Nesta Robert Marley, OM* better known as Bob Marley, was born 6 February 1945 in the village of Nine Mile, Saint Ann. Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band The Wailers (1964–1974) and later, Bob Marley & The Wailers (1974–1981).
*A Jamaican passport official would later swap his first and middle names on his official documents; hence it is Nesta Robert Marley instead of Robert Nesta Marley.
Lifetime Achievement
1976: Band of the Year (Rolling Stone).
June 1978: Awarded the Peace Medal of the Third World from the United Nations.
February 1981: Awarded Jamaica's third highest honour, the Jamaican Order of Merit.
March 1994: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1999: Album of the Century for Exodus by Time Magazine.
February 2001: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
February 2001: Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
2004: Rolling Stone ranked him #11 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
"One Love" named song of the millennium by BBC.
Voted as one of the greatest lyricists of all time by a BBC poll.
2006: A blue plaque was unveiled at his first UK residence in Ridgmount Gardens, London, dedicated to him by Nubian Jak community trust and supported by Her Majesty's Foreign Office.
2010 "Catch a Fire" inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Reggae Album).
