No Woman, No Cry

Bob Marley and the Wailers

Posted Dec 09, 2004 12:00 AM

Written by: Vincent Ford, Marley
Produced by: Chris Blackwell, Marley and the Wailers
Released: May '75 on Island
Charts: Did not chart

The "government yard in Trench Town" refers to the Jamaican public-housing project where Marley lived in the late Fifties. Marley gave a songwriting credit on "No Woman, No Cry" to childhood friend Vincent "Tata" Ford in order to help keep Ford's Kingston soup kitchen running.

Appears on: Natty Dread (Island)

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