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Marvin Gaye What's Going On PBS Documentary
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Thank you my friend SGT (Join to see) for making making us aware that on January 21, 1987, American singer, songwriter and record producer Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. known as Marvin Gaye was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Thank you for honoring him by posting the music video of Marvin Gaye performing 'What's Going On' live in 1972.
Marvin Gaye What's Going On PBS Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cRu_JngL-g
Images:
1. Marvin Gaye
2. Wedding day of Marvin Gaye to his second wife Janis [Hunter] Gaye on October 10, 1977 - divorced on November 15, 1982.
3. Marvin Gaye honored April 2, 2019 on USPS Music Icons
4. Marvin Gaye in 1978, with Michael Jackson.
Background from {[https://www.biography.com/musician/marvin-gaye]}
"Marvin Gaye was a soul singer-songwriter with Motown in the 1960s and 1970s. He produced his own records and often addressed controversial themes.
Synopsis
Born in 1939, in Washington, D.C., Marvin Gaye sang in his father's church and in the Moonglows before signing with Motown. He recorded songs by Smokey Robinson before becoming his own producer on the protest album What's Going On (1971). Gaye's later records developed his production style and yielded several hits, including "Let's Get It On," "Sexual Healing" and "I Heard it Through the Grapevine." Gaye was killed in 1984 during a domestic dispute with his father.
Early Life
Singer Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr., also known as the "Prince of Soul," was born in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 1939. Gaye was raised under the strict control of his father, Reverend Marvin Gay Sr.—Marvin Gaye Jr. added the "e" on the end of his name later in life—the minister at a local church, against a bleak backdrop of widespread violence in his neighborhood.
Throughout his childhood, Gaye often found peace in music, mastering the piano and drums at a young age. Until high school, his singing experience was limited to church revivals, but soon he developed a love for R&B and doo-wop that would set the foundation for his career. In the late 1950s, Gaye joined a vocal group called The New Moonglows.
The talented singer had a phenomenal range that spanned three vocal styles and he soon impressed the group's founder, Harvey Fuqua. It wasn't long before Gaye and Fuqua both came to the attention of Detroit music impresario Berry Gordy Jr. and were signed to Gordy's legendary Motown Records.
Motown Records
Gaye's first certified hit under his own name wouldn't come until 1962, but his early years at Motown were full of behind-the-scenes successes. He was a session drummer for Motown legends such as Little Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Marvelettes and Martha and the Vandellas. Showing his stripes as Motown's renaissance man, Gaye went on to break into the Top 40 for the first time on his own in 1962 with his solo single "Hitch Hike."
Throughout the 1960s, Gaye would show his immense range, churning out solo dance hits and romantic duets with hit-makers like Diana Ross and Mary Wells. "Can I Get a Witness" and "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" were some of Gaye's biggest hits of the period, the latter achieving its place as Motown's best-selling single of the 1960s.
For three high-flying years, Gaye and Tammi Terrell wowed the country with their soaring duet performances of songs like "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You." Unfortunately, their reign as the Royal Couple of R&B ended when Terrell succumbed to a brain tumor in 1970. His beloved partner's death ushered in a dark period for the singer, who swore never to partner with another female vocalist and threatened to abandon the stage for good.
Political Message
In 1970, inspired by escalating violence and political unrest over the Vietnam War, Gaye wrote the landmark song "What's Going On." Despite clashes with Motown over the song's creative direction, the single was released in 1971 and became an instant smash. Its success prompted Gaye to take even more risks, both musically and politically. When it was released in the spring of 1971, the What's Going On album served to open Gaye up to new audiences while maintaining his Motown following.
Departing from the tried and true Motown formula, Gaye went out on his own artistically, paving the way for other Motown artists like Wonder and Michael Jackson to branch out in later years. Beyond influencing his peers, the album garnered widespread critical acclaim, winning the Rolling Stone Album of the Year award.
Crossover Success
In 1972, Gaye moved to Los Angeles and soon met Janis Hunter, who would later become his second wife. Inspired in part by his newfound independence, Gaye recorded one of the most revered love anthems of all time, "Let's Get It On." The song became his second no. 1 Billboard hit, cementing his crossover appeal once and for all. Shortly afterwards, Motown pushed Gaye into touring to capitalize on his most recent success; reluctantly the singer-songwriter returned to the stage.
