As the migration to cities began, the dance music spread into urban dance halls, bars and theaters. There the music encountered the mediums of radio and recording. Suddenly, the rhythms are a pop sensation. Bob Marley was born to 19-year-old Cedella Booker and Captain Norval Sinclair Marley. His parents married, and then the father left the family. Bob Marley grew up in the country in Jamaica, which had many transplanted African values.

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