- … Read Full Bio ↴There are or have been - at least - two bands named The Wailers:
- The legendary Jamaican reggae band (founded as a ska group 1963, and became a Rastafarian reggae band in 1968), renamed Bob Marley & The Wailers in 1974, which are still active led by bassist Aston Barrett after Marley's death in 1981.
- The Fabulous Wailers, a rock and roll and garage band from the USA, active 1958-1969, first led by John Greek, replaced in 1960 by Rockin' Robin Roberts.
1) Bob Marley & The Wailers have together sold in excess of 255 million albums worldwide. Since they are extraordinary popular also in poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America with big markets for pirate copies the total amounts of albums sold has been estimated to over 1 billion. In England alone, they've notched up over 20 chart hits, including seven Top 10 entries. In USA on the other hand, Bob Marley & The Wailers reached superstar status only after Marley's death, with the album Legend , focusing on the person Bob Marley but not on the band. Outside of their groundbreaking work with Marley, the Wailers have also played or performed with international acts like Sting, the Fugees, Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, and Alpha Blondy, as well as reggae legends such as Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, and Burning Spear. As the greatest living exponents of Jamaica's reggae tradition, the Wailers have completed innumerable other tours, playing to an estimated 24 million people across the globe. They have also been the first reggae band to tour new territories on many occasions, including Africa and the Far East.
Their nucleus formed in 1969, when the vocalist group "The Wailers" (formed 1963 by Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh) requited the talented Barrett brothers: bassist Aston "Family Man" and drummer Carlton (writer of well-known Marley songs like "War" and "Talking Blues", 'sound-maker' of more Marley songs, developer of the one drop style in reggae music) played on hits such as Lively Up Yourself, Trenchtown Rock, Duppy Conqueror, and many more besides. Inspired by Rastafari and their ambitions of reaching an international audience, this is the line-up that pioneered roots rock reggae, and signed to Island Records in 1971. Bunny and Peter left two years later. It was at this point that the in-demand Barrett brothers - whose rhythms also underpinned innumerable seventies' reggae hits by other acts - assumed the title of Wailers, and backed Marley on the group's international breakthrough album, Natty Dread. Under Family Man's musical leadership, they then partnered Bob Marley on the succession of hit singles and albums that made him a global icon, winner of several Lifetime Achievement awards, and Jamaica's best-loved musical superstar.
Drummer Carlton "Carlie" Barrett was murdered 1987, leaving his brother as the main beneficiary of the Wailers' mantle. Subsequent line-ups have revolved around Family Man, who is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest bass players. Modest and unassuming, he was present on all of those unforgettable performances by Bob Marley & The Wailers from the seventies. Family Man continues to be the main axis of the current Wailers - a group that's one of the last, great reggae institutions, yet which refuses to live off past glories. That's because Family Man represents tried and trusted roots authenticity and, along with the Wailers, injects fresh excitement into a show that continues to attract enthusiastic audiences from around the world.
2) The Fabulous Wailers were an American rock band from Tacoma, Washington. Formed around 1958, they are often considered the first garage rock group. They performed a hybrid of saxophone-driven rhythm and blues and Chuck Berry rock and roll.
Five 45s (four released in 1959, including Tall Cool One, and one in 1960) and an LP release, The Fabulous Wailers (released December 1959 on Golden Crest Records), put the Wailers on the national scene. Their 1961 cover of Louie Louie, which they recorded as a backing band for singer Rockin' Roberts, was the first to use the trademark 1-2-3, 1-2, 1-2-3 riff. Their version inspired other groups from the Seattle area, most notably the The Kingsmen of Portland, Oregon, to record the same song. The Fabulous Wailers' influence established the Pacific Northwest area as a center for musical innovation and the home of a long string of regional favorites playing a kind of raunchy, amateur, yet passionate, form of rock and roll, such as The Sonics, with whom they exchanged various band members and who recorded on The Wailers own Etiquette Records label.
They became popular around the United States Pacific Northwest around the late 1950s and the start of the 1960s, performing saxophone-driven R&B and Chuck Berry rock and roll. Their biggest hit was "Tall Cool One", first released in 1959, and they have been credited as being "one of the very first, if not the first, of the American garage bands."
