bob marley was born on february 6, 1945 in nine mile, saint ann parish, jamaica to a black teenager, cedella booker, and a white man named norvall marley. when he was young, his friends gave him the nickname, "tuff gong". he started his music career in the 1960s with his group the wailing wailers (or simply the wailers), that he formed with two friends, peter tosh and bunny wailer. in 1962, bob marley and the wailing wailers recorded their first two songs called "judge not" and "one cup of coffee".