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Bob Marley (1945-1981) – famous musician and a vocalist, guitarist and composer from Jamaica. Most famous performer reggae music. Thanks to Bob Marley, this musical style has become very popular in the world far beyond Jamaica.

Childhood and youth

In 1944, in northern Jamaica there was a small village called Nine Miles. A black young girl who lived there named Cedella Booker married a white European sailor, Norval Marley. The captain was 50 years old, he had previously served as an officer in the British Navy, and then he was seconded to the British West Indian Regiment as a helmsman, followed by service as a manager on a Jamaican plantation. And in February 1945, Cedella gave birth to a son, she was 18 years old at that time, the boy was named Robert Nesta Marley.

But soon Norval’s previous family began to put pressure on him; he left his young wife and his newly born son. Then he visited them very rarely, although he always helped financially to the extent possible for him. Bob saw his father only twice. When the boy was 10 years old, Norval Marley died.

In Jamaican villages, all the residents dreamed of the capital Kingston; it seemed to them that this city opened up a lot of opportunities and prospects for people. Therefore, provincials went to the capital in huge streams, although there was not much work there at all. Soon the illusions were destroyed, but people still did not want to return to the villages. Thus, slums grew in the western part of Kingston, of which Trenchtown was especially used notoriety. This is where Bob Marley ended up with his mother while still a teenager.

Here he met the same poor boy from the slums, Neville Livingston, his nickname was Bunny. Together they began to take their first timid steps into the world of music. The guys listened to American radio, they especially liked the New Orleans radio station, which broadcast new musical compositions Curtis Mayfield, Ray Charles, Brook Benton, Fats Domino. The boys were also interested in the music of black performers, who were incredibly popular on the island.

Bob did not finish his studies at school and went to work as a welder in welding workshops. But in life he had only one passion and aspiration - music. Jamaican singer Joe Higgs, who lived in the same Trenchtown area, helped him improve his musical skills. He gave the boys free vocal lessons. At one of these classes, the guys met Peter Mackintosh, who later became known to the whole world as Peter Tosh.

The beginning of a musical journey

In 1962, Bob was auditioned by local entrepreneur Leslie Kong. The young man’s vocals impressed him, and he recorded several compositions with him in the studio. The single "Judge Not" became the debut in the music industry. creative career singer Bob Marley, he co-wrote it with Joe Higgs.

IN next year the same Joe Higgs helped Bob create vocal group called "The Wailers", which included:

• Peter Tosh – vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist;
• Beverly Kelso – backing vocals;
• Bunny Livingston – vocals, percussion;
• Cherry Green – backing vocals;
• Junior Braithwaite – vocals.

Bob Marley himself performed as a guitarist and vocalist. Alvin Patterson, drummer, became the band's mentor and helped it develop. He helped the guys get through to Kingston producer Clement Dodd. Clement listened to their musical compositions, was very pleased and agreed to record.

On the streets of Kingston, a new incendiary dance music sounded, it was based on the traditions of Jamaica, but the sharply expressed hot rhythm and sonorous beat were reminiscent of New Orleans rhythm and blues.

Just before 1964, the group released their first single, “Simmer Down,” and already in January it reached the top of the Jamaican charts, staying at the top for about two months. The song became a sensation and sold 80,000 copies.

From that time on, the group began to constantly record in the studio, but over time the style of their music began to change a little. The texts increasingly affected street life slum areas of Kingston. Jamaican music has taken a hard-line stance on the streets.

Over the next two years, the group released about 30 songs, many of which had incredible success, for example, "Rude Boy".

On the Jamaican scene, the group took a strong position, but divisions began within. In 1965, three people left the team, and the following year it broke up completely.

By this time, Bob's mother had remarried and left for America. She saved enough money to send her son money for a ticket to the United States.

Cedella wanted him to move closer to her and start here new life. After the collapse of the Marley group, Bob went to live with his mother and worked for some time at an American automobile plant as an auxiliary worker. But Bob stayed in America for only a short time; after 8 months he returned to Jamaica and recreated his group.

Mature creativity

A defining period had begun in the life of Bob Marley. By this time, the Rastafarian movement had spread very strongly in Jamaica, Marley was also gradually drawn into it, and his music became a complete reflection new faith and ideas. The songs increasingly touched upon problems of spirituality and social plan.

The reconstituted group sang songs of different genres, but popularity outside of Jamaica had not yet come.

In 1971, Bob and his friends opened a record company, but nothing good came of it. However, at the end of the year, Marley was lucky: he signed a contract with American singer Johnny Nash and composed two compositions for him that became hits. Johnny invited Bob to accompany him on a trip to Sweden, Marley did not refuse and left. Finally, in Europe, he signed a contract with CBS, and the Bob Marley group released a collection of songs, “Catch a Fire,” which made them famous outside their native island.