Through most of the mid-1970s, Gaye was touring, collaborating or producing. Working with Diana Ross and The Miracles, he would put off releasing another solo album until 1976. He continued touring after the release of I Want You (1976) and, after scoring a No. 1 hit in 1977 with the dance single "Got to Give It Up," released his last album for Motown Records (Here, My Dear) in 1978.
(Decades later, "Got to Give It Up" would become the center of a big controversy. In 2013, Gaye's estate asserted that producer/songwriter Pharrell Williams and singer/songwriter Robin Thicke had committed copyright infringement by taking major musical elements from the disco track for the mega-hit "Blurred Lines." After a case in which Thicke testified that he'd had little to do with the writing of the song, the jury ruled in favor of Gaye's family, who were awarded $7.3 million in damages and profit shares. The jury also ruled that neither Williams or Thicke had purposely committed infringement.)
After two decades at Motown, Gaye signed with CBS's Columbia Records in 1982 and began to work on his last album, Midnight Love. The lead single from that album, "Sexual Healing," became a huge comeback hit for the R&B star and earned him his first two Grammy Awards and an American Music Award for Favorite Soul Single.
Personal Life
In 1975, Gaye's wife Anna Gordy—Berry Gordy's sister—filed for divorce, and two years later Gaye married Hunter, who had by then given birth to their daughter, Nona (born September 4, 1974) and their son Frankie (born November 16, 1975). Gaye also had an adopted son (Marvin Pentz Gaye III) from his previous marriage. The singer's marriage to Hunter proved short lived and tumultuous, ending in divorce in 1981.
Death and Legacy
Despite his successful comeback in the early 1980s, Gaye struggled badly with the substance abuse and bouts of depression that had plagued him for most of his life. After his last tour, he moved into his parents' house. There he and his father fell into a pattern of violent fights and quarrels that recalled conflicts that had haunted the family for decades. On April 1, 1984, Marvin Gaye Sr. shot and killed his son after a physical altercation; the father claimed he acted in self-defense but would later be convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
Three years after his death, Marvin Gaye Jr. was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Creating beautiful art from a troubled life, Gaye again and again brought his vision, range and artistry to the world stage. At the end of his career, he admitted he no longer made music for pleasure; instead, he said, "I record so that I can feed people what they need, what they feel. Hopefully, I record so that I can help someone overcome a bad time."
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Marvin Gaye What's Going On PBS Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cRu_JngL-g
Images:
1. Marvin Gaye
2. Wedding day of Marvin Gaye to his second wife Janis [Hunter] Gaye on October 10, 1977 - divorced on November 15, 1982.
3. Marvin Gaye honored April 2, 2019 on USPS Music Icons
4. Marvin Gaye in 1978, with Michael Jackson.
Background from {[https://www.biography.com/musician/marvin-gaye]}
"Marvin Gaye was a soul singer-songwriter with Motown in the 1960s and 1970s. He produced his own records and often addressed controversial themes.
Synopsis
Born in 1939, in Washington, D.C., Marvin Gaye sang in his father's church and in the Moonglows before signing with Motown. He recorded songs by Smokey Robinson before becoming his own producer on the protest album What's Going On (1971). Gaye's later records developed his production style and yielded several hits, including "Let's Get It On," "Sexual Healing" and "I Heard it Through the Grapevine." Gaye was killed in 1984 during a domestic dispute with his father.
Early Life
Singer Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr., also known as the "Prince of Soul," was born in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 1939. Gaye was raised under the strict control of his father, Reverend Marvin Gay Sr.—Marvin Gaye Jr. added the "e" on the end of his name later in life—the minister at a local church, against a bleak backdrop of widespread violence in his neighborhood.
Throughout his childhood, Gaye often found peace in music, mastering the piano and drums at a young age. Until high school, his singing experience was limited to church revivals, but soon he developed a love for R&B and doo-wop that would set the foundation for his career. In the late 1950s, Gaye joined a vocal group called The New Moonglows.
The talented singer had a phenomenal range that spanned three vocal styles and he soon impressed the group's founder, Harvey Fuqua. It wasn't long before Gaye and Fuqua both came to the attention of Detroit music impresario Berry Gordy Jr. and were signed to Gordy's legendary Motown Records.
