Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Gaye helped to shape the sound of Motown Records in the 1960s with a string of hits including "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and duet recordings with Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell, later earning the titles "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul". During the 1970s, Gaye recorded the concept albums What's Going On and Let's Get It On and became among the first artists in Motown to break away from the reins of its production company. Gaye's later recordings influenced several R&B subgenres such as quiet storm and neo-soul. Following a period in Europe under a tax exile in the early 1980s, Gaye released the 1982 Grammy Award-winning hit "Sexual Healing" and the Midnight Love album. Since his death in 1984, Gaye has been posthumously honored by many institutions, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Links
- Fanpage at marvingayepage.net
- Youtube at youtube.com/user/MarvinGayeOfficial
- MySpace at myspace.com/marvingaye70s
- Wikipedia article on Marvin Gaye
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm0310848
- Last.fm page on Marvin Gaye
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Marvin Gaye
- MusicBrainz entry on Marvin Gaye
Personal Relationships
- Parent of Nona Gaye
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What’s Going On – 40th Anniversary Edition 2011
Reviewed by David Katz
One of the greatest albums of all time, and nothing short of a masterpiece.
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Let’s Get It On 2009
Reviewed by Daryl Easlea
The very essence of Marvin Gaye as the sensualist.
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In Our Lifetime? 2007
Reviewed by David Aaron
A talent which we’ll not see the likes of again in our lifetime.
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I Want You (Deluxe Edition) 2003
Reviewed by Greg Boraman
It gives us a chance to see Marvin's complex and contradictory character in even more...
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What's Going On? 2003
Reviewed by David O'Donnell
It's a socially conscious and lyrically reflective piece.