The popularity of The Wailers grew, and in 1973 they toured the UK and the United States of America.

The entire year of 1974 in Bob's life was full of work on the new album; he spent a lot of time in the studios.

But soon Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston decided to start solo performances and left the team. A trio of black women took their place, and the group was called Bob Marley & The Wailers. One of the vocalists, Rita, is Bob's wife.

The renewed women's team went on a big tour of the Northern and South America, Europe and Africa.

The mid-70s were marked by the fact that Marley and his group were recognized as the world leader in musical style reggae, their albums topped the charts, and their songs, which simultaneously expressed “rebellion, love and faith,” were very popular among intellectuals.

When the group returned after tours home, they were greeted as Jamaica's greatest stars. Along with Bob Marley's worldwide musical fame, his political authority in the country grew.

Bob lived and worked in London for most of 1977, working on his new album Exodus. Three compositions from this record subsequently became bestsellers.

In 1978, Marley was invited to New York, where he was awarded the Peace Medal. That same year he visited Ethiopia and Kenya for the first time. In 1979 it was released new album Bob's "Survival".

It was dedicated to the solidarity of African countries in their struggle for independence.

In 1980, Bob Marley's band was invited to Zimbabwe to celebrate independence. The next album, Uprising, was released and became an instant hit. The group went on a big tour of Europe, with which they beat all the existing peaks of popularity on the continent. They gave the biggest concert in the history of the group this year in Milan, attended by 100,000 spectators.

His hopes and plans were grandiose, but Bob's illness did not allow them to come true.

Personal life

In 1965, shortly before leaving to join his mother in America, Bob met a girl, Rita Anderson. Got started love relationship, and on February 10, 1966, the young people got married.

After living with the musician for several months, the girl also began solo career. When Rita married Bob, she already had a daughter from another man, Marley adopted the girl. They have four children together - a son and three daughters.

Bob Marley has only 11 children, six of them were born out of wedlock; during his tours and trips, the musician had many relationships on the side.

Illness and death

Marley loved football. While playing amateur in London he injured his toe, but at first special attention I didn’t attach any importance to this injury.

When the finger began to bother him greatly and Marley went to the clinic, doctors recognized he had melanoma - a malignant tumor thumb legs. Bob was offered to have his leg amputated, but he did not want to. He simply said that how will he then play football and perform on stage, because he must be flexible. In addition, his Rastafarian faith did not allow “a person to be taken apart; in their concept, the body should remain a single whole until the end of life.

In 1980, after a successful European tour from Germany, Bob went on tour with the group to America. Two concerts passed, and then while jogging in the park in the morning, the musician lost consciousness. The tour was interrupted, Bob flew to Munich to see the famous oncology physician Joseph Issels. He was given treatment and courses of chemotherapy, he spent eight months in a Bavarian clinic, but to no avail. His famous tangled locks of hair—dreadlocks—began to fall out, and he had to cut them off. Cancer, in its most dangerous form, began to affect Bob's entire body.

In early May 1981, Marley was baptized into the Kingston Orthodox Church in Ethiopia, taking the name Berhane Selassie.

He really wanted before he died last time to see Jamaica, but the flight from Germany did not work out. Marley's health condition worsened, the plane was forced to land in Florida, where Bob died in a hospital on May 11, 1981.

He managed to tell his son important, last and real words: "Money can never buy life."

Bob Marley's body was transported to his birthplace, where a funeral was held on May 21, 1981. He was buried in the mausoleum. In the crypt next to him lie a Bible and a guitar, a soccer ball with a bunch of marijuana and a ring given to him by an Ethiopian prince, which he never took off.

Great human achievements require equally great world rewards:

The song "One Love" was named according to a BBC poll best song millennium, and Bob Marley himself is the greatest lyricist of all time.

Bob Marley - cult musician Jamaican composer and performer own songs. His music is and has been popular all over the world.

Bob Marley

Bob married a young Cuban, Alfarita Anderson, at the age of twenty.

They met on the street, near the girl’s house. The young, unattractive musician saw her when he went to the studio to record songs. Alfarita sang with friends and Bob really liked her. After hearing this, he couldn’t help but invite her to his group. Since then, the couple has never separated.

Bob Marley marries Rita

An insatiable feeling immediately flared up between them and a long romance began.

Soon the lovers got married and began to live together. Bob began singing and recording records. His wife supported him in everything and helped him develop.

