Bob Marley and the Wailers

Bob Marley and the Wailers (previously known as The Wailers and prior to that The Wailing Rudeboys, The Wailing Wailers and The Teenagers) were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley (Robert Nesta Marley), Peter Tosh (Winston Hubert McIntosh), and Bunny Wailer (Neville Livingston).

"The Wailers" redirects here. For other uses, see The Wailers (disambiguation).

Bob Marley and the Wailers

Bob Marley & the Wailers
The Teenagers
The Wailing Rudeboys
The Wailing Wailers
The Wailers

Kingston, Jamaica

Bob Marley and the Wailers discography

1963–1981

The Upsetters

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During 1970 and 1971, Wailer, Marley and Tosh worked with renowned reggae producers Leslie Kong and Lee "Scratch" Perry.

They released four albums before signing to Island Records in 1972. Two more albums were created before Tosh and Wailer left the band in 1974, citing grievances over label treatment and ideological differences. Marley carried on with a new line-up, including the I-Threes that put out seven more albums. Marley died of cancer in 1981.

The Wailers were a groundbreaking ska and reggae group, noted for songs such as "Simmer Down", "Trenchtown Rock", "Nice Time", "War", "Stir It Up" and "Get Up, Stand Up".

(1965)

The Wailing Wailers

(1970; released 1971)

The Best of the Wailers

(1970)

Soul Rebels

(1971)

Soul Revolution Part II

(1973)

Catch a Fire

(1973)

Burnin'

(1974)

Natty Dread

(1976)

Rastaman Vibration

(1977)

Exodus

(1978)

Kaya

(1979)

Survival

(1980)

Uprising

(1983)

Confrontation

Apr–Jul 1973: Catch a Fire Tour (England, USA)

Oct–Nov 1973: Burnin' Tour (USA, England)

Jun–Jul 1975: Natty Dread Tour (USA, Canada, England)

Apr–Jul 1976: Rastaman Vibration Tour (USA, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, France, England, Wales)

May–Jun 1977: (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, England)

Exodus Tour

May–Aug 1978: Kaya Tour (USA, Canada, England, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium)

Apr–May 1979: Babylon by Bus Tour (Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii)

Oct 1979 – Jan 1980: Survival Tour (USA, Canada, Trinidad/Tobago, Bahamas, Gabon, Zimbabwe)

May–Sep 1980: (Switzerland, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, USA)

Uprising Tour

The Upsetters

Word, Sound and Power

The Wailers Band

The Original Wailers

"Catch A Fire: The Life of Bob Marley" (1983). St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-8050-8086-5

White, Timothy

(2007) Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's "Wailers" Wise Publications ISBN 1-84609-689-8

Masouri, John

(2007). Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley, Amistad Press ISBN 0-06-053992-5

Farley, Christopher

(2007) The Book of Exodus: The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers' Album of the Century Three Rivers Press ISBN 1-4000-5286-6

Goldman, Vivien

(2011) The Natural Mystics : Marley, Tosh, Wailer, Jonathan Cape 978-0-224-08608-0 (U.K.), W.W. Norton & Company ISBN 978-0-393-08117-6 (U.S.)

Bob Marley and the Wailers