I Shot the Sheriff
I Shot the Sheriff
"I Shot the Sheriff" is a song written by Bob Marley, told from the point of view of a man who admits to having killed the local sheriff, but claims to be falsely accused of having killed the deputy sheriff. He also claims to have acted in self defense when the sheriff tried to shoot him. The...
", of which a cover version by Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
became a hit in 1974.
Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left The Wailers in 1974. Bob Marley proceeded with Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley & The Wailers were a Jamaican reggae, ska and rocksteady band formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963. Additional members were Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Cherry Smith and Aston and Carlton Barrett...
, which included the Wailers Band
Wailers Band
The Wailers Band are a reggae band formed by the remaining members of Bob Marley & The Wailers, following the death of Bob Marley in 1981.-Previous Wailers' incarnations:The Wailers started as Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh...
and the I Threes
I Threes
The I Threes were a Jamaican reggae singing group made up of three women, that was formed in 1974 to support Bob Marley & The Wailers after Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer — the original Wailer backing vocalists — left the band....
. In 1975, he had his first own hit outside Jamaica with "No Woman, No Cry
No Woman, No Cry
"No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The song first became known in 1974 through the studio album Natty Dread. The live version from the 1975 album Live! is perhaps best known — it was this version which was released on the greatest hits compilation Legend. The original...
," from the Natty Dread
Natty Dread
Natty Dread is a 1974 reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers. An important transition in Marley's discography, Natty Dread was the first album released as Bob Marley & the Wailers and the first recorded without former bandmates Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer...
album. His subsequent albums, including Rastaman Vibration
Rastaman Vibration
Rastaman Vibration is a roots reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers released on April 30, 1976. The album was a great success in the USA, becoming the first Bob Marley release to reach the top ten on the Billboard 200 charts Rastaman Vibration is a roots reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers...
, Exodus, Kaya
Kaya (album)
Kaya is a roots reggae album released by Bob Marley and the Wailers in 1978. The album consists of tracks recorded alongside those present on the Exodus album in 1977. The album has a very relaxed, laid back sound, lacking much of the militant quality of the Wailers lyrically and musically...
, Survival and Uprising, were big international sellers. Bob Marley has sold over 250 million records worldwide. Between 1991 and 2007 Bob Marley and The Wailers have sold in excess of 21 million records. These statistics did not begin to be collected until ten years after his death.
Studio albums
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US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1965 | The Wailing Wailers The Wailing Wailers -Track listing:All songs written by Robert Nesta Marley except where indicated.#" Put It On"#"I Need You#"Lonesome Feeling" #"What's New Pussycat" #"One Love"...
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| 1970 | Soul Rebels Soul Rebels Soul Rebels is an album by The Wailers, their first album to be released outside of Jamaica. The Wailers approached producer Lee Perry in August 1970 to record an entire album, and the sessions took place at Randy's Studio 17 in Kingston, Jamaica until November... Trojan Records Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica... |
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| 1971 | Soul Revolution Soul Revolution Soul Revolution is an album by The Wailers. It was produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry and Bob Marley. The album was followed up with a "dub" companion set, Soul Revolution Part II, which was the original Soul Revolution album with the vocals stripped off.-Side one:#"Keep On Moving"#"Don't Rock My... |
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| The Best of The Wailers The Best of the Wailers The Best of the Wailers is an album by The Wailers, released in August 1971. Despite its title, it is not a compilation album. The album was recorded in 1969-1970 but only released in 1971.... Beverley's Beverley's was a Jamaican record label owned by the Chinese Jamaican record producer Leslie Kong. Beverley's was essential to the development of Ska and Rocksteady into Reggae... |
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| 1973 | Catch a Fire Catch a Fire Catch a Fire is the major-label-debut album for Jamaican reggae band The Wailers, released on Island Records on 13 April 1973. The album established the band as international superstars. Leader Bob Marley in particular became world-famous... Island Records Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group... /Tuff Gong Tuff Gong Tuff Gong is a record label that was formed by the reggae group The Wailers in 1970 and named after Bob Marley's nickname, which was in turn an echo of that given to founder of the Rastafari movement, Leonard "The Gong" Howell. The first single on the label was "Run For Cover" by The Wailers... |
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| 1974 | Natty Dread Natty Dread Natty Dread is a 1974 reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers. An important transition in Marley's discography, Natty Dread was the first album released as Bob Marley & the Wailers and the first recorded without former bandmates Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer... |
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| 1976 | Rastaman Vibration Rastaman Vibration Rastaman Vibration is a roots reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers released on April 30, 1976. The album was a great success in the USA, becoming the first Bob Marley release to reach the top ten on the Billboard 200 charts Rastaman Vibration is a roots reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers... |
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| 1977 | Exodus
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| 1978 | Kaya Kaya (album) Kaya is a roots reggae album released by Bob Marley and the Wailers in 1978. The album consists of tracks recorded alongside those present on the Exodus album in 1977. The album has a very relaxed, laid back sound, lacking much of the militant quality of the Wailers lyrically and musically... |
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| 1979 | Survival
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| 1980 | Uprising
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| 1983 | Confrontation
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Live albums
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US World | Reggae | US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1975 | Live!
