Stiff Of The Week-Bob Marley

"Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?”

Full Name:
Bob Marley
Original name: Nesta Robert Marley

D.O.B/D.O.D:
Birth:Feb. 6, 1945
Saint Ann's Parish
Saint Ann, Jamaica

Death: May 11, 1981
Miami
Miami-Dade
Florida, USA
Burial:
Bob Marley Mausoleum
Nine Mile, Jamaica

Claim to Fame:
He was a Jamaican musician, singer-songwriter, and Rastafarian. He was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands: The Wailers (1964 – 1974) and Bob Marley & the Wailers (1974 – 1981). Marley died nearly thirty years ago, but remains the most widely known and revered performer of ska/reggae music, and is credited for helping spread Jamaican music to the worldwide audience.
Marley's best known hits includes "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 (10 times platinum), with sales of more than 12 million copies.