Motown Records
Gaye's first certified hit under his own name wouldn't come until 1962, but his early years at Motown were full of behind-the-scenes successes. He was a session drummer for Motown legends such as Little Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Marvelettes and Martha and the Vandellas. Showing his stripes as Motown's renaissance man, Gaye went on to break into the Top 40 for the first time on his own in 1962 with his solo single "Hitch Hike."
Throughout the 1960s, Gaye would show his immense range, churning out solo dance hits and romantic duets with hit-makers like Diana Ross and Mary Wells. "Can I Get a Witness" and "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" were some of Gaye's biggest hits of the period, the latter achieving its place as Motown's best-selling single of the 1960s.
For three high-flying years, Gaye and Tammi Terrell wowed the country with their soaring duet performances of songs like "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You." Unfortunately, their reign as the Royal Couple of R&B ended when Terrell succumbed to a brain tumor in 1970. His beloved partner's death ushered in a dark period for the singer, who swore never to partner with another female vocalist and threatened to abandon the stage for good.
Political Message
In 1970, inspired by escalating violence and political unrest over the Vietnam War, Gaye wrote the landmark song "What's Going On." Despite clashes with Motown over the song's creative direction, the single was released in 1971 and became an instant smash. Its success prompted Gaye to take even more risks, both musically and politically. When it was released in the spring of 1971, the What's Going On album served to open Gaye up to new audiences while maintaining his Motown following.
Departing from the tried and true Motown formula, Gaye went out on his own artistically, paving the way for other Motown artists like Wonder and Michael Jackson to branch out in later years. Beyond influencing his peers, the album garnered widespread critical acclaim, winning the Rolling Stone Album of the Year award.
Crossover Success
In 1972, Gaye moved to Los Angeles and soon met Janis Hunter, who would later become his second wife. Inspired in part by his newfound independence, Gaye recorded one of the most revered love anthems of all time, "Let's Get It On." The song became his second no. 1 Billboard hit, cementing his crossover appeal once and for all. Shortly afterwards, Motown pushed Gaye into touring to capitalize on his most recent success; reluctantly the singer-songwriter returned to the stage.
Through most of the mid-1970s, Gaye was touring, collaborating or producing. Working with Diana Ross and The Miracles, he would put off releasing another solo album until 1976. He continued touring after the release of I Want You (1976) and, after scoring a No. 1 hit in 1977 with the dance single "Got to Give It Up," released his last album for Motown Records (Here, My Dear) in 1978.
(Decades later, "Got to Give It Up" would become the center of a big controversy. In 2013, Gaye's estate asserted that producer/songwriter Pharrell Williams and singer/songwriter Robin Thicke had committed copyright infringement by taking major musical elements from the disco track for the mega-hit "Blurred Lines." After a case in which Thicke testified that he'd had little to do with the writing of the song, the jury ruled in favor of Gaye's family, who were awarded $7.3 million in damages and profit shares. The jury also ruled that neither Williams or Thicke had purposely committed infringement.)
After two decades at Motown, Gaye signed with CBS's Columbia Records in 1982 and began to work on his last album, Midnight Love. The lead single from that album, "Sexual Healing," became a huge comeback hit for the R&B star and earned him his first two Grammy Awards and an American Music Award for Favorite Soul Single.
Personal Life
In 1975, Gaye's wife Anna Gordy—Berry Gordy's sister—filed for divorce, and two years later Gaye married Hunter, who had by then given birth to their daughter, Nona (born September 4, 1974) and their son Frankie (born November 16, 1975). Gaye also had an adopted son (Marvin Pentz Gaye III) from his previous marriage. The singer's marriage to Hunter proved short lived and tumultuous, ending in divorce in 1981.
Death and Legacy
Despite his successful comeback in the early 1980s, Gaye struggled badly with the substance abuse and bouts of depression that had plagued him for most of his life. After his last tour, he moved into his parents' house. There he and his father fell into a pattern of violent fights and quarrels that recalled conflicts that had haunted the family for decades. On April 1, 1984, Marvin Gaye Sr. shot and killed his son after a physical altercation; the father claimed he acted in self-defense but would later be convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
Three years after his death, Marvin Gaye Jr. was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Creating beautiful art from a troubled life, Gaye again and again brought his vision, range and artistry to the world stage. At the end of his career, he admitted he no longer made music for pleasure; instead, he said, "I record so that I can feed people what they need, what they feel. Hopefully, I record so that I can help someone overcome a bad time."
