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30 years ago, Bob Marley died.
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1. 30 years ago (May 11, 1981) died on Bob Marley, reggae legend. A musician named Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in a Jamaican village Nine Miles. He was one of the most significant artists of the Jamaican genre in the world. In the 70s, he and his group
The Wailers, gained worldwide fame.
2. His mother, 18-year-old Jamaican girl Cedella Booker, father-white British army officer, Norval Marley, who was 32 years older than his wife. While the wedding of his parents was a scandal.
3. His first steps in the music of Bob Marley began to do at the end of the 50s, when he was with his mother, he moved to Kingston. Kingston Marley met with Bunny (Neville Livingston) and Peter Tosh (Joe Higgs), with whom he later formed the band The Wailers.
4. In the mid-60s Marley seriously interested in Rastafarianism, and finally moved to the religion in 1967. This has had a tremendous influence on his work. Rastafarians are fighting against the oppression of blacks and hope to return home to Africa.
5. Marley attached great importance to the texts. "People want to hear the message of God Jah. It can distribute the I or someone drugoy- not important. Ya no leader, only a courier. People are attracted not my personality, and Lyrics "- once said the musician.
6. His album «Legend», released after his death in 1984, has sold more than 15 million. Time and became one of the best-selling Greatest-Hits-album in America.
7. Sleep Bob Marley in «Exodus» - tours in Europe. Recorded in London studio album «Exodus» was recognized by the magazine «Time» best musical album of the 20th century.
8. In 1980, Bob Marley became ill with cancer. After unsuccessful treatment in Germany, he expressed a desire to die in his native Jamaica. But before he could get, and died May 11, 1981 in Miami, where his plane made a stop on the way home.
9. Even after his death, his name brings in millions of dollars in revenue. Almost 17 albums, mostly live recordings were released after 1981. Also available - a huge range of merchandising, from t-shirts to coffee with a portrait of reggae singer.
10. Photographer David Burnett, who belonged to a narrow circle of Boba Marley, captured his career in photography.
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1. 30 years ago (May 11, 1981) died on Bob Marley, reggae legend. A musician named Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in a Jamaican village Nine Miles. He was one of the most significant artists of the Jamaican genre in the world. In the 70s, he and his group
The Wailers, gained worldwide fame.
2. His mother, 18-year-old Jamaican girl Cedella Booker, father-white British army officer, Norval Marley, who was 32 years older than his wife. While the wedding of his parents was a scandal.
3. His first steps in the music of Bob Marley began to do at the end of the 50s, when he was with his mother, he moved to Kingston. Kingston Marley met with Bunny (Neville Livingston) and Peter Tosh (Joe Higgs), with whom he later formed the band The Wailers.
4. In the mid-60s Marley seriously interested in Rastafarianism, and finally moved to the religion in 1967. This has had a tremendous influence on his work. Rastafarians are fighting against the oppression of blacks and hope to return home to Africa.
5. Marley attached great importance to the texts. "People want to hear the message of God Jah. It can distribute the I or someone drugoy- not important. Ya no leader, only a courier. People are attracted not my personality, and Lyrics "- once said the musician.
6. His album «Legend», released after his death in 1984, has sold more than 15 million. Time and became one of the best-selling Greatest-Hits-album in America.
7. Sleep Bob Marley in «Exodus» - tours in Europe. Recorded in London studio album «Exodus» was recognized by the magazine «Time» best musical album of the 20th century.
8. In 1980, Bob Marley became ill with cancer. After unsuccessful treatment in Germany, he expressed a desire to die in his native Jamaica. But before he could get, and died May 11, 1981 in Miami, where his plane made a stop on the way home.
9. Even after his death, his name brings in millions of dollars in revenue. Almost 17 albums, mostly live recordings were released after 1981. Also available - a huge range of merchandising, from t-shirts to coffee with a portrait of reggae singer.
10. Photographer David Burnett, who belonged to a narrow circle of Boba Marley, captured his career in photography.
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