- … 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 โ originally as The Nitecaps โ in 1958, by five high school friends:
John Greek (27 October 1940 โ 6 October 2006) โ rhythm guitar, trumpet
Richard Dangel (1 December 1942 โ 2 December 2002) โ lead guitar
Kent Morrill (2 April 1941 โ 15 April 2011) โ keyboards, vocals
Mark Marush (15 August 1940 โ 9 August 2007) โ tenor sax
Mike Burk (b. 1942) โ 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.
One Love/ People Get Ready
The Wailers Lyrics
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Let's get together and feel all right
Hear the children cryin' (one love)
Hear the children cryin' (one heart)
Sayin' give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Sayin' let's get together and feel all right
Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (one love)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinners
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own beliefs?
One love, what about the one heart, one heart
What about, people, let's get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (one love)
So shall it be in the end (one heart)
All right! Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Let's get together and feel all right, one more thing
Let's get together to fight this Holy Armagiddyon (one love)
So when the Man comes there will be no, no doom (one song)
Have pity on those whose chances grows t'inner
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation
Sayin', one love, what about the one heart? (one heart)
What about the, let's get together and feel all right
I'm pleadin' to mankind (one love)
Oh, Lord (one heart) whoa
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Let's get together and feel all right
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Let's get together and feel all right
The Wailers' "One Love/People Get Ready" is a classic reggae track that delivers a powerful message of unity and peace. The song encourages people to come together regardless of their differences, to show love and compassion towards one another. The repetition of "one love" and "one heart" serves as a reminder that we are all connected, and we should work towards the betterment of humanity as a whole.
The first stanza of the song urges people to take notice of the cries of the children and come together in love and unity. The next stanza poses a question about whether there is a place for those who have hurt and sinned against mankind in the search for their own beliefs. The following stanzas reinforce the message of unity and love, urging people to fight against the "Holy Armagiddyon" and feel all right by giving thanks and praise to the Lord.
The song is a representation of Bob Marley's Rastafarian beliefs, which emphasize love, justice, and equality. It also has a political message, calling for an end to systemic oppression and corrupt governance. The lyrics, "let them all pass all their dirty remarks," criticize political leaders and others who make hateful remarks about different groups of people.
Line by Line Meaning
One love, one heart
Everyone should have love and unity
Let's get together and feel all right
We should come together in unity to feel good
Hear the children cryin' (one love)
Children are crying for love and unity
Hear the children cryin' (one heart)
Children are crying for love and unity from their hearts
Sayin' give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
If we appreciate and give thanks to God, we will feel good
Sayin' let's get together and feel all right
We should come together in unity to feel good
Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (one love)
People should ignore any negative comments and love one another
There is one question I'd really love to ask (one heart)
There is a question about love that needs to be answered
Is there a place for the hopeless sinners
Is there hope for those who have sinned and are lost?
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own beliefs?
Are there people who have hurt others for the sake of their own beliefs?
One love, what about the one heart, one heart
Love is important, but unity from the heart is also needed
What about, people, let's get together and feel all right
We need to come together as people to feel good
As it was in the beginning (one love)
Love existed at the beginning of time
So shall it be in the end (one heart)
Love and unity will be important in the end
All right! Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Showing appreciation to God will make us feel good
Let's get together and feel all right, one more thing
We should come together in unity to feel good, and there is one more thing to discuss
Let's get together to fight this Holy Armagiddyon (one love)
We need to unite to fight the final battle
So when the Man comes there will be no, no doom (one song)
If we unite and fight together, there will be no destruction
Have pity on those whose chances grows t'inner
Show compassion to those whose chances are decreasing
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation
No one can hide from God
Sayin', one love, what about the one heart? (one heart)
Love is important, but unity from the heart is also needed
What about the, let's get together and feel all right
We need to come together as people to feel good
I'm pleadin' to mankind (one love)
I am begging humanity to show more love and unity
Oh, Lord (one heart) whoa
Asking God for unity from the heart
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Showing appreciation to God will make us feel good
Let's get together and feel all right
We should come together in unity to feel good
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Showing appreciation to God will make us feel good
Let's get together and feel all right
We should come together in unity to feel good
Lyrics ยฉ Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Bob Marley, Curtis Mayfield
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel alright
Hear the children crying (One love)
Hear the children crying (One heart)
Sayin' give thanks and praise to the lord and I will feel alright
Sayin' let's get together and feel alright
Ohohoho
Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One love)
There is one question I'd really love to ask (One heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner?
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
Believe me
, what about love?
Let's get together and feel alright
As it was in the beginning (One love)
So shall it be in the end (One heart), alright
Give thanks and praise to the lord and I will feel alright
Let's get together and feel alright
One more thing
Let's get together to fight this holy armageddon (One love)
So when the man comes there will be no, no doom (One song)
Have pity on those whose chances grove thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the father of creation
Sayin'
Let's get together and feel alright
Thanks and praise to the lord, feel alright
Let's get together to fight this holy armageddon
So when the man comes there will be no, no doom
Have pity on those whose chances grove thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the father of creation
Sayin'
Let's get together and feel alright
One more thing!
