Bob Marley birthday celebration shifts Reggae Month into high gear .Bob Marley's 73rd birthday anniversary on Tuesday is being marked by a day of activities and a grand concert at The Bob Marley Museum, his former residence at 56 Hope Road in Kingston.
n the 1970s Bob Marley went from being a pioneering but largely unknown reggae singer to an international superstar of an unprecedented popularity. In doing so he almost singlehandedly put Jamaican culture on the map. Over the course of the 1970s Marley produced a string of international hits including ‘I Shot the Sheriff’, ‘No Woman, No Cry’, ‘Could You Be Loved’ and ‘Jamming’ that propelled him to stardom on both sides of the Atlantic and saw him perform in front of massive crowds throughout the globe. The scale of Bob Marley’s success in the 70s was unprecedented for a Jamaican artist and indeed, few artists who followed in his footsteps would reach Marley’s level of popularity. The release of Legend, Marley’s posthumous best of collection, in 1984 solidified this popularity; the album would go on to sell 25 million copies globally. Even today Marley has an online presence comparable only to Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga; his Facebook page has in excess of 37 million likes, eclipsing the likes of The Beatles and Elvis.
Bob marley for me is an icon to my island and his birthday celebrations which took place yesterday engraved his name into our future development of our country and children to come ,bob marley the legend that never dies .