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| 1978 | Babylon by Bus Babylon by Bus Babylon By Bus is a live album released by Bob Marley & The Wailers in 1978. The tracks on this album are considered, with two exceptions, to be from the Pavillon de Paris concerts over 3 nights, 25-27th June 1978, during the Kaya Tour, though there are discrepancies in the track listing.Like the... |
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| 1991 | Talkin' Blues Talkin' Blues Talkin' Blues is a live album by Bob Marley & The Wailers, released in 1991. It contains live studio recordings from 1973 and 1975 intercut with interview segments of Bob Marley. The majority of tracks are taken from the recordings Bob Marley & The Wailers did on October 31, 1973, at The Record... |
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| 2003 | Live at the Roxy Live at the Roxy (Bob Marley & The Wailers album) Live at the Roxy is a two-disc live album by Bob Marley & The Wailers, released in 2003. The album contains a complete concert, recorded on May 26, 1976 at The Roxy in West Hollywood California, during the Rastaman Vibration tour.... |
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| 2011 | Live Forever
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Island Records/Tuff Gong
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US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
US Reggae | AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
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| 1982 | Interviews Interviews (album) Interviews is a compilation album of Bob Marley & The Wailers songs, released in 1982.-Side one:#"Natural Mystic"#"Trenchtown Rock"#"Redemption Song"#"Babylon System"#"Buffalo Soldier"#"Time Will Tell"-Side two:#"Natural Mystic"#"Revolution"...
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| 1984 | Legend
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| 1985 | Reggae Greats
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| 1986 | Rebel Music Rebel Music Rebel Music is a compilation album by Bob Marley & The Wailers released by Island records in 1986. It consists of tracks drawn from such albums as Natty Dread, Rastaman Vibration, and Survival, as well as an exclusive remix of Rebel Music and the first album appearance of 1977 B Side "Roots"... |
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| 1995 | Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On
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| 2001 | One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers is a compilation album of Bob Marley and the Wailers songs that was released on the Island Records label in 2001.-Disc One:#"Stir It Up" #"Get Up, Stand Up"... |
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| 2004 | Feel Alright
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| 2005 | Gold
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| Africa Unite: The Singles Collection Africa Unite: The Singles Collection Africa Unite: The Singles Collection is a compilation album written and performed by the band Bob Marley and the Wailers. The album contains singles from 1970–1984 and includes three remix track with special guests will.i.am, Eric Clapton and Ashley Beedle.... |
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Trojan Records
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| 1973 | African Herbsman African Herbsman African Herbsman is a compilation of The Wailers songs, released by Trojan Records in 1973, shortly after their major-label debut album Catch a Fire had been released by Island Records....
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| 1974 | Rasta Revolution Rasta Revolution Rasta Revolution is a compilation album by Bob Marley & The Wailers released by Trojan in 1974. It consists of most of Soul Rebels, as well as the 7" version of "Duppy Conqueror", recorded during the album's sessions , and "Mr. Brown", an alternate version of the former.-Side one:#"Mr... |
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| 1983 | In the Beginning
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| 1997 | Roots of a Legend
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| 2002 | Trenchtown Rock (Anthology '69-'78)
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Studio One/Heartbeat Records
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| 1976 | The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers
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| 1981 | Marley, Tosh, Livingston And Associates The Wailers
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| 1991 | One Love
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| 1999 | Destiny: Rare Ska Sides From Studio 1
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| 1999 | Wailers and Friends
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| 2000 | Climb the Ladder
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JAD Records
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| 1999 | Rock to the Rock
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| 2001 | Natty Rebel
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| 2004 | Universal Masters Collection
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| 2004 | 127 King Street
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| 2004 | Fy-Ah, Fy-Ah
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| 2005 | Man to Man
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Box sets
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US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
US Reggae | UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1982 | The Box Set
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| 1992 | Songs of Freedom Songs of Freedom Songs of Freedom is a four-disc box set containing music by Bob Marley and the Wailers, from Marley's first song "Judge Not" recorded in 1961, to a live version of "Redemption Song", recorded in 1980 at his last concert.... |
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| 1993 | The Early Years
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| 2000 | The Complete Upsetter Collection
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Remix albums
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US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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SWI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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| 1981 | Chances Are Chances Are (album) Chances Are was a compilation album by Bob Marley released in 1981 by WEA International throughout the world .- Background :...
