No Woman, No Cry Edit

Song | Reggae

( fr ) 'No Woman, No Cry' is a reggae song made famous by Bob Marley and the Wailers. The song was first published in 1974, and became world-famous in 1975 through the studio album Natty Dread by the same band. The live version from the 1975 album Live! is perhaps best known - it was this version which was released on the greatest hits compilation Legend. Though Marley likely wrote the song himself, songwriter credits were given to 'V. Ford'. Vincent Ford was a friend of Marley's who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown, the ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica where Marley grew up. The royalty checks received by Ford ensured the survival and continual running of his soup kitchen.