They even opened their own store at home, where anyone could buy a record of Marley's music. Alfarita was the guitarist's backing vocals all this time. The young couple went on all the tours together.

Bob Marley family

Bob's wife did everything she could for him, and after her husband became popular, she became nothing to him. He began to go on tour alone and found mistresses there. Each new girl was more beautiful than the previous one, since they were all models. Later, he began to take girls to his home, where, in front of his wife, he did whatever he wanted. But that's not so bad. Later, Bob's children from other women began to appear at home. This completely destroyed the family and Alfarita felt terribly humiliated and unnecessary.

Bob Marley

Even in those moments when Bob cheated on his wife, he demanded unquestioning obedience and fidelity from her. The girl was in a very humiliating state, but she still remained with her husband until her death and helped him. During the singer’s serious illness, his wife did not leave his side; she forgave him everything. Alfarita always loved Bob and considered him the most talented person in the world.

The name of Bob Morley is well known to fans of the American series “The 100,” which, with its plot twists and turns, has kept a multimillion-dollar army of viewers in suspense since 2014, not inferior in ratings even to “.” The fantasy drama based on the novels of the writer tells about the life of earthlings after nuclear apocalypse. Morley played one of the main roles - Bellamy Blake, a brave fighter for survival on the planet.

Childhood and youth

Robert Alfred Morley was the name of the future actor at birth. The youngest of four offspring (the actor has two sisters and a brother) was born on December 20, 1984 in the Australian town of Kineton (Victoria). The boy's genes are a mixture of European and Asian roots: his mother is Filipino, his father is of Irish-Australian origin.

The head of the family died early; Bob was still a child. It was hard for the mother: she had to raise the children, work, manage the household - the family lived on a farm. Despite this, the woman tried to give the children everything they needed. Bob, for example, became interested in acting, and his mother gave him the opportunity to school years study dramatic art.

After graduating from school, Bob went to Melbourne and enrolled to study as a geological engineer at the Royal Institute of Technology. However, after studying for a year, the young man realizes that geology is not his calling.

“I remember when we went on a hike, we did seven soil acidity tests, during which we had to taste the rocks with our tongue. “I suddenly thought that this is not what I want to do for the rest of my life,” Morley laughs. “I had to stop and think about what made me happy, and I remembered how much I enjoyed being in school plays.”

After this, the guy goes to La Trobe University to study acting. While studying, he hired an agent who secured roles in university theater productions.

Movies

Exactly theatrical stage brought success to the guy: during the play “Angels with Dirty Faces” with the participation of Morley, the producers of the long-running series “Home and Away” (1988 - present) noticed him and invited the talented young man to the casting.

Soon the actor was already rehearsing the role of Drew Curtis. In 2007, for her performance, the actor received the Logie Awards (Australian equivalent of the Emmy) in the “Discovery of Male Talent” category. Bob Morley played in 148 episodes of the series before leaving the project in 2008.

A new TV project in which Bob appeared - crime drama“The Strip”, where the actor played Constable Tony Moretti. But it had to be closed after the first season due to low viewership ratings.

Fans saw their idol on screen only in 2010: Morley appeared in one of the episodes of the 4th season of the TV series “Sea Patrol”. He also returned to the horror genre (back in 2005, Bob starred in the horror film “Dead Harvest”), playing main role in the film "Truck".

A new wave of popularity covered the actor in 2001. In the beloved Australian series Neighbors (1985-2017), Morley played Aidan Foster, a man gay. TV viewers watched his relationship with his on-screen lover Chris Pappas (played by James Mason) for 50 episodes in a row. Bob left the series in 2013 to go to Canada to film The CW's The 100.

Bellamy Blake, brilliantly embodied by Bob Morley, one of central characters series, present since the first season. In the story, he is the brother of Octavia Blake (played by), one of hundreds of prisoners who flew to Earth to save it from destruction by nuclear missiles. Bellamy flies after his sister, knowing that she is in danger. Here is how the actor himself speaks about his hero:

“When you are given a character, even if he bad guy, you have to love him despite the mistakes. I always thought that Bellamy kind heart, and that the reason even for his cruel behavior is noble. He had to resort to forced measures to get to Earth, which shows his dedication to his family."

The role of Blake brought the brutal and athletic actor (height 178 cm, biceps 33 cm) an “E!” portal E-ONLINE in the “Alpha Male” nomination. Also, the character of "The 100" made Morley a winner of Teen Choice Awards(“Best TV Actor in the Fantasy Genre”).

Personal life

Unlike his stern serial character, Bob Morley is a charming young man with whom it is simply impossible not to fall in love. This is what his army of fans thinks and closely follows the personal life of their idol.