The group was formed – originally as The Nitecaps – in 1958, by five high school friends:
John Greek (27 October 1940 – 6 October 2006) – rhythm guitar, trumpet
Richard Dangel (1 December 1942 – 2 December 2002) – lead guitar
Kent Morrill (2 April 1941 – 15 April 2011) – keyboards, vocals
Mark Marush (15 August 1940 – 9 August 2007) – tenor sax
Mike Burk (b. 1942) – drums
In late 1958, the group recorded a demo of an instrumental written by Dangel, Morrill and Greek, which found its way to Clark Galehouse of New York based Golden Crest Records. He liked the track and had it re-recorded by the band in Lakewood in February 1959; its title "Tall Cool One" was apparently suggested by Morrill's mother. Released as a single, it reached # 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 24 on the R&B chart. The band made the cross-country trip to New York to record an LP, The Fabulous Wailers, which was released in December 1959 and featured two vocals by Morrill as well as instrumentals. They also appeared on Dick Clark's nationally televised American Bandstand, and toured the east coast. A second instrumental from their first recording session, "Mau-Mau", made # 68 on the Billboard pop chart, but their third single, "Wailin'", failed to make the chart.
The band decided to return to the Northwest, rather than staying in New York as their record label wished, and they were dropped from their contract. Around the same time, they added lead vocalist "Rockin' Robin" Roberts (Lawrence Fewell Roberts II), a charismatic frontman who had previously been the singer with rival Tacoma band the Bluenotes. John Greek left the group in acrimonious circumstances, and was replaced by bassist John "Buck" Ormsby (Seattle, October 29, 1941 - October 29, 2016). Ormsby, Morrill and Roberts then formed Etiquette Records and, in 1961, the label released its first single, a cover version of Richard Berry's "Louie Louie". For contractual reasons the single was credited to Roberts, but was performed by the whole band. Their recording became a local hit and was distributed nationally by Imperial Records, but did not make the national chart. However, its style, with its trademark 1-2-3, 1-2, 1-2-3 riff, inspired other groups from the Seattle area, most notably the Kingsmen of Portland, Oregon, to record the same song.
The Wailers continued to perform locally and, according to Morrill, one of their biggest fans was the young Jimi Hendrix, then starting to perform guitar. The band performed both with and without Roberts, who studied at the University of Washington, the University of Puget Sound, and Oregon State University, eventually achieving a masters degree in biochemistry. They also occasionally featured teenage girl singer Gail Harris, notably on the live album The Fabulous Wailers at the Castle, recorded in 1961, which has been described as "undoubtedly one of the most influential albums in Seattle rock & roll history." In all, the band recorded and released four albums on their own Etiquette label between 1962 and 1966, as well as a succession of singles. They also helped instigate the recording career of The Sonics, whose first two albums were issued by the label, and helped begin Jini Dellaccio's career as a rock'n'roll photographer when they hired her to shoot cover photos for their album Wailers, Wailers, Everywhere.
Mark Marush left The Wailers in 1962 and was replaced by Ron Gardner, who also handled lead vocals; Dangel and Burk left in 1964 and were replaced by guitarist Neil Andersson and drummer Dave Roland respectively. Continuing to perform live as well as recording, the band added a trio of girl backing singers, known as the Marshans. Also in 1964, "Tall Cool One" was re-promoted by the Golden Crest label, and again made the Billboard pop chart, this time peaking at # 38. In 1965 Roberts made his final recordings with the group, and, in 1967, guitarist Neil Andersson was replaced by Denny Weaver. Roberts was killed, aged 27, in a car crash in late 1967.
The band split up in 1969, by which time Kent Morrill was the only remaining original member. Morrill, Dangel and Ormsby, with other musicians, reunited as The Wailers for occasional concerts from the 1970s onwards. In 1979, they joined with Burk, Gardner, and Gail Harris to play a reunion show.
Later activities
Ormsby re-established the Etiquette label in the mid-1980s, and issued a Wailers compilation, The Boys from Tacoma, in 1993. The Wailers' song, "Out of Our Tree", was featured in the 1998 CD version of the Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era collection. Several of the Wailers' tunes were also covered by The Ventures, and the two bands released an album together, Two Car Garage, in 2009 to celebrate their 50 years in existence.
