Ethiopian officials say they expect 400,000 visitors for the birthday festivities, dubbed "Africa Unite" after a Marley song.

Indeed, his first two full-length novels, Waiting in Vain and Satisfy My Soul, bear the titles of well known Marley songs.

"Hold Ya Head" was produced by Clinton Sparks, and features a sample from the Marley song "Johnny Was".

Eventually Luciano wrapped up his set, or so he thought: on his way offstage, Mr. Alexander accosted him to insist that there was still a Marley song to be sung.

When it comes to AIDS, which is taking the lives of so many Africans, she referred to another Marley song: "We should 'get up, stand up' and defeat this terrible scourge," she said.

No word yet from Marley whether this song will be released.

As spiritual as the Marley song, if more abstract, this ballad examines the boundary between the physical and spiritual worlds.

The mixing proper begins with a Marley song called 'I Shot The Sheriff', a sort of humorous musical version of the plot from The Harder They Come (which you should have seen by now, or heaven help you).

The song became one of the best known Marley songs and was part of the Legend compilation.

'Guiltiness,' " Solini sang out, danced over to the jukebox, and put on the Marley song of that name.