the wailers' beginnngs (1944-1962)

1944 ŠThe Wailers News

  • October 19 - Winston Hubert McIntosh (Peter Tosh) is born in Grange Hill, Westmoreland

1945 ŠThe Wailers News

  • February 6 - Robert Nesta Marley (Bob Marley) is born in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica

1946 ŠThe Wailers News

  • November 22 - Aston Francis Barrett is born. He is known as "Family Man" or "Fams," and later becomes the Wailers' bassist, and is also the brother of Carlton Barrett

1947 ŠThe Wailers News

  • April 10 - Neville O'Reilly Livingstone (Bunny Wailer) is born

1950 ŠThe Wailers News

  • October 19 - Constantine Anthony Walker Jr. is born. In 1966 he replaces Bob who travels to Delaware.

  • December 17 - Carlton Lloyd Barrett is born. He is known as "Carlie," and later becomes the Wailers' drummer. He is also the younger brother of Aston

1962 ŠThe Wailers News

  • Queen's Theatre - Kes Chin's Talent Parade - Kingston, Jamaica
    -Bob Marley's first solo performance before helping to form the Wailers
  • Capri Theatre - May Penn, Jamaica
    -The first of two Derrick Morgan Farewell Concerts
  • Montego Bay, Jamaica
    -The second of two Derrick Morgan Farewell Concerts
    -According to Derrick Morgan, Bob Marley is booed during "One Cup Of Coffee," and responds to the audience, "Judge not before you judge youself!" and goes into "Judge Not"

  • At the age of only 16, Bob, along with Bunny and Peter help form "The Teenagers," which later becomes "The Wailing Rudeboys," then "The Wailing Wailers," and finally "The Wailers"

  • Late December - The Wailing Wailers are taken by Alvin "Seeco" Patterson to audition for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One label, and are signed to an exclusive 5-year recording contract
    -Coxsone Dodd later recalls that The Wailers were the "kind of group with that team feel, young voices and ting like that"