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Bob Marley - Is This Love (1978)

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" Is This Love " is a song by Bob Marley and the Wailers, released on their 1978 album Kaya . The song became one of the best-known Marley songs and was part of the Legend compilation. It peaked at number 9 in the UK charts upon its release in 1978. Bob Marley's bed in Nine Mile, Jamaica, which was the inspiration for "We'll share the shelter of my single bed" in the song " Is This Love ". A live rendition of the song can be found on the Babylon by Bus live album from Paris in 1978. Read more about the song

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Jamming (1977)

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" Jamming " is a song by the reggae band Bob Marley & the Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus . The song also appears on the compilation album Legend . The song was re-released 10 years later as a tribute to Bob Marley and was again a hit, as in the Netherlands, where it was classified in the charts for 4 weeks. In Jamaican patois the word jamming refers to a getting together or celebration. It is still receiving moderate airplay from adult alternative stations. Read more about the song

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Waiting In Vain (1977)

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" Waiting in Vain " is a song written by reggae musician Bob Marley and recorded by Bob Marley & The Wailers, for his 1977 album Exodus. Released as a single, it hit number twenty-seven in the UK Singles Chart. The single was one of only a few of Marley's Island singles to feature a non-album B-Side, this being the song " Roots ", an outtake from the Rastaman Vibration sessions. This later appeared on the compilation Rebel Music and on Exodus (Deluxe Edition). The 1981 reissue of Waiting In Vain featured a megamix called Marley Mix Up Medley instead. Read more about the song

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three little birds (1980)

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" Three Little Birds " is a song by Bob Marley and the Wailers. It is the fourth track on side two of their 1977 album Exodus and was released as a single in 1980. The song reached the Top 20 in the UK, peaking at number 17. It is one of Bob Marley's most popular songs. The song has been covered by numerous other artists. Read more about the song

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier (1983)

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" Buffalo Soldier " is a reggae song written by Bob Marley and Noel G. "King Sporty" Williams from Marley's final recording sessions in 1980. It did not appear on record until the 1983 posthumous release of Confrontation , when it became one of Marley's best-known songs. The title and lyrics refer to the black U.S. cavalry regiments, known as " Buffalo Soldiers ", that fought in the Indian Wars after 1866. Marley likened their fight to a fight for survival, and recasts it as a symbol of black resistance. Read more about the song

Bob Marley & the Wailers - One Love (People Get Ready) 1977

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" One Love/People Get Ready " is a reggae/rhythm and blues song by Bob Marley & The Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus . It was first recorded in a ska style by Marley's original group, The Wailers in 1965 and was released as a single. This version was later included on their first singles compilation The Wailing Wailers in 1966. It was rerecorded as part of the 1970 medley All In One , which contained reggae reworkings of their early ska songs. This was released as a single and is also included on the compilation African Herbsman under the name "All in One ". Read more about the song

Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman No Cry (1975)

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" No Woman, No Cry " is a reggae song by Bob Marley & the Wailers. The song first became known in 1974 through the studio album Natty Dread . The live version from the 1975 album Live! is best known — it was this version which was released on the greatest hits compilation Legend . The original demo version of the song which is unreleased was a Gospel version. This version had only the piano riff as the main instrument and was recorded in London for Island Records in 1973 with Peter Tosh and some unknown female backing singers. Read more about the song

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could you be loved (1980)

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" Could You Be Loved " is a song by reggae group Bob Marley & the Wailers. It was released in 1980 on their last album Uprising and is included on Bob Marley & The Wailers greatest hits album Legend . It was written in 1979 on an airplane while The Wailers were experimenting on guitar. The song is considered by many reggae fans to be disco influenced, and by extension influencing the dancehall genre. Read more about the song