Bunny Wailer (born as Neville Livingston on 10 April 1947 in Kingston, Jama… Read Full Bio ↴Bunny Wailer (born as Neville Livingston on 10 April 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica-2 March 2021) was a three-time Grammy Award winner, singer, percussionist and devoted Rastafarian, known for the reggae classic Dreamland. He is founding member of reggae group The Wailers with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. Bunny, Marley's step brother, toured with the band in England and USA after the success with the 1973 albums Catch A Fire and Burnin', but meant it was against Rastafari to perform for almost only white people and left Wailers 1973. He then made a number of solo reggae albums. Blackheart Man (1976) is a good example of his religious roots reggae, and Rock 'n' Groove (1981) of solid uptempo Sly & Robbie based reggae. He started to tour internationally again and is regarded as one of the most important reggae artists ever. Bunny Wailer has won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1991, 1995 and 1997.
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Bunny Wailer was a singer, songwriter and percussionist, born Neville O'Riley Livingston on April 10, 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica. He was founder and an original member of ska, rocksteady and reggae group The Wailers (formed 1963) along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. The young Livingston spent his earliest years in the village of Nine Mile in St. Ann Parish. It was there that he first met Bob Marley, and the two toddlers became fast friends. The boys both came from one parent families; Livingston was being brought up by his father, Marley by his mother. Later, Bunny's father Thaddeus "Toddy" Livingston lived with Bob Marley's mother Cedella Booker and had a daughter with her named Pearl Livingston. Peter Tosh had a son, Andrew Tosh, with another of Bunny's sisters, Shirley, making Andrew his nephew
Livingston was underused as a writer and lead vocalist in The Wailers compared with Marley and Tosh. When Wailers regularly changed producers during the early reggae years in the late 1960s, Livingston continued to be a key part of the group's distinctive harmonies. He sang however lead on "Dreamland" (a cover of El Tempos' My Dream Island, which soon became Bunny's signature song), "Riding High", "Brainwashing" and on one verse of the Wailers' Impressions-like "Keep On Moving", both produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry. In 1971, he recorded the original version of Pass It On
Bunny Wailer toured with the Wailers in England and the United States, but soon became reluctant to leave Jamaica. He and Tosh became more marginalized in the group as the Wailers became an international success, and attention was increasingly focused on Marley. Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh subsequently left the Wailers to pursue solo careers. They were replaced by the I Threes, a move to broaden the base of success for the Wailers in the non-Jamaican market.
After leaving the Wailers, Bunny became more focused on his spiritual faith. He identified with the Rastafari movement, as did the other Wailers. He self-produced a number of his recordings after striking out on his own. He has also written much of his own material as well as re-recording a number of cuts from the Wailers catalogue. Bunny Wailer has recorded primarily in the roots style, in keeping with his often political and spiritual messages. The album "Blackheart Man" is a good example of his roots reggae style and the dub version,Dub d*sco vol 1 equally magnificent if hard to find. "Sings the Wailers" successfully reworks many of The Wailers songs with the backing of top Jamaican musicians, Sly and Robbie. He has also had success recording in the typically apolitical, more pop dancehall style. He has outlived his contemporaries in a culture where death by violence is commonplace.
Bunny Wailer has won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1990, 1994 and 1996.
Bunny Wailer died on 2 March 2021.