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Marvin Gaye: The Final 24 (Full Documentary) The Story of His Final 24 Hours
On his last day alive soul superstar Marvin Gaye is depressed and paranoid. He’s abandoned his latest tour and is holed up at his parents’ house in Los Ange...
Marvin Gaye: The Final 24 (Full Documentary) The Story of His Final 24 Hours
On his last day alive soul superstar Marvin Gaye is depressed and paranoid. He’s abandoned his latest tour and is holed up at his parents’ house in Los Angeles, California. His excessive drug use escalates and with it, the tension in the home. Soon, his lifelong power struggle with his father explodes in a violent climax as Marvin provokes his father into shooting him twice. Final 24 delves into the Prince of Motown’s violent childhood to uncover the root of Marvin’s strained relationship with his strict father and to understand his struggle with drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27UN_59f7H0
Images:
1. Marvin Gaye in 1966
2. 1971 What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
3. 1973 Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
4. 1978 Here, My Dear, Marin Gaye's promised album for his ex-wife Anna
Background from {[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/marvin-gaye-mn [login to see] /biography]}
Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Few figures in American music in the 20th century can compare to Marvin Gaye. As a singer, he was without peer, possessing a silky voice that could sound either angelic or seductive or, on his biggest hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," positively haunted. As a songwriter, he was equally skilled at writing with an eye for the charts and mining the depths of his heart, a combination that created many of the enduring classics of his era: "Hitch Hike," "Dancing in the Street," "Pride and Joy," "What's Going On," "Let's Get It On," "Got to Give It Up," and "Sexual Healing." That list also shows how the entire history of postwar R&B can be seen through the career of Marvin Gaye. He harnessed gospel and cabaret to create the exuberant uptown sound of Motown in the early '60s, but he changed with his turbulent times, pushing pop-R&B into the realms of soul by the end of the decade. As the 1970s dawned, Gaye grappled with social protest on What's Going On, the 1971 album that found the singer/songwriter charting his own idiosyncratic course. From that point, Gaye delved into funk, blaxploitation, and disco, eventually settling into the smooth environs of quiet storm. Throughout this period, Gaye battled personal demons, often creating powerful art through his struggles, but they caught up with him tragically in 1984, when he was murdered by his father. Gaye's legacy resonated over the decades -- he was a touchstone for soul and pop music that was either sensual or political -- but his early death leaves hanging the question of what he could've achieved if he were alive. During his two decades as a recording artist, he already accomplished more than most artists do in a lifetime.
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. was born on April 2, 1939, in Washington, D.C., the second child of Reverend Marvin Gay and Alberta Gay. A minister in the House of God, Reverend Marvin Gay ran a strict household and his son -- who would add an "e" to his surname when he signed to Motown/Tamla, partially in tribute to his idol Sam Cooke -- sought refuge in music. Marvin Gaye sang in his father's church at the age of three and quickly rose through its ranks as a soloist. Soon, he also learned piano and drums.
Following his high school graduation, Gaye enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Once his service concluded, he returned to Washington, immersing himself in the city's doo wop scene. He became part of the Rainbows, who were taken under the wing of Bo Diddley, an association that led them to OKeh after he couldn't convince his label Chess to sign the group. The Rainbows became the Marquees and they recorded "Hey Little School Girl"/"Wyatt Earp" with Diddley, but the 45 didn't go anywhere. Not long afterward, R&B impresario Harvey Fuqua enlisted the Marquees as his backing group, changing their name to the New Moonglows. The group relocated to Fuqua's hometown of Chicago and recorded a handful of sides for Chess, all billed as Harvey Fuqua and the Moonglows. Notable among these was 1959's "Mama Loocie," the first song to feature Gaye singing lead.
The Moonglows split in 1960, and Gaye followed Fuqua to Detroit, working with Tri-Phi Records as a house musician. At the end of the year, Gaye caught the attention of Motown founder Berry Gordy, who negotiated a deal with Fuqua for Gaye to sign to the Motown subsidiary Tamla.
