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unusual facts about Marley


Marley's golden mole

This species is known from only two isolated localities on the eastern slopes of the Lebombo Mountains in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


21 Winners: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers

21 Winners: The Best Of Bob Marley and the Wailers is an album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, released on Aug 14, 1997 under the Madacy Entertainment record label.

Alaa Wardi

It is sung a capella by Fageeh backed by Wardi and Albutairi to the tune of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" and has become a major YouTube hit.

Bob Marley and the Wailers

Masouri, John (2007) Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's "Wailers" Wise Publications ISBN 1-84609-689-8

Carole Cole

Carole executive produced the album which included tracks performed by The Roots, will.i.am, Cee-Lo, Natalie Cole, Bebel Gilberto, Stephen & Damian Marley and Brazilian Girls.

Cedella Booker

Called "the keeper of the flame," Booker grew voluminous dreadlocks, adopted Rohan Marley, Bob Marley's son by Janet Hunt, and occasionally performed live with Marley's children, Ky-Mani, Ziggy, Stephen, Damian and Julian Marley.

While living in Trenchtown, Booker gave birth to a daughter, Pearl, with Taddeus Livingston, the father of Bunny Livingston – aka Bunny Wailer – who formed the original Wailers trio with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh in 1963.

David O. Marley

Marley launched his campaign as an Independent candidate in British Columbia's West Vancouver-Capilano riding against incumbent Liberal MLA Ralph Sultan.

David Quayle

He worked in the Marley Tile company in the 1960s and together with his brother-in-law Richard Block started the B&Q retail chain in 1969.

Don't Worry 'bout a Thing

"Three Little Birds", a 1980 song by Bob Marley & The Wailers (the chorus prominently features the phrase "don't worry about a thing")

Dudley Aman, 1st Baron Marley

As Chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Committee for the aid of Jews in Europe Marley became deeply involved in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast of Birobidzhan, an area in eastern Siberia which was designated by Joseph Stalin as an autonomous area for the Jewish people.

Ebbie

One night, the ghost of her partner, Jake Marley (counterpart to Dickens' Jacob Marley character, played here by Jeffrey DeMunn), haunts her.

Everything's Gonna Be Alright

"Three Little Birds", a 1980 song by Bob Marley & The Wailers which features the refrain “every little thing gonna be all right”

Ex-Factor

Recorded at RPM Studios, (NYC), Marley Music, Inc. (Kingston, Jamaica) and Chung King Studios (NYC)

Henrietta Branford

After her death, two annual awards were created by Julia Eccleshare (Children's Book Editor at The Guardian) and Anne Marley (head of Children’s, Youth & Schools Services for Hampshire Library & Information Service).

Jah Live

Though originally recorded as a single, the song has since been released on the 1992 box set Songs of Freedom, as a bonus track on the 2001 re-release of Marley's 1976 album Rastaman Vibration and in 2002 on its "deluxe edition", and on the compilations One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers (2001) and Gold (2005).

James Marley

In September 1931, Marley was amongst those who welcomed Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at Folkstone when he visited the United Kingdom for the second Round Table conference.

Judge Not

Some of the song lyrics are paraphrased in the background vocals of the later Marley hit "Could You Be Loved".

Kamryn Belle

All eleven songs on 'Sway' are produced, recorded and mixed by Tony Platt, a music producer/engineer best known for his work with artists including AC/DC, Bob Marley and Iron Maiden.

Ky-Mani Marley

Marley played the lead role in the number one underground movie coming out of Jamaica, Shottas, directed by Cess Silvera, co-starring Spragga Benz and Paul Campbell.

Land of Look Behind

In addition, Father Amde Hamilton of The Watts Prophets performs a spoken word piece during Marley's funeral service.

Lluther

Owens has worked with notable industry professionals that include Chris Blackwell (U2, Tricky, Bob Marley, etc.), Chris O’Brien, and Richard Dowling.

Marly Marley

Marly Marley (5 April 1938 – 10 January 2014) was a Brazilian actress.

Nepalese rock

The history of rock music in Nepal dates back to the 70s when there were a few acts influenced by Western bands such as The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, and later Led Zeppelin, The Who, the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple and Bob Marley.

Once Upon a Time in The Soviet Union

Once upon a time in the Soviet Union is a travel log of an epic journey undertaken by Dominique Lapierre and Jean-Pierre Pedrazzini in their V-twin Marley .

One drop rhythm

Examples of songs using the one drop from Bob Marley and the Wailers's Legend, with Carlton Barrett on drums, include: "No Woman, No Cry", "Three Little Birds", "Get Up, Stand Up", "Waiting in Vain", "Stir It Up", "One Love/People Get Ready", and "I Shot the Sheriff".

Ottawa Reggae Festival

These events include the 46th Anniversary Celebration of Jamaican Independence with the Ottawa Rapidz, a Canada Day Block Party downtown and Marley Night event celebrating Black History Month.

Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings

The original version was produced by Marley Marl; however the more popular remix was produced by Marley Marl and Easy Mo Bee.

Redemption song

Redemption Song, a 1980 song from the Bob Marley album Uprising

Robert de Brantingham

On 18 November 1381, in a case tried at Westminster, de Brantingham stood alongside Alexander Marley and two clerks, Thomas de Staindrop and Thomas de Barton, as plaintiff against Sir John and Gwenllian de Raleigh.

Rohan Marley

Marley helps run his family's charitable organization, 1Love.

The Last Home Run

The movie marked the only film appearance by the real Marley, the Labrador Retriever that was the central character of the successful best selling 2005 book Marley & Me.

The New Rachel

Rachel and Kurt reunite in New York, and Kurt suggests they rent a small apartment and move in together, and Marley and New Directions perform Adele's "Chasing Pavements" as Jake looks on.

Tony Michaelides

This was also one of Islands Records' most successful periods ever with releases from artists such as U2, Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Welcome to the Pleasuredome) and Bob Marley’s album, Legend, which topped the UK album chart for 12 weeks remaining on the UK chart for a total of 265 weeks.

Vincent Ford

Ford was given writing credit for "No Woman, No Cry" on the 1974 album Natty Dread, as well the songs "Crazy Baldhead" (with Marley's wife Rita), "Positive Vibration" and "Roots Rock Reggae" from the 1976 album Rastaman Vibration, along with "Inna De Red" and "Jah Bless" with Marley's son, Stephen.

Marley historian Roger Steffens recounted that Marley had acknowledged in a 1975 Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation interview that he had written "No Woman, No Cry" while tuning a guitar in Tata's yard.

While in Trenchtown in the late 1970s, Marley biographer Vivien Goldman asked Ford point-blank "Was it you?" who wrote the songs.

Wendy Boase

After her death Julia Eccleshare (Children's Book Editor of the Guardian newspaper and chairman of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize) and Anne Marley (Head of Children’s, Youth & Schools Services for Hampshire Library & Information Service) decided to create an annual award named the Branford Boase Award in commemoration of both Wendy Boase and her colleague Henrietta Branford who also died of cancer the same year.


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