Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Bob Marley (1945–1981), born Robert Nesta Marley in Nine Mile, Jamaica, was a Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist who carried reggae music to a worldwide audience. He grew up in the Trenchtown district of Kingston, and in 1963 formed the Wailers with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. The turning point came with Catch a Fire (1973), the group's first album for Island Records, which introduced their music internationally. Songs such as "One Love," "Three Little Birds" and "Redemption Song" carried messages of unity, hope and endurance shaped by his Rastafari faith. In 1978 he headlined the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston, appealing for reconciliation, and that year received the United Nations Peace Medal of the Third World. Jamaica awarded him its Order of Merit in 1981, and his songs remain widely sung around the world.
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From the 1950s to the 1970s, records, films and television carried popular culture around the world. Elvis Presley brought rock and roll to a global audience, and all three of his competitive Grammy Awards came for gospel recordings. John Lennon, who named Elvis as an early inspiration, co-founded The Beatles. Bruce Lee introduced Chinese martial arts and their philosophy to filmgoers everywhere with Enter the Dragon (1973), and Bob Marley carried Jamaican reggae worldwide.
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