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It’s the 40th anniversary of the reggae king’s passing. Here are the 40 songs that turned him from a Kingston raggamuffin to a global icon (Part II)
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From 1976’s
Rastaman Vibration, the song was written by Marley about his job driving a forklift in a Delaware Chrysler parts warehouse in the late ’60s. Marley is also said to have worked as a DuPont Co. lab assistant, using the pseudonym Donald Marley.
22) “Roots Rock Reggae”
Marley was courting an African American audience, as he commands here,
“play I on the R&B, I want all my people to see.” Marley also projected