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| 1996 | Soul Almighty: The Formative Years Vol.1
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| 1997 | Dreams of Freedom: Ambient Translations in Dub
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| 1998 | Black Progress: The Formative Years Vol.2
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| 1999 | Chant Down Babylon Chant Down Babylon Chant Down Babylon is a remix album by various hip hop and rock artists covering songs by Bob Marley & The Wailers, released in 1999.The remixed version of "Turn Your Lights Down Low" with Lauryn Hill was released as a single... Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , LP LP record The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
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Cria A cria is the name for a baby camelid such as a llama, alpaca, vicuña, or guanaco. It comes from the Spanish word cría, meaning "baby". Its false cognate in English, crya , was coined by British sailors who explored Chile in the 18th century and were quick to describe the camelids onomatopoeically... : Gold |
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| 2001 | Shakedown: Marley Remix
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| 2007 | Roots, Rock, Remixed
Quango Music Group Quango Music Group is a record label founded in 1995 by Bruno Guez. Island Records distributes their releases.Over the last decade, Quango has developed a tastemaker brand with a cult following... /Rockr/Tuff Gong |
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| 2009 | B Is For Bob B Is For Bob B is for Bob is a children's music remix album by reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers, released on June 23, 2009 and is a posthumous album released after Marley's death. The album is a collection of old songs from their previous albums Legend, Rastaman Vibration, Burnin.-Track listing:#"Three... |
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Singles
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| CAN Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
USR&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
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| 1961 | "Judge Not Judge Not "Judge Not" is the first single Bob Marley recorded. It was released in 1961, only in Jamaica on Leslie Kong label Beverley's. With a ska beat, Marley has a youthful voice, as it was his first recorded song. Though "Judge Not" failed to achieve much success, Marley was not discouraged and continued... " |
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| "One Cup of Coffee" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| 1964 | "Simmer Down Simmer Down "Simmer Down" was the first single released by The Wailers, accompanied by the ska supergroup, The Skatalites, and produced by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd in 1963... " |
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| 1968 | "What Goes Around Comes Around" | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 1973 | "Stir It Up Stir It Up "Stir It Up" is a song composed by Bob Marley in 1967, written for his wife Rita, and first made popular by Johnny Nash. Nash's recording hit the top 15 in both Britain and America in 1972.... " |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Catch a Fire Catch a Fire Catch a Fire is the major-label-debut album for Jamaican reggae band The Wailers, released on Island Records on 13 April 1973. The album established the band as international superstars. Leader Bob Marley in particular became world-famous... |
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| "Get Up, Stand Up Get Up, Stand Up "Get Up, Stand Up" is a reggae song written by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.The song originally appeared on The Wailers' 1973 album Burnin. It was recorded and played live in numerous versions by The Wailers and Bob Marley & The Wailers, along with solo versions by Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer... " |
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| "I Shot the Sheriff I Shot the Sheriff "I Shot the Sheriff" is a song written by Bob Marley, told from the point of view of a man who admits to having killed the local sheriff, but claims to be falsely accused of having killed the deputy sheriff. He also claims to have acted in self defense when the sheriff tried to shoot him. The... " |
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| 1974 | "No Woman No Cry" | — | 30 | 8 | — | — | — | Natty Dread | |
| "So Jah Seh" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1976 | "Jah Live Jah Live "Jah Live" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers, released as a single in 1975. The song was recorded and released within days following the announcement of the death of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia whom Rastafarians see as God, whom they call Jah... " |
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| "Johnny Was" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rastaman Vibration | ||
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| "Positive Vibration" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1977 | "Exodus" | — | — | 14 | — | 19 | — | Exodus | |
| "Waiting in Vain Waiting in Vain "Waiting in Vain" is a song written by reggae musician Bob Marley and recorded by Bob Marley & The Wailers, for his 1977 album Exodus. Released as a single, it hit number twenty-seven in the UK Singles Chart.-Annie Lennox version:... " |
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| "Jamming Jamming (song) "Jamming" is a song by the reggae band Bob Marley & the Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus. The song also appears on the compilation album Legend.... " / "Punky Reggae Party Punky Reggae Party "Punky Reggae Party" is a reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers, recorded and released in 1977. Not appearing on any studio album, it was released as the b-side to the Jamming single in some countries and was later released as a live single on Babylon By Bus... " |
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| "One Love/People Get Ready" | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | Exodus | ||
| 1978 | "Is This Love" | — | 8 | 9 | — | — | — | Kaya | |
