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Bunny Wailer

Neville O'Riley Livingston (10 April 1947 – 2 March 2021), known professionally as Bunny Wailer, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and percussionist. He was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. A three-time Grammy Award winner, Wailer is considered one of the longtime standard-bearers of reggae music. He was also known as Jah B, Bunny O'Riley, and Bunny Livingston.

Early life and family

Wailer was born Neville O'Riley Livingston on 10 April 1947 in Kingston. He spent his earliest years in the village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish. It was there that he first met Bob Marley, and the two young boys befriended each other quickly. They both came from single-parent families; Livingston was brought up by his father, Marley by his mother. Later, Wailer's father, Thaddeus "Thaddy Shut" Livingston, lived with Marley's mother, Cedella Booker, in Trenchtown, and had a daughter with her named Pearl Livingston. Peter Tosh had a son, Andrew Tosh, with Wailer's sister Shirley, making Andrew his nephew.

The Wailers

Wailer had originally gone to audition for Leslie Kong at Beverley's Records in 1962, around the same time his stepbrother Bob...

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Albums

World Peace

3 tracks · 2003

Just Be Nice

1 tracks · 1993

Sings The Wailers

9 tracks · 1990

Liberation

9 tracks · 1988

Rock and Groove

7 tracks · 1981

Struggle

4 tracks · 1979

Protest

8 tracks · 1977

Blackheart Man

7 tracks · 1976

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African Beat Riddim

9 versions · 1985

Keep On Moving Riddim

3 versions · 1995

Ballroom Floor Riddim

2 versions · 2006

Bide Up Riddim

1 version · 1976

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  1. 1974

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    Tosh and Bunny Walk: The Wailers Split and Peter Tosh Goes Solo, 1974

    After Lee Perry’s ‘Catch a Fire’ sides and the Island Records deal that reshaped the group around Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer quit the Wailers in 1974. Tosh keeps the militant fire — cutting for Perry, opening his own label and preparing the solo statement that becomes ‘Legalize It.’

  2. 2010

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    A Red Rose for Gregory: Jamaica Says Goodbye to the Cool Ruler, 1951–2010

    Gregory Isaacs died at his London home on Monday, October 25, 2010, a year after a lung cancer diagnosis. A thanksgiving service in Harrow, a Ranny Williams tribute concert with Bunny Wailer and Shaggy, a body lying in state at the National Indoor Sports Centre and a drive through Fletcher’s Land ended on Saturday, November 20, with burial at Dovecot. The eulogy was read by Culture Minister Olivia Grange.

  3. 2013

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    Bunny Wailer embraces Reincarnate Souls

    As the lone survivor of Reggae's most famed unit, Bunny Wailer preps a commemorative 50-track album titled Reincarnate Souls set for an April release date. For disciples of the legendary Wailers group, the opus promises to be a treat like no other.

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    Rastafari Millennium Council excommunicates Snoop Lion

    Since his 'reincarnation' Snoop has struggled to convince the Rastafari and Reggae community that he is sincere about his profession of, and transition to the faith, principles and beliefs of Rastafari. Most doubtful of them all is Bunny Wailer the only living member of the original Wailers

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    Looking back as Catch A Fire turns 40

    The album that placed Bob Marley and the Wailers - Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer - at the helm of superstardom debuted in the marketplace on April 13, 1973.

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    When Chronixx met BBC Radio 1Xtra Live

    Bunny Wailer once said "It is mentioned of in the bible that there will be a music that all people of all global concern shall play and dance and sing this music…Reggae." It's with this in mind that you'll see Chronixx channelling all his Reggae forefathers in every performance he does and never disappointing.

  4. 2014

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    Bob Marley reunites with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer

    It is a thought likely pondered upon countless times over – how dramatically would Reggae music change if the original Wailers were to reunite once more for the concert of a lifetime. In this tale, we honor Bob's life and death by creating an alternative reality, one where he still lives. Enjoy!

  5. 2026

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    Seven Jamaican Albums on Rolling Stone's 76 Best Albums of 1976 — Dub at No. 5

    Rolling Stone's countdown of 1976, published 11 October 2026, places seven Jamaican LPs among the year's finest — led at No. 5 by Augustus Pablo and King Tubby's dub set King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown. Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Lee Perry, Max Romeo and Burning Spear also feature. Jamaica Observer and DancehallMag picked up the story; positions below follow Rolling Stone's list data.

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