They began doing the rounds of clubs along the coast of Kingston singing songs made popular by Curtis Mayfield, The Temptations and The Impressions before eventually joining the Studio One Stable. But Clement "Coxsone" Dodd had not yet owned his Studio One recording studio as yet. Studio One was just a label name. The young group had the name, "The Rudies". It was Coxsone who advised to change the group's name. They were re-named, "The Wailers." The group began to have a steady flow of hit songs with the producer Coxsone Dodd. Their debut song for Coxsone was; I'm Still Waiting, after being with the group but for a short while Junior Braithwaite and girls decided to egress out of the Wailers group. There and then Bob made up his mind, that he should be the lead vocalist of the group. They followed up "I Am Still Waiting" with "Simmer Down" recorded in 1964 which became an instant smash hit. in reaching No.1 in the Jamaican charts. Then a steady strings of singles followed "Let Him Go (Rude Boy Get Bail)," "Dancing Shoes," and "Jerk in Time." | | The group also recorded "Who Feels It Knows It" and "What Am I to Do," to name but a few. .There was a third change of name, they became The Wailers. They also sung under the name of The Wailing Wailers. They recorded at least 70 tracks for Coxsone before having incongruity with the producer that caused every member of the group to walk out of Clement Dodd's studio at the beginning of the year 1966. The following month on the10th of February 1966 the wedding took place between Bob Marley and Rita Anderson! |
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