| "Satisfy My Soul Satisfy My Soul "Satisfy My Soul" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers from their 1978 album Kaya. It uses Horns. It later appeared on Legend.... " |
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| 1979 | "So Much Trouble in the World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Survival | |
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| "Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (song) "Zimbabwe" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The song had been released on the 1979 album Survival, and premiered at the Amandla Festival.... " |
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| 1980 | "Could You Be Loved Could You Be Loved "Could You Be Loved" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers. It was released in 1980 on their last album Uprising and is included on Bob Marley & The Wailers greatest hits album Legend... " |
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| "Three Little Birds Three Little Birds "Three Little Birds" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers. It is the fourth track on side two of their 1977 album Exodus and was released as a single in 1980. The song reached the Top 20 in the UK, peaking at number 17. It is one of Bob Marley's most popular songs. The song has been covered by... " |
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| "Redemption Song Redemption Song The song urges listeners to "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery," because "None but ourselves can free our minds". These lines were taken from a speech given by Marcus Garvey in Nova Scotia during October 1937 and published in his Black Man magazine:... " |
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| 1981 | "Reggae on Broadway" | — | — | — | — | 66 | — | Chances Are | |
| 1982 | "Natural Mystic" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Exodus | |
| 1983 | "Buffalo Soldier Buffalo Soldier (song) "Buffalo Soldier" is a reggae song written by Bob Marley and Noel G. "King Sport" Williams from Marley's final recording sessions in 1980. It did not appear on record until the 1983 posthumous release of Confrontation, when it became one of Marley's best-known songs.The title and lyrics refer to... " |
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| 1992 | "Iron Lion Zion Iron Lion Zion "Iron Lion Zion" is a song written and recorded in April 1973 or 1974 by Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley and first released posthumously in May 1992 on the Songs of Freedom box set, reaching number 5 in the UK Singles Chart, . A remixed version was released in 1995 on Natural Mystic: The... " |
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| "Why Should I" / "Exodus" | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | |||
| 1995 | "Keep on Moving" | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On | |
| "Easy Skanking" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1999 | "Sun Is Shining Sun is Shining "Sun Is Shining" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers first appearing on the Lee Perry-produced album Soul Revolution in 1971, and then on African Herbsman in 1973. Marley later re-recorded the song for his 1978 album Kaya. In 1999 a reggae fusion remix by "Bob Marley vs. Funkstar De Luxe" reached... " (vs. Funkstar Deluxe) |
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| "Turn Your Lights Down Low Turn Your Lights Down Low "Turn Your Lights Down Low" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus.-Covers:*Colbie Caillat made a cover version of this song on her 2008 album Coco.*Lauryn Hill covered this tune on the 1999 LP Chant Down Babylon... " (feat. Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill Lauryn Noelle Hill is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress.Early in her career, she established her reputation as a member of the Fugees. In 1998, she launched her solo career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album, The Miseducation of... ) |
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| "Kinky Reggae" (feat. The Marley Brothers & The Ghetto Youths Crew) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2000 | "Rainbow Country" (vs. Funkstar Deluxe) | — | 27 | 11 | — | — | 7 | Non-album single | |
| "Jammin' Jamming (song) "Jamming" is a song by the reggae band Bob Marley & the Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus. The song also appears on the compilation album Legend.... " (with MC Lyte MC Lyte MC Lyte is an American rapper who first gained fame in the late-1980s becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full album with 1988's critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock.-Early life:... ) |
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| 2001 | "I Know a Place" | — | — | — | — | — | — | One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers | |
| 2005 | "Slogans Slogans (song) "Slogans" is a remixed version of Bob Marley song released 24 years after his death.The 2005 single was released on the greatest hits album Africa Unite and was the second last song on the album.... " |
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| "Africa Unite" (will.i.am Will.i.am William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer... remix) |
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| "Stand Up Jamrock" (Ashley Beedle Ashley Beedle Ashley Beedle is a British music DJ, producer and remixer. People often confuse him for being of Asian origin, but his ethnicity is partly Barbadian.... remix) |
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Music videos
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| 1977 | "Stir It Up" | |
| "Exodus" | Don Letts & Rick Elgood | |
| "Waiting in Vain" | ||
| 1978 | "Satisfy My Soul" | |
| 1980 | "Could You Be Loved" | John Mills |
| 1981 | "Redemption Song" | Mark Robinson |
| 1983 | "Buffalo Soldier" | Bruno Tilley |
| 1984 | "One Love/People Get Ready" | |
| 1992 | "Iron Lion Zion" | |
| 1995 | "Keep On Moving" | Simon Maxwell |
| 1996 | "What Goes Around Comes Around" | Sidella Marley |
| 1999 | "Sun Is Shining" (vs. Funkstar Deluxe) | Niels Birkemos |
| "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (feat. Lauryn Hill) | Francis Lawrence | |
| 2000 | "Rainbow Country" (vs. Funkstar Deluxe) | Andreas Tibblin |
| "Jammin'" (feat. MC Lyte) | Frank Sacramento | |
| 2001 | "Soul Shakedown Party" (remix) | Martin Smith |
| 2005 | "Slogans" | Adrian Moat |