![]() She originally intended to go to nursing school, but ended up as a singer with the vocal trio the Soulettes. Marley's story includes growing up poor and living as a single, teenage mother in Trench Town, a ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, where prostitutes, thieves, killers, and many other unsavory characters lived. Writing in the Rolling Stone, Gaylord Fields commented, "She candidly and patiently delineates her role as the life and singing partner … of reggae's standard-bearer and greatest musical force while showing that her time with Bob … is but one face, however, crucial, of her story." Her memoir, No Woman, No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley, was released in 2001 and written with Hettie Jones. After her husband's death in 1981, Marley continued to perform, releasing solo albums and contributing to other recording artists' works. She married Marley in 1966 and was a member of his back-up singing group the I-Threes. ![]() Often called the "Queen of Reggae," Marley was born in Cuba as Alpharita Constantia Anderson. Rita Marley, widow of legendary reggae musician Bob Marley, has had an extensive career as a singer, producer, and guardian of her late husband's estate and musical legacy. (With Hettie Jones) No Woman, No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley, Hyperion ( New York, NY), 2004.Įxecutive editor, Adrian Boot and Chris Saliewzik, Bob Marley: Songs of Freedom (biography), Viking Studio Books (New York, NY), 1995. WRITINGS:īob Marley: Légende Rasta, Seuil (Paris, France), 1995. 1980 Music for the Word Many Are Called, I-Three, Shanachie Records, 1983 Ho-Ho-Kus, Shanachie Records, 1985 Beginning, EMI America, 1986 By the Rivers of Babylon: Timeless Hymns of the Rastafari, Shanachie Records, 1997 and Sings Bob Marley-and Friends, Shanachie Records, 2003. Also performed on recordings Legalize It, Columbia, 1976 Club Ska '67, Mango, c. Solo recordings include Who Feels It Knows It, 1981, Harambe, 1983, and We Must Carry On, 1990, all released by Shanachie Records. Curator, Bob Marley Museum, Kingston, Jamaica. Began performing mid-1960s joined trio the Soulettes, produced husband, Bob Marley's recordings, performed as part of Marley's back-up singers the I-Threes, 1970s. Singer, reggae musician, curator, movie and record producer, and author. ![]() Agent-c/o Author Mail, Hyperion Editorial Department, 77 West 66th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10023. Office- Rita Marley Music, c/o Lorna Wainwright, 220 Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston 11, Jamaica W.1. Born Alpharita Constantia Anderson, 1947, in Cuba married Bob Marley (a musician), 1966 (deceased, 1981) children: David (Ziggy), Cedella, Stephen, Stephanie, Sharon, Serita.
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