| Bob Marley began to set in motion his dreams of becoming a singer and musician, to escape from the austerity of the common everyday source of revenue that had befelled most Ghettoites youths of Jamaica. Jimmy Cliff age of 14 was already he enjoying success as a singer with two hits already in his locker cupboard. Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley became good friends leading to Bob Marley being introduced to Leslie Kong by Jimmy Cliff of the film; The Harder They Come in which Jimmy Cliff played the character Ivanhoe Rhygin and sang the film's title tune. Kong a record producer and owner of the Beverly recording studio in Kingston. Leslie Kong gave Bob an audition, and during his audition, Bob Marley musical potential had extended beyond the others in Kong's studio. Bob Marley recorded his first single; titled "Judge Not" under the guidance of Leslie Kong. Regrettably, "Judge Not" did not cause the music lovers to dip into their pockets, and neither did his second single recorded in 1962 raised even an eyebrow, no one really cared for "One More Cup of Coffee." which has now become a collector's sort after piece of music." Bob Marley stay at the Leslie Kong studio was short lived. Bob Marley then teamed up with Neville O'Reily Livingston who later changed his name to Bunny Wailer. Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer practiced in the yard at the back of a friend's with Bunny playing along on his made guitar made from a large sardine can with electric wires as strings. Both Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer would practice their vocal harmonizing, but when the weekend came, together they began their Saturday nights binge of rendezvousing the night clubs, blues dance and dance halls situated at various venues around the circuits of Kingston where the latest music could be heard played by mobile sound systems. |
