BOB MARLEY – Live Hit Version Of ‘NO WOMAN NO CRY’ Released 50 Years Ago Today
Top singles from the past
17 July 2025
The late Jamaican reggae master BOB MARLEY who passed
away in 1981 due to cancer (only 36) had a huge hit with the
live version of NO WOMAN, NO CRY.
A song that appeared originally in 1974 on his LP Natty Dread
It was recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in London on 17 July 1975
for his Live! LP and released as a single (the best-known version)
today 50 years ago, on 17 July 1975
The songwriting credit was given to Vincent Ford, a friend of Marley‘s
who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown, the ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica,
where Marley grew up The royalty payments received by Ford ensured
his efforts would continue. Class, Bob!
LIVE 1975
The Lyceum, London
– LIVE 1977
Rainbow Theatre, London
STUDIO 1974