ALBUMS WITH ORIGINAL MATERIAL
* ''Blackheart Man'' (1976) [[Island Records|Island]]/Solomonic
* ''Protest'' (1977) Island/Solomonic
* ''Struggle'' (1978) Solomonic
* ''Dubd'sco vol.1'' (1978) Solomonic
* ''In I Father's House'' (1979) Solomonic
* ''Bunny Wailer Sings the Wailers'' (1980) Island/Solomonic
* ''Dubd'sco vol.2'' (1981) Solomonic
* ''Rock 'n' Groove'' (1981) Solomonic
* ''Tribute'' (1981) Solomonic
* ''Hook Line & Sinker'' (1982) Solomonic
* ''Roots Radics Rockers Reggae'' (1983) [[Shanachie Records|Shanachie]]
* ''Live!'' (1983) Solomonic
* ''Marketplace'' (1985) Solomonic
* ''Rootsman Skanking'' (1987) Shanachie (international re-release of ''Rock And Groove'' edited version plus 3 extra tracks)
* ''Rule Dance Hall'' (1987) Shanachie
* ''Liberation'' (1989) Shanachie
* ''Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley'' (1990) Shanachie (international re-release of ''Tribute'' + 2 extra tracks)
* ''Gumption'' (1990) Shanachie
* ''The Never Ending Wailers'' (1991)
* ''Dance Massive'' (1992)
* ''Just Be Nice'' (1993) [[RAS Records|RAS]]
* ''Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary'' (1996) RAS
* ''Communication'' (2000) Solomonic/Tuff Gong
* ''World Peace'' (2003) Solomonic
* ''Rub A Dub'' (2007) Solomonic
* ''Cross Culture'' (2009) Solomonic
* ''Combinations Vol.1'' (2009) Solomonic
* ''Blackheart Man (Remastered & Extended)'' (2009) Solomonic
* ''Reincarnated Souls'' (2013), VP - 3CD + 2DVD set
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Bunny Wailer was a singer, songwriter and percussionist, born Neville O'Riley Livingston on April 10, 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica. He was founder and an original member of ska, rocksteady and reggae group The Wailers (formed 1963) along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. The young Livingston spent his earliest years in the village of Nine Mile in St. Ann Parish. It was there that he first met Bob Marley, and the two toddlers became fast friends. The boys both came from one parent families; Livingston was being brought up by his father, Marley by his mother. Later, Bunny's father Thaddeus "Toddy" Livingston lived with Bob Marley's mother Cedella Booker and had a daughter with her named Pearl Livingston. Peter Tosh had a son, Andrew Tosh, with another of Bunny's sisters, Shirley, making Andrew his nephew
Livingston was underused as a writer and lead vocalist in The Wailers compared with Marley and Tosh. When Wailers regularly changed producers during the early reggae years in the late 1960s, Livingston continued to be a key part of the group's distinctive harmonies. He sang however lead on "Dreamland" (a cover of El Tempos' My Dream Island, which soon became Bunny's signature song), "Riding High", "Brainwashing" and on one verse of the Wailers' Impressions-like "Keep On Moving", both produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry. In 1971, he recorded the original version of Pass It On
Bunny Wailer toured with the Wailers in England and the United States, but soon became reluctant to leave Jamaica. He and Tosh became more marginalized in the group as the Wailers became an international success, and attention was increasingly focused on Marley. Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh subsequently left the Wailers to pursue solo careers. They were replaced by the I Threes, a move to broaden the base of success for the Wailers in the non-Jamaican market.
After leaving the Wailers, Bunny became more focused on his spiritual faith. He identified with the Rastafari movement, as did the other Wailers. He self-produced a number of his recordings after striking out on his own. He has also written much of his own material as well as re-recording a number of cuts from the Wailers catalogue. Bunny Wailer has recorded primarily in the roots style, in keeping with his often political and spiritual messages. The album "Blackheart Man" is a good example of his roots reggae style and the dub version,Dub d*sco vol 1 equally magnificent if hard to find. "Sings the Wailers" successfully reworks many of The Wailers songs with the backing of top Jamaican musicians, Sly and Robbie. He has also had success recording in the typically apolitical, more pop dancehall style. He has outlived his contemporaries in a culture where death by violence is commonplace.
Bunny Wailer has won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1990, 1994 and 1996.
Bunny Wailer died on 2 March 2021.
ALBUMS WITH ORIGINAL MATERIAL
* ''Blackheart Man'' (1976) [[Island Records|Island]]/Solomonic
* ''Protest'' (1977) Island/Solomonic
