Reggae developed out of rocksteady and ska music in Jamaica in the 1960s, adding rhythm and blues and calypso influences. Early examples include "Long Shot (Bus' Me Bet)" by The Pioneers from 1968. The Wailers, formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963, helped transition between ska, rocksteady and reggae. Bob Marley went on to become one of the most famous reggae artists worldwide, selling over 75 million albums.

2. The Reggae
This style originated in The 60’s when
The Rocksteady and had become
popular. Taking This as a base and
adding The rhythm & blues, ska,
calypso.

3. HISTORY
• Reggae developed from, R&B, and Ska music in
the 1960s. The shift from rocksteady to reggae was
illustrated by the organ shuffle pioneered by
Jamaican musicians like Jackie Mittoo and
Winston Wright and featured in transitional
singles "Say What You're Saying" (1967) by
Clancy Eccles and "People Funny Boy" (1968) by
Lee "Scratch" Perry. The Pioneers' 1968 track
"Long Shot (Bus' Me Bet)" has been identified as
the earliest recorded example of the new rhythm
sound that became known as reggae.

4. • Early 1968 was when the first genuine
reggae records were released: "Nanny
Goat" by Larry Marshall and "No More
Heartaches" by The Beltones. American
artist Johnny Nash's 1968 hit "Hold Me
Tight" has been credited with first putting
reggae in the American listener charts.
Around that time, reggae influences were
starting to surface in rock and pop music,
one example being 1968's "Ob-La-Di, Ob-
La-Da" by The Beatles.

5. Singers major
• The Wailers, a band started by Bob Marley,
Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963, is
perhaps the most recognized band that
made the transition through all three stages
of early Jamaican popular music: ska,
rocksteady and reggae. Other significant
reggae pioneers include Prince Buster,
Desmond Dekker and Ken Boothe.

6. Nesta Robert "Bob" Marley, OM (6
February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a
Jamaican singer-songwriter and
musician…

7. BOB MARLEY
• He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for
the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands The
Wailers (1963-1974) and Bob Marley & The
Wailers (1974–1981). Marley remains the most
widely known and the best-selling performer of
reggae music, having sold more than 75 million
albums worldwide

8. Important Phrases

12. Important songs
Bob Marley
• IS THIS LOVE
• NO WOMAN NO CRY
• ONE LOVE