How to choose a Bob Marely song to share? From “One Love” to “Redemption Song,” there are tons of iconic tunes from which to choose, all eminently worthy. Rare, however, are performances that capture the reggae superstar on stage with legendary bandmates Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. So, we give you this video for “Stir It Up.”

Recorded live in 1973 for the classic BBC TV show Live at the Old Grey Whistle during the band’s first trip to the UK, Stir It Up was The Wailers’ first hit outside Jamaica.

Marley had formed the band as a vocal quintet in 1963, achieving some success, but little financial reward, in their native country, before disbanding in 1966. The Wailers reunited in 1968, but for several years seemed no closer than before to establishing steady careers.

Then, in 1972, Chris Blackwell signed them to Island Records and advanced them the money to record an album in Jamaica. The result was “Catch a Fire,” the first album by “Bob Marley and the Wailers” to be marketed outside Jamaica. It was the start of their climb to international fame, aided by Eric Clapton’s hit single of Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff.”

Over the next several years, Marley became a superstar in Jamaica and the Wailers were largely responsible for the worldwide popularity of reggae music. Sadly he died of brain and lung cancer, in May 1981.

Robert Nesta Marley would have been 71 on Feb. 6.