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Gilberto Gil

Buffalo Soldier

2002 · via Bob Marley & The Wailers

Gilberto Gil’s earliest release of “Buffalo Soldier” on file came out in 2002. Bob Marley and King Sporty are credited as its writers. The earliest release on file is Bob Marley & The Wailers’, from 1983. Also recorded by The Flying Pickets (released 1991), Príncipe (released 2003) and Groundation (released 2004), among 49 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Everybody knows Buffalo Soldier, and almost nobody reads the second name on the credit: King Sporty, who shares it with Marley. Put the Wailers next to Gilberto Gil's take from 2002 and listen to how well the song travels.

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Liner notes

Credited writers: Bob Marley and King Sporty.

Earliest release on file: Bob Marley & The Wailers, 1983.

Other recordings on file · first release year

49 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Bob Marley & The Wailers recorded "Buffalo Soldier" first, but Marley doesn't hold the writing credit alone. Who co-wrote it with him?King Sporty
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