Timeline

Bob Marley Timeline •Trench Town was where he found most of his inspiration for music. He was interested in the Motown of Jamaica, a number of successful local performers that got together and sang. Bob was also fascinated in American music too, like Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, and the Drifters. || Peter McIntosh (soon to be known as Peter Tosh) and one of his childhood friends, Bunny Livingston. The group got together and created the song "Simmer Down", which aced the Jamaican charts || singing about it || •Marley gets a choice to amputate, yet he denies since it is against his religion ||
 * 1945 || •February 6th, Bob Marley is born. The son of a black teenage girl named Cedella Brooker and an older white man, Norval Marley, who was absent almost all of Bob’s life. ||
 * 1950 || •Bob Marley arrives in Kingston. He lived in the poorest part of the city called Trench Town.
 * 1963 || •At only 18, Bob Marley started his career with the Wailers, a group he formed with
 * 1966 || •Bob marries Rita Anderson, and they move to America to see Bob's mother ||
 * 1968 || •Bob learns about Rastafarianism from Rita. Rastafarianism is a big meaning in Marley's music, and this is when the band starts
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none;">1976 || •<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Gunmen break in to Marley's home in Kingston during the Jamaican general election campaign. At the home were Marley, Rita, their manager Don Taylor, other friends and five children. All adults are shot and wounded. Marley was shot in his upper body and arm and Rita receives a head wound, yet all who were shot survived. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none;">1977 || •<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Bob Marley is diagnosed with a cancer in his toe.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none;">1980 || •<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">While Bob is jogging in Central Park, he collapses due to cancer and is hospitalized ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none;">1981 || •<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Bob Marley passes away at the age of 36. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none;">1994 || •<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Bob is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame by U2 singer, Bono. ||