Bob Marley and the Wailers

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This essay discusses how Bob Marley & the Wailers' music brought the world together and looks at why they were able to start a reggae rage amongst people throughout the world, spreading reggae from a small sector of the world.

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Many people describe Bob Marley as the greatest legend of reggae music and king of reggae. At the age of 16, Marley formed his first band, The Rudeboys , which later became known as The Wailers . The Wailers consisted of Bunny Livingston and Peter Mackintosh, now known as Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh. By 1964, the band had created its first hits, Simmer Down, It Hurts To Be Alone and Rule Them Rudie.Bob Marley, a Rastafarian reggae musician idolized by millions of races, sang many of his lyrics in a sort of Jamaican accented Standard English, contrary to most of his reggae musician peers, who favored Creole.

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