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The Greatest Musician Of All Time

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Taken from my always working branding mind. Who was so different and made such an impact? Who?geniunely “lived” their brand…always??The Beatles? The Stones? Elvis? Not even close.

Only one man…

“Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight.

James Henke, author of Marley Legend (he’s also curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and one of my former editors at Rolling Stone), claims Marley’s more famous now than John Lennon.

“They had very similar philosophies,” he tells Evelyn McDonell in Miami Herald. “But the worldwide impact of Bob is much stronger. If you look at pure sales figures, Bob is a more vital artist now in terms of people still buying his music. Bob has this much broader appeal.”

Read more here

A few tidbits on the genius of the?Bob Marley brand:

  • 1976: Band of the Year (Rolling Stone)
  • June 1978: Awarded the Peace Medal of the Third World from the United Nations
  • February 1981: Awarded Jamaica’s third highest honor, the Jamaican Order of Merit
  • March 1994: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • 1999: Album of the Century for Exodus (Time Magazine)
  • February 2001: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • February 2001: Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2004: Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #11 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[20]
  • “One Love” named song of the millennium by The BBC
  • Voted as one of the greatest lyricists of all time by a BBC poll.[21]
  • Here’s the song list from Legend:

    1. Is This Love
    2. No Woman, No Cry
    3. Could You Be Loved
    4. Three Little Birds
    5. Buffalo Soldier
    6. Get Up Stand Up
    7. Stir It Up
    8. One Love/People Get Ready
    9. I Shot the Sheriff
    10. Waiting in Vain
    11. Redemption Song
    12. Satisfy My Soul
    13. Exodus
    14. Jamming

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