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Tuff Gong is the brand name associated with a number of businesses started by Bob Marley and the Marley family. 'Tuff Gong' comes from Marley's nickname, which was in turn an echo of that given to founder of the Rastafari movement, Leonard "The Gong" Howell .
Marley is the youngest son of legendary reggae singer Bob Marley. [2] He is the only child born to Marley and Cindy Breakspeare , a Jamaican jazz singer and crowned Miss World 1976. Like several of Bob's children, Damian was born out of wedlock and outside of Bob's marriage to singer Rita Marley . [ 3 ]
Under the name Bob Marley and the Wailers, 11 albums were released, four live albums and seven studio albums. The releases included Babylon by Bus , a double live album with 13 tracks, was released in 1978 and received critical acclaim.
This follows the confusion generated by their company Tuff Gong Records (registered in 1973) and the similarly-named Tuff Gong International (registered by the Bob Marley Estate in 1991); this resulted in the 1999 Tuff Gong Settlement Agreement, which sought to separate the group's catalog from Bob Marley's solo catalog.
Bob Marley was born Robert Nesta Marley on Feb. 6, 1945, in Nine Mile, a small village in Jamaica’s Saint Ann Parish. Growing up in this remote rural community would deeply influence his music ...
Ziggy Marley started the label under his father's name, changing the international to worldwide. He started the label to do what his father, Bob Marley, couldn't do and make a label that does more than just his own work. In 2006, Ziggy Marley released his second solo album as the first album on the label.
At long last, iconic reggae singer Bob Marley is getting the Hollywood treatment. Bob Marley: One Love , a biopic that covers three years of the musician's life, will premiere on Feb. 14, 2024.
Interviews is a Bob Marley interview album, with excerpts from songs. He is interviewed by Neville Willoughby. He is interviewed by Neville Willoughby. This was released by Tuff Gong in 1982 but did not receive an international Island release.