Ron Gardner died in 1992. Richard Dangel died of an aneurysm in 2002. John Greek died in 2006, Mark Marush in 2007, and Kent Morrill died of cancer on 15 April 2011. Buck Ormsby died in 2016.
Baby We've Got a Date
The Wailers Lyrics
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Oh, baby, baby, don't you be late. Oh, baby!
I'll meet you at your house at a quarter to eight. (ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo)
Oh, darlin', baby, baby, just you have some faith!
I promise you, we're gonna (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
To (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
Gonna (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
Wo-oh, na na-na, na na-na, na na!
Oh, we walk through the pale moonlight
With our love that is right.
Oh, my, my, my, ye-ah!
Oh, so happy we will be -
Sharing the love tha-y is free!
(Got to get together, babe, tonight!)
Oh, darlin', say we got to get together, baby, (tonight);
Say we got to get together, babe, (tonight). Get together, babe!
Got to get together, babe, (tonight)!
Baby, we've got a date, don't you remember?
Baby, baby, don't you be late. Please don't forget:
I'll meet you at your house at a quarter to eight. Oh, baby!
Baby, baby, just you have some faith! Wo, now!
Say we gonna rock it - rockin'!
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight.)
Say we (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight).
We gonna (rock it, baby), wo! (Rock it, baby, tonight.)
Say we (rock it, baby) eh! (Rock it, baby, tonight.)
Say we got to get together, babe, (tonight).
Baby, baby, wo! (Say we got to get together, babe, tonight!)
Say we got to get together, babe, (tonight). Are you sure ...?
(Say we got to get together, babe, tonight). Wo!
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
Gonna (rock it, baby), baby; (Rock it, baby, tonight!)
Eh! (Rock it, baby( oh, baby! (Rock it, baby, tonight!)
Oh! (Got to get together, babe, tonight!)
Got to get together, babe, (tonight).
Say we (got to get together, babe, tonight).
(Got to get together, babe) Eh! Oh-oh, baby! (tonight)
Oh, baby, baby, we've got that date
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight)
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight)
Baby, baby, don't you be late!
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight;
rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight!) Oh, now!
I'll meet you at your house at a quarter to eight.
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight;
rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight!)
Oh, darlin'!
The Wailers' "Baby We've Got A Date" is a classic reggae tune that describes the excitement of planning a date with a loved one. The song's lyrics express the eagerness of the singer to meet his lover at her house at a quarter to eight and "rock it" together all night long. He encourages her not to be late and to have faith. The lyrics also convey a sense of freedom and romantic adventure as the couple walks through the pale moonlight and shares their love that is free. The song ends with a repetition of the chorus and the message that the couple must get together tonight.
Line by Line Meaning
Baby, baby, we've got a date; (ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo)
We have plans to meet up, let's not miss it and be there on time.
Oh, baby, baby, don't you be late. Oh, baby!
Don't be late, it's important that we stick to the time we agreed on.
I'll meet you at your house at a quarter to eight. (ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo)
I'll be at your place at 7:45 PM, so get ready.
Oh, darlin', baby, baby, just you have some faith!
Believe in me, trust that everything will go according to plan.
I promise you, we're gonna (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
I assure you, we're going to have a great time tonight.
To (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
To enjoy ourselves all night long.
Gonna (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
We will have a blast tonight.
Baby, (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight).
Dear one, let's have fun tonight.
Oh, we walk through the pale moonlight
With our love that is right.
Oh, my, my, my, ye-ah!
We'll take a walk under the moonlight with our true love.
Oh, so happy we will be -
Sharing the love tha-y is free!
We'll be so happy, sharing the love that doesn't cost anything.
(Got to get together, babe, tonight!)
Oh, darlin', say we got to get together, baby, (tonight);
Say we got to get together, babe, (tonight). Get together, babe!
Got to get together, babe, (tonight)!
We must come together tonight to enjoy each other's company.
Baby, we've got a date, don't you remember?
