<P> "No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song by Bob Marley and the Wailers . The song first became known in 1974 from the studio album Natty Dread . This studio version used a drum machine . The live version from the 1975 album Live! was released as a single and is the best known version; it was included on the greatest hits compilation Legend, and was recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in London on July 19, 1975 as part of his Natty Dread Tour . </P> <P> The live version of the song ranked No. 37 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . </P> <P> Though Bob Marley may have written the song, or at least the melody, songwriter credits were given to Vincent Ford, a friend of Marley's who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown, the ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica where Marley grew up . The royalty payments received by Ford ensured his efforts would continue . </P> <P> The original demo version of the song which is unreleased was a Gospel version . This version had only the piano riff as the main instrument and was recorded in London for Island Records in 1973 with Peter Tosh and some unknown female backing singers . At the same time of this recording, the demo of the Island version of "Lively up Yourself" was also recorded . This was the last time all three original Wailers (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Neville "Bunny" Livingston - also known as Bunny Wailer) recorded together in a studio . These versions remain unreleased . </P>

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