However, the actor does not consider it necessary to inform the public about his novels, so little is known about this side of his biography. From 2007 to 2008, Morley had an affair with his Home and Away co-star Jessica Tovey (who played the role of Belle Taylor). Australian actress popular in her homeland, she stars in a lot of television projects, performs on theater stage.

There is also information on the Internet that Morley had a tender relationship with actress Jane Gosden. But with , who plays Clarke Griffin in “The 100,” much to the regret of fans, Bob has just a friendly relationship. They both come from Australia and are very supportive of each other.

In 2016, the Internet flew around strange video, in which Morley and his fellow "The 100" actor fake a passionate kiss. Whether it was this game or something else remained behind the scenes.

But soon after this, Bob Morley's affair with dubbing actress Arrin Zeck became known. The girl is of Spanish-American origin, born on October 4, 1990. In the Ruby series (RWBY), Arryn voices one of the main characters, Blake Belladonna. Morley's lover is interested in photography, computer games, writing.

Bob Morley now

The actor is busy filming the sixth season of The 100. So far this project is the most significant in his filmography, but he does not refuse other proposals.

It’s easy to follow Morley’s creative steps on the actor’s fan accounts on Instagram and VKontakte. And you can find out news from Bob himself by subscribing to his

It's pretty hard to fit first dates, flirting, and family time into your schedule when the end of the world is approaching, but The 100 has somehow managed to create strong bonds between characters so far.

Now that Clarke, Bellamy, Raven and the rest of the boys are facing a deadly wave of radiation, it seems like romance should take a backseat. However, we asked Bob Morley a few questions about the relationships Bellamy will develop throughout the season and what they might mean for the show.

"I think Bellamy will stay away from romances because a lot of the people he's had relationships with have blown up or been speared," Morley jokes. - I feel sorry for the guy, because I think he needs this. Whether he feels he deserves it is another question. He is filled with longing and sadness."

Morley admits that Bellamy most wants to communicate with two people: Octavia and Clarke.

“I'd like to see Bellamy's relationship with Octavia develop in a more mature way, as opposed to the 'You can't tell me what to do' thing. Their relationship is a 'two steps forward, one step back,' says Morley. - Bellamy to some extent understands her desire to choose dark side. He doesn't hide it, but their relationship is still complicated. I don't think he necessarily wants that for her... At some point you just have to fade into the background - you can't give the answer to the people you care about, they have to find the answer themselves. This will take some time. Over time, the pain will subside. Time will take its toll."

As for Clarke, there is no hint of romance between her and Bellamy, but Morley understands the couple's fans.

“I think the relationship with Clarke is one where he can be open and vulnerable, and he hasn't had many people in his life that he's had that kind of relationship with,” Morley says. - That's why people might start shipping them: Clarke brings out a side of Bellamy that he doesn't show to anyone... If people want to ship them, I'm not going to stop them. If they like it, that's great."

There is another person with whom I also want to see the development of relations. And this is the Moon.

Luna's return in Season 4 presents a lot of possibilities, especially if she appears more often this time around. The only person we saw her interact with on a deeper level was Clarke. Given the crisis in Arcadia and Polis, it can be assumed that Luna will interact with more characters. And the interaction with Bellamy will be quite important.

Morley didn't talk much about this relationship to avoid spoilers, but the fact that he has something to say is quite interesting.

“Bellamy and Luna's relationship is growing. I don’t know how much you can tell me about this without getting fired. Let's just say that their relationship continues to evolve."

There's no evidence that the dynamic between them is based on romance, and that's the beauty of The 100. With such a diverse cast of characters, each new couple- romantic or not - only means that it will be interesting.

Bob Marley was born in the Jamaican village of Nine Miles. He was interested in music since childhood, and after moving to Kingston he began to develop his abilities. After graduating from school, he went to work as a mechanic. And in free time played music with Neville Livingston and Joe Higgs.

The first song in Bob Marley's biography was recorded at the age of 16 - “Judge Not”. Then in 1963 he formed the group "The Wailers", whose music became very popular in Jamaica. But already in 1966 the group broke up. After a short stint in the United States, Marley returned to his homeland and rebuilt the group.

International fame finally came to The Wailers in 1972, when they signed a contract with Island Records and released the album Catch A Fire. And the following year the group began touring the United States. After several members left the group, Marley added a female trio and changed the name (to Bob Marley And The Wailers").

After world tours and enormous popularity, Bob Marley's biography became known as one of the leading performers in the reggae style (although the group also played in the styles of ska, fusion, and calypso). Marley also supported the Pan-Africanism movement and was a participant in the Rastafarian social movement. Bob Marley died of a malignant tumor on May 11, 1981.

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