Baby, baby, don't you be late. Please don't forget:
I'll meet you at your house at a quarter to eight. Oh, baby!
Baby, baby, just you have some faith! Wo, now!
We have a date tonight, remember that and be on time. I'll see you at your place at 7:45 PM. Have faith in me and our plans.
Say we gonna rock it - rockin'!
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight.)
Say we (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight).
We gonna (rock it, baby), wo! (Rock it, baby, tonight.)
Say we (rock it, baby) eh! (Rock it, baby, tonight.)
Say we got to get together, babe, (tonight).
Baby, baby, wo! (Say we got to get together, babe, tonight!)
Say we got to get together, babe, (tonight). Are you sure ...?
(Say we got to get together, babe, tonight). Wo!
We're going to have a great time and rock it all night long. Let's get together and have some fun tonight!
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
Gonna (rock it, baby), baby; (Rock it, baby, tonight!)
Eh! (Rock it, baby( oh, baby! (Rock it, baby, tonight!)
Oh! (Got to get together, babe, tonight!)
Got to get together, babe, (tonight).
Say we (got to get together, babe, tonight).
(Got to get together, babe) Eh! Oh-oh, baby! (tonight)
Let's rock it together all night long! We need to come together tonight and have a great time.
Oh, baby, baby, we've got that date
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight)
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight)
Baby, baby, don't you be late!
Hey dear one, we've got that special date tonight, don't be late!
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight;
rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight!) Oh, now!
I'll meet you at your house at a quarter to eight.
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight;
rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight!)
Oh, darlin'!
Let's rock it all night long! I'll meet you at your place at 7:45 PM. Hey dear one!
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: BOB MARLEY
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@theloniouscoltrane3778
"Rock It Baby"
Baby, baby, we've got a date; (ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo)
Oh, baby, baby, don't you be late. Oh, baby!
I'll meet you at your house at a quarter to eight. (ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo)
Oh, darlin', baby, baby, just you have some faith!
I promise you, we're gonna (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
To (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
Gonna (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
Baby, (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight).
Wo-oh, na na-na, na na-na, na na!
Oh, we walk through the pale moonlight
With our love that is right.
Oh, my, my, my, ye-ah!
Oh, so happy we will be -
Sharing the love tha-y is free!
(Got to get together, babe, tonight!)
Oh, darlin', say we got to get together, baby, (tonight);
Say we got to get together, babe, (tonight). Get together, babe!
Got to get together, babe, (tonight)!
Baby, we've got a date, don't you remember?
Baby, baby, don't you be late. Please don't forget:
I'll meet you at your house at a quarter to eight. Oh, baby!
Baby, baby, just you have some faith! Wo, now!
Say we gonna rock it - rockin'!
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight.)
Say we (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight).
We gonna (rock it, baby), wo! (Rock it, baby, tonight.)
Say we (rock it, baby) eh! (Rock it, baby, tonight.)
Say we got to get together, babe, (tonight).
Baby, baby, wo! (Say we got to get together, babe, tonight!)
Say we got to get together, babe, (tonight). Are you sure ...?
(Say we got to get together, babe, tonight). Wo!
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[Guitar solo]
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(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);
Gonna (rock it, baby), baby; (Rock it, baby, tonight!)
Eh! (Rock it, baby( oh, baby! (Rock it, baby, tonight!)
Oh! (Got to get together, babe, tonight!)
Got to get together, babe, (tonight).
Say we (got to get together, babe, tonight).
(Got to get together, babe) Eh! Oh-oh, baby! (tonight)
Oh, baby, baby, we've got that date
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight)
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight)
Baby, baby, don't you be late!
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight;
rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight!) Oh, now!
I'll meet you at your house at a quarter to eight.
(Rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight;
rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight!)
Oh, darlin'! [fadeout]
@ninjah3952
TRADUCTION EN FR
Bébé, bébé, on a rancart (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Oh, bébé, bébé, ne sois pas en retard !
