Soon after, the Marleys set up their own recording label, Wail ‘N Soul ‘M Records, and produced a single, ‘Bend Down Low/Mellow Mood.’ That same year, the record label was ended. The next year Bob and Rita’s first child, Cedella, was born. The next day he went to the United States and stayed long enough to gain financing for his next record. In 1966, Bob Marley married Rita Anderson, his long-term girlfriend. The trio released ‘Simmer Down,’ ‘Rule Them Rudie’ and ‘It Hurts To Be Alone,’ all of which were hits in Jamaica. He continued to pursue a career in music and in 1965, he formed a group called ‘The Wailers’ with Bunny Livingstone (later known as Bunny Wailer) and Peter McIntosh (later known as simply Peter Tosh.) Bob acted as front man for the group and wrote most of the group’s material. In 1961, at the age of sixteen, Bob released his first song, Judge Not, which did not do well. Soon after, he moved with his mother to Trenchtown, a section of Kingston notorious for it’s rough ghettoes. It wasn’t until a year later that Bob saw his mother again. When Bob was five, his father took him to Kingston, Jamaica. Soon after his birth, Bob’s father left and had little contact with him although he did financially support his son. Norval was a British Marine officer and Ciddy was a native Jamaican. Anns in Nine Miles, Jamaica to Norval Sinclair Marley and Cedella ‘Ciddy’ Malcom. Robert Nesta Marley was born on Februin the parish of St.
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