Bob had a way of making the song he was singing feel like it was your song, not just his. “Bob has to be one of the greatest songwriters of all time. His songwriting has proved that it translates to every race and every country.

The Jamaican musician is still considered one of the pioneers of reggae, who helped bring the styles of reggae, ska and rocksteady to the mainstream around the world.
He sold over 75 million records worldwide, and his music continues and beliefs to inspire many people to this day.

Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer-songwriter whose distillation of early ska, rock steady, and reggae musical forms blossomed in the 1970s into an electrifying rock-influenced hybrid that made him an international superstar.

RollingStone have dedicated an article to the 50 Greatest Bob Marley Songs. We've curated the first iconic 10 below. 

1 - “Get Up, Stand Up” — ‘Burnin’ ‘ (1973)
2 - “No Woman, No Cry” — ‘Live!’ (1975)
3- “Redemption Song” — ‘Uprising’ (1980)
4 - “Trench Town Rock” — Non-Album Single (1971)
5 - “I Shot the Sheriff” — ‘Burnin’ ‘ (1973)
6 - “Concrete Jungle” — ‘Catch a Fire’ (1973)
7 - “Positive Vibration” — ‘Rastaman Vibration’ (1976)
8 - “Buffalo Soldier” — ‘Confrontation’ (1983)
9 - “Natural Mystic” — ‘Exodus’ (1977)
10 - “Soul Rebel” — ‘Soul Rebels’ (1970)

Read full article here
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/bob-marley-greatest-songs-937701/get-up-stand-up-burnin-1973-937704/

Bob Marley and the Wailers were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer. During 1970 and 1971, Wailer, Marley and Tosh worked with renowned reggae producers Leslie Kong and Lee "Scratch" Perry.
This bands most listened to songs are and continue to be the following:

1 - “Could you be loved” — ‘Uprising’ ‘ (1980)
2 - “Three little birds” — ‘Exodus’ ‘ (2017)
3 - “Is this love” — ‘Kaya’ ‘ (1978)

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” ― Bob Marley

“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.” ― Bob Marley

“One love, one heart, one destiny.” ― Bob Marley

“Don't Gain The World & Lose Your Soul, Wisdom Is Better Than Silver Or Gold.” ― Bob Marley

“Don't worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright.” ― Bob Marley

Marley had four children with his wife Rita, who he married in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1966. He also adopted two of her kids from her previous relationships and acknowledges five others from different women. Although many other individuals have claimed to be his children too over the years, Marley only officially recognised 11. Four of the Marley siblings even formed the reggae group Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers on the request of their father after his death.

Marley died from an acral lentiginous melanoma, which is a form of skin cancer. He had been diagnosed in 1977, and it had spread from under a nail of his toe.

Bob Marley was given a state funeral in Jamaica on May 21, 1981.