* ''Struggle'' (1978) Solomonic
* ''Dubd'sco vol.1'' (1978) Solomonic
* ''In I Father's House'' (1979) Solomonic
* ''Bunny Wailer Sings the Wailers'' (1980) Island/Solomonic
* ''Dubd'sco vol.2'' (1981) Solomonic
* ''Rock 'n' Groove'' (1981) Solomonic
* ''Tribute'' (1981) Solomonic
* ''Hook Line & Sinker'' (1982) Solomonic
* ''Roots Radics Rockers Reggae'' (1983) [[Shanachie Records|Shanachie]]
* ''Live!'' (1983) Solomonic
* ''Marketplace'' (1985) Solomonic
* ''Rootsman Skanking'' (1987) Shanachie (international re-release of ''Rock And Groove'' edited version plus 3 extra tracks)
* ''Rule Dance Hall'' (1987) Shanachie
* ''Liberation'' (1989) Shanachie
* ''Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley'' (1990) Shanachie (international re-release of ''Tribute'' + 2 extra tracks)
* ''Gumption'' (1990) Shanachie
* ''The Never Ending Wailers'' (1991)
* ''Dance Massive'' (1992)
* ''Just Be Nice'' (1993) [[RAS Records|RAS]]
* ''Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary'' (1996) RAS
* ''Communication'' (2000) Solomonic/Tuff Gong
* ''World Peace'' (2003) Solomonic
* ''Rub A Dub'' (2007) Solomonic
* ''Cross Culture'' (2009) Solomonic
* ''Combinations Vol.1'' (2009) Solomonic
* ''Blackheart Man (Remastered & Extended)'' (2009) Solomonic
* ''Reincarnated Souls'' (2013), VP - 3CD + 2DVD set
Legends
Bunny Wailer Lyrics
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100GrandRoyce They gone bring up legends when they mention me I aint…
1999 I ain't Clippers, but I zoom (Aye) Babygirl come to the…
Annabel Gutherz We are legends, we are legends in the making. We are…
Antisocial Yeah, whoa Maybe I'll become a legend When I drown in my…
Arbi Find your place, way up among the highest Twice as bright Bu…
Asanda Oh, ooh yeah yo yo Oh, ooh yeah yo yo Oh, ooh…
BEDROOM - Juice WRLD I usually don't speak on shit like this, but Ain't nobody…
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. Long Ago, there was a bird who sang but just…
C-Systems & Alina Renae Iβm a living, living legend Iβm a living legend in the…
Cathubodua High tide turns the hands of time There is a chance…
Cesqeaux & Yellow Claw A Kali say Sha la la la la Dem but we darker Dem…
Club Cheval caution to the wind cuz i got nothing to loose tonight never…
Cody T He wore pointed toe cowboy boots Drank a beer Smoked a cigar…
Company Flow Whole lot of chumps turning hard on the radio Whole…
Curly J I've seen so many legends come and go Seen so many…
Current Joys I am sick, I am sick And I canβ²t be cured Take…
Dale Watson What if no more branded man? No more man in black…
Dark At Dawn Please tell me if they are true The tales and the…
Dave Winnel I know your legs are tired And the race is chasing…
Davoodi Tonight is the night, we show the world what we are…
Diary of Dreams Call viper's son Fear the suns of my horizons Sequential mo…
Die A Legend Legends never die When the world is calling you Can you hear…
Don Q Yeah Don, yeah Big, yeah Yeah All I want is my flowers give…
Doug Olsen Once upon a time, you could hear the Saterns roar As…
Drug Cabin Oh, b-baby, you'll get to know me Oh, b-baby, you'll get…
egsβ° They say EG a legend in the making and it's…
Fektion Fekler Now i'll send you a god Who will listen to your…
Flaming Calibers I was the system of a flag I wake up alone…
Foreign Figures Clocks tick, riding the metro. Going till the night slows. I…
Freaky I've been having these visions Where we're far away from her…
Heaven Street Seven If there's a plan in your mind Never keep…
Hi-Rez The ghost riders in the sky An old cow polk went…
Impirio When it's all said and done we some legends About to…
Jarrell I'm in go mode it's do or die I know you…
Jim Jones Feat. N.O.E. & Sen City Bitch, I'm stylish Glock tucked, big t-shirt, Billie Eilish …
Josh A Far away Past the snowed in hills Legend spoke of a tree Wit…
Joyia Tryna pull up in the west end Gold link black top…
Juice WRLD I usually don't speak on shit like this, but Ain't nobody…
Julia Ecklar Once upon a time, You could hear the Saturn's roar As…
K-Hill I don't die That's what you call a Legend I don't die That's…
Kelsea Ballerini We were golden, we were fire, we were magic Yeah, and…
King Haters all around me I'm just trying to win Devil on…
Km/h Don't feel the pressureΒ Cause nobody knows They'll know us …
Knights The Mysteries dwell on the other side A sunrise divides you from…
Lannds We are legends in this town We don't sleep through the…
Lo-Fi Dreamers Quit smokin' on gas, I'm tired of smokin' my dead…
LZ7 feat. Silento Silento Yeah, letβ²s go Who let the sun rise Fills up the n…
