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Robert ‘Bob’ Nesta Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican musician, singer-songwriter and Rastafarian. He was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the The Wailers (1964 – 1974) and Bob Marley & the Wailers (1974 – 1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited for helping spread Jamaican music to the worldwide audience. Marley has been called the Third World's first superstar, yet the most striking characteristic of his music is its capacity to transcend race, gender, class and every other artificial barrier mankind chooses to erect. Marley's best known hits include ‘I Shot the Sheriff’, ‘No Woman, No Cry’, ‘Exodus’, ‘Could You Be Loved’, ‘Stir It Up’, ‘Jamming’, ‘Redemption Song’, ‘One Love’ and, together with The Wailers, ‘Three Little Birds’, as well as the posthumous releases ‘Buffalo Soldier’ and ‘Iron Lion Zion’. The compilation album, Legend, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever (it went 10 times platinum), with sales of more than 12 million copies. Almost a quarter of a century after his untimely death, the legend of Bob Marley continues to grow and his mighty back catalogue of peerless songs retains its unparalleled ability to move and inspire people the world over. Today, an audience not even born when he died of cancer in 1981, at the tragically young age of 36, is constantly discovering his songs anew.
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