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unusual facts about The Wailers



Ashtech

His five-year collaboration with Almamegretta saw him touring extensively in Italy and Europe and sharing the stage with acts such as Tricky, The Wailers, Erykah Badu, Mory Kante, Compay Segundo, Groove Armada and Asian Dub Foundation.

Baby, Baby I Need You

In 1966, The Wailers, featuring Bob Marley, covered the song (retitled "I Need You") which was released as a single and included on the 1966 compilation album, The Wailing Wailers.

Hard Rock Hotel Penang

Among those who had played at Hard Rock Hotel Penang are The Wailers, Mizz Nina, Ella, Zainal Abidin, Sheila Majid and Amy Search.

Las Vegas Grind

Bands that played at these festivals included The Wailers, The Trashmen, The Remains, The Standells, Lyres, and other regional bands from across the US and around the world.

Lord Brynner

One of his mid-1960s recordings, "Where's Sammy Gone", featured The Wailers as backing vocalists, and he recorded several other singles in Jamaica, including "Congo War" in 1966, a collaboration with The Sheiks (featuring Jackie Mittoo and Dobby Dobson).

Ras Droppa

Ras Droppa has performed with successful reggae artists Sugar Minott, Beres Hammond, The Congos, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Lucky Dube, Burning Spear, Aswad, Sly and Robbie, Jimmy Cliff, Yami Bolo, Dennis Brown, The Wailers, Cannibus Cup, Leroy Sibbles and Jr. Jazz, and has toured extensively throughout the world with artists like Anthony B, the Mighty Diamonds, Cocoa Tea, Half Pint and Sister Carol.

The Upbeat

During this time, The Upbeat shared the stage with the likes of such varied artists as The Skatalites, Burning Spear, Sublime, Sugar Ray, No Doubt, Bad Manners, The Specials, The Wailers, Fishbone, Steel Pulse, and The Twinkle Brothers, just to name a few.


see also

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.

Delroy Washington

Washington founded the Federation of Reggae Music, which worked with Brent Council to install a blue plaque on the house in Neasden where the Wailers lived in the early 1970s.

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")

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”

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).

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".

Stop That Train

"Stop That Train", a 1970 song by Peter Tosh, later recorded with The Wailers on Catch a Fire (1973), and by Tosh again on Mama Africa (1983)