One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel alright
I'm pleading to mankind
(One love) What about the one heart (One heart)
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright
Let's get together and feel alright
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright
Let's get together and feel alright
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@VondaInWonderland
One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right
Hear the children cryin' (one love)
Hear the children cryin' (one heart)
Sayin' give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Sayin' let's get together and feel all right
Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (one love)
There is one question I'd really love to ask (one heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinners
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own beliefs?
One love, what about the one heart, one heart
What about, people, let's get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (one love)
So shall it be in the end (one heart)
All right! Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Let's get together and feel all right, one more thing
Let's get together to fight this Holy Armagiddyon (one love)
So when the Man comes there will be no, no doom (one song)
Have pity on those whose chances grows t'inner
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation
Sayin', one love, what about the one heart? (one heart)
What about the, let's get together and feel all right
I'm pleadin' to mankind (one love)
Oh, Lord (one heart) whoa
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Let's get together and feel all right
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Let's get together and feel all right โฅ
@patricetorchy8005
C'est trรจs bien d'avoir posรฉ ses paroles sur รฉcrit.
Il รฉtait un trรจs grand homme.
One Love
One Heart
Hallelujah !
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Tous Ensembles
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Merci ๐ ๐ ๐,
Patrice ๐ ๐ ๐ โค๏ธ ๐ T ๐ ๐
@patricetorchy8005
Inspirรฉ de la chanson de Bob Marley.
Titre : One Love. (1984)
Ce, Jeudi 24 Novembre 2022.
Citation inspirรฉe et rรฉflexions ๐ญ...
รcrits, Auteur : Patrice Torchy.
Une Main ๐คฒ
Un Cลur โค๏ธ
Un Ami ๐
Un Amour ๐...
Tous Ensembles ๐ ๐คฒ ๐ ๐ โ๏ธ ๐
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๐๐๐โค๏ธHallelujah !โค๏ธ๐๐๐
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@chuckheppner4384
#OneLove โค
Remember that all is One... and what you do to your neighbor, your friend or your foe, is a reflection of what you think of your Creator. In the beginning all souls were as a unity to the God-Force. As self added or subtracted that which was in keeping with God's purpose, ye added or subtracted from the blessings ye might be conscious of in materiality. Thus karma is builded. And the law is perfect - what ye sow, ye reap.
The journey of Soul... by the lessons gained in the physical experience... it may take (its) place in the realms of soul activity in an infinite world among others that have passed through the various realms... which first called every soul and body into experience.
Destiny, or karma, depends upon what the soul has done about what it has become aware of. Since karma is meeting self, we acquire karma as we meet self in our many attitudes and emotions; when we serve in loving kindness and patience or hold resentful malicious thoughts What we do to our fellow man we do to our Maker our karma or problem is within self.
Individuals do not meet by chance. They are necessary in the experiences of others, though they may not always use their opportunities in a spiritual way or manner. Love is qualified as an attribute of that force, power or influence known as God. Thus as man makes application of love in his daily experience, he finds God a personal God.
The more and more each is impelled by that which is intuitive, or the relying upon the soul force within, the greater, the farther, the deeper, the broader, the more constructive may be the result. Don't worry so much where you live but how you live. Make the family of man your family as well.
This is the first lesson ye should learn: There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it doesn't behoove any of us to speak evil of the rest of us. This is a universal law, and until one begins to make application of same, one may not go very far in spiritual or soul development.
You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else.
Know this: that whatever situation you find yourself in, it is what is necessary for your development. An entity must apply in its associations from day to day a word here and a word there, one today, another tomorrow, and the next day, with the understanding that from such activities in word and deed, self-development will come... When an entity has prepared itself through constant forward movement towards service, the necessary circumstances for change will come about so that he may see the next step, the next opportunity... Haste not and be not over-anxious; for is not the whole of the building of His making? The signs of the zodiac are karmic patterns; the planets are the looms; the will is the weaver.
Yesterday is but a memory,
Tomorrow an uncharted course,
So live today so it will be a memory without remorse.
Grace is the wonderful spirit that imbues every fiber of our being when we practice the fruits of the spirit: kindness, patience, understanding, forgiveness, love, gentleness, fellowship and endurance. Make the world a better place because you have lived in it.
Edgar Cayce
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"Live for yourself and you will live in vain;
Live for others, and you will live again."
Bob Marley
@CHE113A
Bob Marley #Legend
โช "As it was in the beginning,
So shall it be in the end" โช...
#OneLove
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@Zeibekkikina
He took Curtis Mayfield's lovely gospel-influenced song, added a brilliant chorus and turned it into a reggae masterpiece โค
@CHE113A
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@quigleyzguvictoratz222
Yes
A true Legend. Enough said.
I love reggae
we love you Bob :)
@dominickborgese5767
Bob said it. Give praise to the Lord and we will be alright. Oh yeah, listen to the bass line. That's what I played back in the day. God Bkess
@kevindawson9324
And the mighty Armageddon
@Twotosup11
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@lisarocktober
Happy Birthday to This Legendary and Talented Reggae Kingโจ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝโคโ๐ฅ๐ฏ
@waynefoote3781
This is crazy...all of these decades later and Curtis Mayfield /Bob Marley! OUTSTANDING!
@mmetjakgomo362
The song that stood the test of time๐ค