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Marvin Gaye
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Marvin Gaye
'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' was the hit that projected Marvin Gaye into the stratosphere, in 1968. In 1971 the album 'What's Going On' forever altered the face of black music, and brought Gaye's spiritual side to the fore.
 
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