Artist: Rita Marley
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Sings Bob Marley... and Friends
Year: 2003
Tracks: 12
Best known as Bob Marley's wife, Rita Marley was also a solo artist in her possess correct both before and later on her marriage, and served as the caretaker of her husband's legacy following his premature last in 1981. Born Alpharita Anderson in Cuba, she grew up largely in the Trenchtown section of Kingston, and first base sang with a female ska iII called the Soulettes. The Soulettes began recording for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label in 1964, and Dodd asked his emergent young ace Bob Marley to mentor them; Marley and Anderson hide in lovemaking and marital in 1966. Rita recorded with deuce unlike Soulettes lineups in the mid-'60s, edit a few hit solo singles of her possess (including "Pied Piper"), and backed the Wailers on some of their '60s recordings. When Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left the Wailers in 1974, Rita helped organize the I-Threes, a female vocal triplet consisting of herself, Marcia Griffiths, and Judy Mowatt. The I-Threes backed Bob Marley in the studio and on duty tour for the remainder of his career, up until his death from melanoma in 1981. During that prison term, both Marleys narrowly loose an assassination attack in 1976, in which one smoke grazed Rita's head and some other hit Bob's subdivision.In 1981, as Bob succumbed to crab, Rita recorded the solo album WHO Feels It Knows It. A spiritual, life-affirming statement, the album featured a lighthearted hit single in "I Draw," a blatantly pro-marijuana lesson in right smoking technique. Banned by the BBC, "One Draw" became the first-class honours degree reggae single to whirligig Billboard's disco music singles chart, which was used to track dance-club playact at the time. Another single, "Fiddle Play," had a measure of success in the U.K. However, Marley found it hard to follow up on a full-time recording life history; she spent a great deal of the '80s manipulation the various legal and business sector interests associated with her husband's name and estate, and as well mentored her children's musical venture, Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers. She finally returned to solo recording with 1988's Harambe (Working Together for Freedom), and followed it in 1991 with We Must Carry On, which garnered a Grammy nomination. Both albums continued her hang for danceable, rootsy reggae with spiritual messages and a definite sense of playfulness. Marley finally returned with a new album, Rita Marley Sings Bob Marley...and Friends, in 2003.
