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When did Bob Marley start making music?

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Bob Marley's first song “Judge Not” released in 1962.


Regarded as the most influential figure to emerge from Jamaica in the 20th century, Bob Marley was a singer, songwriter, guitarist and frontman of Bob Marley & The Wailers. With a career that lasted almost two decades, he brought the genre of reggae and Jamaican music as a whole to worldwide attention, became one of the most notable followers of... Read More
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