L\xE2\x80\x99A Tone A child searching for all the answers Your path was soon…
Maddison Have you ever been lost Out in the open Had your heart…
Madina Lake I watch the sun fall down to kill the day, Another…
Marc Scibilia We are legends in our time We are heroes of the…
Mo-G Aye man, R.I.P to all the legends, you know what…
Mr. Calazans Do you remember When we sat by the sea? I told you…
Narcissist I'm gonna be a legend one day but first I'll…
NOW UNITED I thought that love was all but a legend Didnβ²t know…
O.W.L. Don't feel the pressureΒ Cause nobody knows They'll know us …
Ofln - Juice WRLD I usually don't speak on shit like this, but Ain't nobody…
P.G.T. Instrumental by Farai P…
Pak-Man I can see your halo Yo, my heart feel like it's…
Peaceful Mind-U.S I am a professional player In the game of portraits Do as…
Pilot Rouge Sea and sky torn apart When the fire broke the dark One…
Prodigy (feat. Havoc) [Intro:] Respect to the ol' timers man! (yeah…
Prodigy Feat. Havoc (feat. Havoc) [Intro:] Respect to the ol' timers man! (y…
Radigost Where was I when the first man appeared and the…
Razihel Our backs against the wall It seems impossible But there's n…
Reaubeau CH We are legends forever Our lights will never burn out Weβ…
Red Rum As we begin now this compendium of tales To ponder on…
S&F Long Ago, there was a bird who sang but just…
Sammy Walker The first time that I called you in that old…
Self Deception Every street is empty Fear has settled in Days like this the…
Sleeping with Sirens (We can be legends, we can be legends) (We can be…
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Slim Dunkin %26 D-Bo Selling weed and Stu sessions That's my going out money Im n…
Sondre Lerche Please disregard my naked faith I just realized it takes two…
Squalloscope When i am king you're gonna build me a time…
Summer Kennedy We must stand and fight When madness comes to conquer light …
Sun-Inside μΈμμ μ λ§λ‘ mystery μ°μ°μ λΉλ²ν λ°λ³΅λκ³ κ°μ μ₯λ©΄ λ―Έλ¬λ§ μΈμ μ―€ kiss the rim ν κΉ…
Ter-ra I can see your halo Yo, my heart feel like it's…
The Afters I hear the roar of resistance It's vibrating through my bone…
The Alchemist (feat. Prodigy (of Mobb Deep)) [Chorus x2:] Gangsters do…
The Cool Waters Band Oh to stand like no one else Could ever conceive or…
The Flight of Sleipnir Upon dead trees black birds sing Like a choir of ghosts…
The Game Feat. Tracy Morgan [Hook: Kelvyn Colt] Homey, they didn't know me I leave at ni…
The Last King You thought you could pull one over on me You thought…
The Prodigy (feat. Havoc) [Intro:] Respect to the ol' timers man! (y…
The Racer Seems like fun we'd make in these moments No one…
Upchurch & Adam Calhoun This shit is biblical On top of the mountain I am…
Vertigo Endless choices everywhere Countless ads pollute the air Sup…
W&W x Blasterjaxx W1LL K is the name Legend is the game that I…
Yellow Claw A Kali say Sha la la la la Dem but we darker Dem…
yellow claw & cesqeaux ft. kalibwoy A Kali say Sha la la la la Dem but we …
Yellow Claw Cesqeaux feat. Kalibwoy A Kali say Sha la la la la Dem but we darker Dem…
Zoobof & Vic-20 You were one of those classic ones Traveling around this sun…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Bunny Wailer:
Amagideon It's the Amagideon! Taking place inna I-ration, inna I-ratio…
Amagideon (Armagedon) War, di war, di war! It's the Armagiddeon. Taking place in i…
Another Dance Now this was just another dance, oee Said, until I looked…
Armagideon War, di war, di war! It's the Armagiddeon. Taking place in…
Bald Head Jesus Praise Him, praise Him. Praise Him, praise Him. Praise Him, …
Baldhead Jesus Praise Him, praise Him. Praise Him, praise Him. Praise Him…
Ball Room Floor Hey! No one didn't tell you as to roam the streets But…
Ballroom Floor Hey! No one didn't tell you as to roam the streets But…
Bide Up No more worrying, worrying and pains No more crying, sheddin…
Blackheart Man Tikya the Blackheart Man, children I say, don't go near him …
Boderation What a boderation Dong inna Jamdon yo It's all over creation…
Botha The Mosquito Ever since the abolition of slavery, all nations Scarred by …
Can Told me you loved me Right from the start Don't play no…
Conqueror Just mind how you run up mouth Acting like a Corgan Be…
Cool Runnings Rope in Come on and tune in I said you ride in 'Cause…
Craven Choke Puppy Bob Marley Category βΊ 1971 Craven a go choke puppy Craven a…
Crazy Bald Head Praise Him, praise Him. Praise Him, praise Him. Praise Him, …
Dance Rock Come on! To the dance rock, Let me, take you to the…
Dancing Shoes [Chorus] Who's gonna dance with me tonight We're gonna dance…
