英语名人堂：鲍勃·马利
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鲍勃·马利（Bob Marley），1945年2月6日生于生于牙买加圣安妮，1981年5月11日逝世，牙买加唱作歌手，雷鬼乐鼻祖，拉斯塔法教徒。
1960年，马利开始了演唱生涯，1964年组建了“Wailing Wailers“（哭泣着的哭泣者）乐队。1971年，乐队推出了专辑《Catch A Fire》（引火烧身）。1981年，马利病逝后精选集《Legend》(1984)截止到2011年是雷鬼乐界最畅销的专辑，全球销量达到两千万[1] 。
1990年，马利的生日被定为牙买加法定假日[2] 。2010年，获选美国CNN 近50年“世界五大指标音乐人”
Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley is the greatest ever reggae singer. He spread reggae and his message of love and
unity1 to a worldwide audience. His live performances were
legendary2 for their passion and energy. Marley’s album ‘Exodus’ was voted by ‘Time’ magazine as the best of the 20th Century. The BBC declared his song ‘One Love’ as the song of the
millennium3.
Marley was born in 1945 in a small village in Jamaica to a white father and black mother. The
racist4 bullying5 he received as a child had an impact on his songwriting. He left school at the age of 14 to make music. He met members of his future band The Wailers at a jam session. It took several years before they became famous.
The Wailers' first album ‘Catch a Fire’ was released in 1973 and sold well. Another album followed a year later which included the song ‘I Shot The Sheriff’. Eric Clapton’s cover of the song in 1974 brought Marley a lot of global attention. In 1975, Marley released his breakthrough song ‘No Woman, No Cry’, still regarded as a classic today.
Marley left Jamaica for England in 1976 to record his ‘Exodus’ and ‘Kaya’ albums. He toured the world and performed to campaign against apartheid in South Africa and to celebrate Zimbabwe’s independence. He died of cancer in 1981,
aged6 36. He was given a state funeral in Jamaica according to the Rastafari tradition. He continues to be an important influence on today’s music.
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