Bob Marley assassination attempt at National Heroes Park, Kingston, Jamaica. Bob Marley & The Wailers agreed to headline the peace concert. Bob Marley claimed to not be involved in Jamaican politics and had originally agreed to play one song at the concert on the condition that the concert wasn’t political. However, after Manley moved the elections up to within ten days of the concert, those loyal to both parties considered Marley’s “Smile Jamaica” song and concert to be an endorsement for the PNP. At 830 pm, on December 3, 1976, two days before the Smile Jamaica concert, seven men with guns raided Marley’s house
Sun Is Shining (Bob Marley and the Wailers song) Sun Is Shining (Bob Marley and the Wailers song) "Sun Is Shining" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers first appearing on the Lee Perry-produced album "Soul Revolution" in 1971, and then on African Herbsman in 1973. Marley later re-recorded the song for his 1978 album "Kaya". In 1999 a reggae fusion remix by "Bob Marley vs. Funkstar De Luxe" reached number one on the U.S. dance chart and number three on the UK Singles Chart and has been widely credited as one of the songs which led to the popularity of reggae fusion. Although having become one