Dash Wey The Vial Hey! I say you dash wey the vial rasta man! For thou…
Didn't You Know Now you are a miracle, as you are marvelous So be…
Dream Land There's a land that I have heard about So far across…
Dreamland There's a land that I have heard about So far…
Fig Tree Never never knew that the time would come When every…
Fighting Against Conviction Battering down sentence, Fighting Against Convictions (2X) I…
Follow Fashion Monkey Git up you Black yankies Don't be no Follow Fashion Monkey (…
Food If food is the staff of life, Should there be famine,…
Get Up Stand Up Get up stand up stand up for your rights. …
Gotta Keep On Moving Lord, I've got to keep on moving Lord, I've got to…
Here In Jamaica Come along every goodie Come and hear what I have to…
Hypocrite Dip fi diplomatic; 'Yp for hypocratic; Dry, dry, dry for d…
I Anything you can do I can do it better I'm the toughest,…
I Gotta Keep On Moving Jah, I got to keep on moving Jah, I got to…
I'm The Toughest Anything you can do I can do it better I'm the toughest,…
Innocent Blood Too much blood, blood around It's a long time i no…
Johnny Too Bad Johnny was grown in a twisted broken down one room…
Keep On Moving Lord, I've got to keep on moving Lord, I've got to…
Let Him Go 'd like to say! Natty come from jail 'cause Natty get…
Liberation If you are living in a market place And you're no…
Love Fire Fire fire Fire fire Fire fire fire fire Can't put it out …
Man To Man Tikya the Blackheart Man, children I say, don't go near him …
Mellow Mood I'll play your fav'right song, darlin' We can rock it all…
Moses Children Tell them tell them, Tell them the reason why you crying…
Natural Mystic There's a natural mystic Blowing through the air If you li…
Pass It On What your hands do, It's your own eyes that see,…
Put It On Feel them spirit Feel them spirit Feel them spirit Lord, …
Quit Trying You better quit trying to live my life for me You…
Rasta Dread Hey yeah yeah yaaaay nanananaaah eey dread rasta dreadlock (…
Rasta Man Them kill Limumba for his own-a-rights, But them can't kill…
Rastaman Them kill Limumba for his own-a-rights, But them can't kill …
Ready When You Ready Hey! Mi ready when you ready fi go chant down Babylon,…
Reincarnated Souls We are reincarnated souls from that time Living on earth, he…
Rise %26 Shine This is the cry of a people Who were robbed and…
rock Huh, please don't you rock my boat 'Cause I don't want…
Rock 'N Groove Spread out this ya sound is (far and near?) And number…
Rocker You roots(you roots)you radicals you rock to the reggae You …
Rule This Land Jailhouse gets empty, the youth them get plenty. Baton stic…
Scheme Of Things What are you doing toward the scheme of things What are…
Serious Thing The most dangerous thing that exists in the world today…
Soul Rebel Hey! I'm a rebel - rebel in the morning time. Soul rebel…
Stay With The Reggae Hey! They got the man who shot the sheriff, But they got…
Struggle Rise up and trample the dragon Get the dragon before the…
Sun Is Shining Embrace the Son, lest he be angry and smite thee…
That Is Me Finjo ser invisΓvel Pra nΓ£o ter que te encarar Afogo na pisc…
The Oppressed Song The man oppressed will seem to do the worst But with…
The Toughest Anything you can do I can do it better I'm the toughest,…
This Train When I was just a kid, little children My old man…
Three Little Birds Don't worry 'bout a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonn…
Trouble On The Road Again Trouble on the road again. Trouble on self like a rain. Trou…
Walk The Proud Land Why, why, why, why Do be do be do by dey,…
Want To Come Home You got your brothers and your sisters in the West. They…
Wanted Children Wanted children crying from the Backbones of their fathers W…
Who Feels It Every man thinks his burdens the heaviest But it common they…
Your Roots Are Reggae you roots(you roots)you radicals you rock to the reggae you …
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LambomanZA
on Boderation
Itβs a great song and thanks for the lyrics. Message still ring soo true even 2dae.
Nyakwar Osera
on Boderation
Yes reggae surpasses all music in the spread.
Neph
on Cease Fire
How do I get the lyrics to one of his best songs, Ceasefire
Hendrix Banda
on Keep on Movin'
Rest in Eternal Peace King Bunny! We shall miss you for real
Atom. Dread. Adoko
on Reggae In The U.S.A.
Yes i. Love. Bunny. Wailer. Songs
Getrude Rusere
on The Conqueror
I want lyrics
Yassir Waleed Ali
on Gamblings
nice n good stuffs
Wavvy Shotzz
on I Stand Predominate
i love the song.
Wavvy Shotzz
on I Stand Predominate
i love the song.
Basu Ghoshdastider
on Bellyfull
when belly full party on....