Oh bébé
Je te retrouve chez toi à huit heure moins le quart (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Oh, chérie
Bébé, bébé, il faut que tu tiennes parole
Je te promets qu'on va
(Remuer ça, bébé, remuer ça, bébé, ce soir)
On remue ça, bébé, on remue ça, bébé, ce soir
On va remuer ça, bébé, remuer ça, bébé (ce soir)
J’ai dit qu’on remue ça, bébé, on remue ça, bébé (ce soir)
Whoa oh (ooh, ooh, ooh)
Na-na-na-na-na (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Oh
(Aah, aah, aah...)
On marchera au pâle clair de lune
(Aah, aah, aah...)
Avec notre amour qui est sincère
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Oh, ma, ma, ma, yeah ah
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Oh
(Aah, aah, aah...)
Si heureux on sera
(Aah, aah, aah...)
De partager l’amour qui est gratuit
(Il faut qu'on soit ensemble, bébé, ce soir)
Oh, ma chérie
J’ai dit qu’il faut qu'on soit ensemble, bébé (ce soir)
J’ai dit qu’il faut qu'on soit ensemble, bébé (ce soir)
Faut qu'on soit ensemble, bébé
Faut qu'on soit ensemble, bébé (ce soir)
Oh
Bébé, on a rancart (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Tu ne t’en souviens pas ?
Bébé, bébé, ne sois pas en retard
S’il te plaît, n’oublie pas
Je te retrouve chez toi à huit heures moins le quart (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Oh, bébé
Bébé, bébé, il faut que tu tiennes parole
Whoa, maintenant
J’ai dit qu’on va remuer ça, bébé, remuer ça, bébé (ce soir)
J’ai dit qu’on (remue ça, bébé, remue ça, bébé, ce soir)
On va (remuer ça, bébé, remuer ça, bébé, ce soir), whoa
J’ai dit qu’on (remue ça, bébé, remue ça, bébé, ce soir)
J’ai dit qu’on va être ensemble, bébé (ce soir)
J’ai dit qu’on, j’ai dit qu’on (va être ensemble, bébé), whoa
(Ce soir)
J’ai dit qu’il faut qu'on soit ensemble, bébé (ce soir)
Es-tu d’accord (être ensemble, bébé, ce soir) oh
(..)
(On remue ça, bébé, on remue ça, bébé, ce soir)
(On remue ça, bébé, on remue ça, bébé, ce soir)
On va (remuer ça bébé, remuer ça, bébé) bébé (ce soir), hé
(On remue ça, bébé, on remue ça, bébé, ce soir), oh
(Faut qu'on soit ensemble, bébé, ce soir)
(Faut qu'on soit ensemble, bébé, ce soir)
J’ai dit qu’on (doit être ensemble, bébé, ce soir)
Donne-le moi, bébé
(Faut qu'on soit ensemble, bébé, ce soir)
Oh, bébé, bébé, on a rancart
(On remue ça, on remue ça, bébé, ce soir)
Oh maintenant (On remue ça, bébé, on remue ça, bébé, ce soir)
(On remue ça, bébé, on remue ça, bébé, ce soir)
Bébé, bébé, ne sois pas en retard…
(On remue ça, bébé, on remue ça, bébé, ce soir)
Je te retrouve chez toi à huit heure moins le quart …
(On remue ça, bébé, on remue ça, bébé, ce soir)
@ocvp_tx6951
This entire album is pure gold ❤️🔥
@jordanwilson383
Truth
@MojoRising-oi9ef
Definitely 👍 It’s a masterpiece 👌
@localafh
The undisputed King of Reggae! He started the modern day Reggae Revolution. A true pioneer. ‘Love Always’ Matthew 21:22
@raiderd8189
Wrong! Luciano is Jah messenger!
@marceloresquin8966
Nobody sings love songs like bob marley 💚💛❤
@obunaoji
I swear!!
@MojoRising-oi9ef
That’s what I call a love song. A real one. Brilliant! 👌❤️💛💚
@robertraikes9409
This album has always been my best Bob Marley. I bought the cassette back in the 70's and still play it occasionally, Kinky Reggae was my favorite song but all of the tracks are best now. Now it's time to " Catch a Fire" got a light?
@skinnermoseso6961
Baby we've got a date is my favorite in this album and of all Bob's songs