Jamaican singer-songwriter and entrepreneur (born 1946)
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The Honourable
Rita Marley
OJ OD
Marley in 2011
Born
Alfarita Constantia Anderson
(1946-07-25) 25 July 1946 (age 77)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Occupations
Singer-songwriter
entrepreneur
Years active
1966–2016
Spouse
Bob Marley
(m. 1966; died 1981)
Children
6, including Sharon, Cedella, Ziggy & Stephen
Relatives
Skip Marley (grandson) Jo Mersa Marley (grandson) Bambaata Marley (grandson)
Musical career
Origin
Kingston, Jamaica
Genres
Reggae
Instruments
Vocals
Labels
Shanachie
JAD Records
Musical artist
Alfarita Constantia "Rita" MarleyOJ, OD (née Anderson; born 25 July 1946) is a Cuban-born Jamaican singer-songwriter and entrepreneur. She is the widow of reggae legend Bob Marley.[1] Along with Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt, Marley was a member of the reggae vocal group the I Threes, the backing vocalists for Bob Marley and the Wailers.
^Singh, Olivia. "Where is Rita Marley, Bob Marley's wife, now?". Business Insider. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
Alfarita Constantia "Rita" Marley OJ, OD (née Anderson; born 25 July 1946) is a Cuban-born Jamaican singer-songwriter and entrepreneur. She is the widow...
June 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023. Rebel Music – The Bob Marley Story (RitaMarley, Bob Marley). 2001. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved...
father's marriage to singer RitaMarley and went to live with her on and off from the age of four until moving to live with Marley's mother after his father...
David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and RitaMarley. He led the family...
Marley (born 23 November 1964) is a Jamaican singer, dancer, and curator. She is the biological daughter of RitaMarley and was adopted by Bob Marley...
Cedella Marley Minto (born 23 August 1967) is a Jamaican singer. She is the daughter of reggae singers Bob Marley and RitaMarley and the mother of Skip...
Marley and RitaMarley. Stephen started singing professionally at 7 years old with his elder siblings Ziggy Marley, Sharon Marley and Cedella Marley in...
Marley and the Melody Makers were a Jamaican-American reggae family group whose line-up consisted of the children of musicians, Bob Marley and Rita Marley...
Skip Marley Minto (born 4 June 1996) is a Jamaican singer. He is the son of Cedella Marley and David Minto, and grandson of Bob Marley and RitaMarley. He...
Marcia Griffiths, and Marley's wife, Rita, provided backing vocals. Steffens, Roger; Pierson, Leroy Jodie (2005). Bob Marley And The Wailers - The Definitive...
first-born daughter of Bob Marley and RitaMarley. Ziggy Marley (born 17 October 1968) – son of Bob Marley and RitaMarley. Stephen Marley (born 20 April 1972)...
Damian was born out of wedlock and outside of Bob's marriage to singer RitaMarley. After seeing the movie Damien: Omen II, which is about the coming of...
armed with guns raided Marley's house at 56 Hope Road. Marley and his band were on break from rehearsal. Marley's wife, Rita, was shot in the head in...
Bob Marley (Robert Nesta Marley), Peter Tosh (Winston Hubert McIntosh), and Bunny Wailer (Neville Livingston). During 1970 and 1971, Wailer, Marley and...
reggae musician Damian Marley, through her relationship with Bob Marley, who remained married to RitaMarley until his death. Marley is said to have written...
(with Marley's wife Rita), "Positive Vibration" and "Roots Rock Reggae" from Rastaman Vibration, along with "Inna De Red" and "Jah Bless" with Marley's son...
a failed assassination attempt on Bob Marley. It was converted into a museum in 1986 by his wife, RitaMarley after his death. The song "56 Hope Road"...
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...
the 1988 song "Harambe (Working Together for Freedom)" by RitaMarley, widow of Bob Marley. Harambee is a Swahili term for communal labor. On September...
To Play Bob Marley's Wife, Rita, In Paramount Biopic". Deadline. Mendelsohn, Jon (4 August 2022). "Lashana Lynch Cast as Rita, Bob Marley's Wife, in Upcoming...
Natty Dread is the seventh album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, released in 1974. Previously Marley had recorded with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer as the...