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"No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers. The song was recorded in 1974 and released on the studio album Natty Dread. [2]The live recording of this song from the 1975 album Live! was released as a single and is the best-known version; it was later included on several compilation albums, including the greatest hits compilation Legend.
Vincent Ford (10 November 1940 – 28 December 2008), known as "Tata" or "Tartar", was a Jamaican songwriter best known for receiving writing credit for "No Woman, No Cry", the reggae song made famous by Bob Marley & The Wailers, as well as three other Bob Marley songs. However, controversy persisted as to whether the compositions had actually ...
"So Lonely" is a song by British rock band the Police, released as the third and final single on 24 November 1978 from their debut studio album Outlandos d'Amour (1978). The single was re-released in the UK in February 1980, and reached No. 6 on the charts. [4] The song uses a reggae style, and featured Sting on lead vocals.
The song has been performed by artists as diverse as Boney M. (sung by Liz Mitchell), The Fugees, Pearl Jam, Jimmy Buffett, Rancid and Gilberto Gil. Songwriting credit for "No Woman, No Cry" went to V. Ford. Vincent Ford, better known as "Tartar" to his friends and neighbors, had been a kind friend of Marley as a child in Trenchtown.
No. Title Writer(s) Original release Length; 1. "No Woman No Cry" (live at The Roxy) Vincent Ford: previously unreleased at the time, though later appears on the live release Live at the Roxy (1976) 5:22: 2. "Who the Cap Fit" Aston Barrett, Carlton Barrett: Rastaman Vibration (1976) 4:41: 3. "Jah Live" B. Marley, Lee Perry
No. Title Writer(s) Length; 11. "The Long and Winding Road" John Lennon, Paul McCartney: 3:32: 12. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young: 2:30: 13. "Baseball Boogie" Nina Simone: 0:55: 14. "No Woman, No Cry" Bob Marley: 3:13: 15. "Do I Move You" Nina Simone: 3:16: 16. "The Times They Are a-Changin ...
"Could You Be Loved" is a 1980 song by Jamaican reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was released as the first single from their twelfth and last album, Uprising (1980), and is also included on their greatest-hits album Legend (1984). It was written in 1979 on an aeroplane while The Wailers were experimenting on guitar.
According to the german Wikipedia the exact song title is not "No woman, no cry" (meaning if there is no woman, there is no reason to cry) but "No, woman, no cry" (i.e. an request to a woman not to cry). So the comma after the first "no" is really important. It is probably a song written by Marley as an apology to his wife.