Bob Marley: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Timothy White, Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley, rev. and enlarged (1989 and 1998), includes an examination of the traditional roots of Marley’s work. Adrian Boot and Chris Salewicz, Bob Marley: Songs of Freedom, ed. by Rita Marley (1995), is a pictorial work. Also informative are Vivien Goldman, The Book of Exodus: The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Album of the Century (2006); and Roger Steffens, So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley (2017).
Representative Works
The Wailers
- Catch a Fire (1973)
- Burnin’ (1973)
Bob Marley and the Wailers
- Natty Dread (1974)
- Live! (1975)
- Rastaman Vibration (1976)
- Exodus (1977)
- Kaya (1978)
- Uprising (1980)
- Legend (1984)
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: AllMusic - Bob Marley. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 07, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - The Culture Corner: What makes Bob Marley's 'Exodus' so special. | Nov 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - RAW - Bob Marley 1980. | Jun 11, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 21, 2025 | ||
| Added the discussion of dreadlocks. | Nov 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - The deep Biblical spirituality of Bob Marleys music is being overlooked. | Sep 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Bob Marley. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 31, 2024 | ||
| Article revised and expanded. | Jan 26, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Jan 26, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Caribbean Elections - Nesta Robert Marley. | Mar 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Bob Marley. | Apr 25, 2022 | ||
| Rearranged media. | Aug 26, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Apr 29, 2021 | ||
| Deleted the birth information for Bunny Wailer. | Mar 02, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 14, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: The MY HERO Project - Biography of Bob Marley. | Dec 05, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Bob Marley. | May 25, 2018 | ||
| Added video. | Dec 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Bob Marley. | Apr 10, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Bob Marley. | Apr 10, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Bob Marley. | Apr 10, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Bob Marley. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Bob Marley. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | May 10, 2011 | ||
| Revised sentence concerning his parents to make clear that he was the son of Cedella Malcolm. |
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Jan 18, 2011 | |
| Added photograph. | Aug 28, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 25, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 09, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Dec 02, 1999 |
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