Initially, Gaye planned to be a supper-club singer specializing in standards and jazz, but Gordy wanted him to aim toward a younger audience. The duo compromised. His 1961 debut single, "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide," satisfied Gordy's needs, while the full-length The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye skewed toward the singer's preferences. Over the next few years, there was tension between Gaye's conception of himself as a singer and Motown/Tamla's musical direction, and the vocalist slowly gravitated in Gordy's direction. During this transition, Gaye earned money by playing sessions as a drummer, which led to him penning original songs. He scored his first hit as a songwriter when the Marvelettes took "Beechwood 4-5789" into the Billboard Top 20 -- and the R&B Top Ten -- in the summer of 1962.
Gaye struck gold himself not much later, when "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" went to eight on Billboard's R&B charts. "Hitch Hike" gave him another R&B hit in 1962, but it was "Pride and Joy" that brought him into the pop charts, reaching ten in the summer of 1963. After "Can I Get a Witness" -- which went to three R&B, but 22 pop -- he placed four hits in the pop 20 during 1964 ("You're a Wonderful One," "Try It Baby," plus the Mary Wells duets "What's the Matter with You Baby" and "Once Upon a Time"), while also scoring a smash as songwriter via the Martha & the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street," which he co-wrote with Ivy Jo Hunter and William "Mickey" Stevenson.
All of this was prelude to "How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You." Peaking at six in early 1965, "How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You" kicked off a year that also found "I'll Be Doggone" and "Ain't That Peculiar" reaching the pop Top Ten; both reached eight on the pop chart and number one R&B. In comparison, 1966 was relatively quiet for Gaye -- while "One More Heartache" reached number four on the R&B chart, it was his only pop Top 40 hit that year -- but 1967 began with the immortal Kim Weston duet "It Takes Two," which peaked at 14 pop and four R&B.
Gaye's partnership with Tammi Terrell was unveiled next via "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." An undisputed classic -- it was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame -- the song spent three weeks at three on the R&B charts, reaching number 19 pop. Teaming with Terrell was a boon to Gaye's commercial success. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was the first of a series of smashes recorded by Gaye & Terrell which were written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. "Your Precious Love" went to two on R&B and five on pop, followed by "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" and the number ones "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "You're All I Need to Get By," which both arrived in 1968.
During this flush of success, Terrell suffered from migraine headaches, culminating in an on-stage collapse at an October 14, 1967 concert with Gaye. The two managed to finish some recording sessions -- "You're All I Need to Get By" dates from these -- before her death in 1970. Gaye took Terrell's death hard, but he initially worked through the grief, scoring some of his greatest hits along the way. Released at the end of 1968, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" spent seven weeks at the top of the pop charts in early 1969, matching that streak on the R&B charts. It was one of his biggest hits, followed by two subsequent smashes: "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" and "That's the Way Love Is," both arriving in 1969.
Gaye retreated from the spotlight in the 1970, the result of personal problems and professional disillusionment. He returned in 1971 with "What's Going On," a single where Gaye deliberately embraced progressive politics and expansive music. Motown head Berry Gordy wasn't eager to embrace this change and refused to release "What's Going On," but after Gaye refused to record any other new material, Gordy relented. "What's Going On" reached number one on the R&B charts and two on pop, leading Gaye to record the rest of the album that March. Two further hits followed: "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" and "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," both of which topped the R&B charts and went Top Ten pop.
What's Going On freed other Motown artists from the label's tight creative restrictions, but Gaye himself wound up a bit adrift in 1972. He attempted to write further political material, but the resulting "You're the Man (Part 1)" stiffed on the pop charts, failing to crack the Top 40 even though it went Top Ten R&B. An attempted album anchored on "You're the Man" never materialized -- it'd be assembled as an archival release in 2019 -- but he did wind up scoring the blaxploitation film Trouble Man, scoring a Top Ten R&B and pop hit with its title track.
Gaye turned explicitly carnal on 1973's Let's Get It On. The title track became a smash in the summer of 1973, reaching number one on Billboard's pop chart -- only his second single to reach the pole position on the Hot 100 -- and spending six weeks on the top of the R&B charts. Diana & Marvin, a duet album with Diana Ross, followed, featuring the hit "You're a Special Part of Me," but Let's Get It On kept spinning out hits, with "Come Get to This" reaching three on the R&B charts and "You Sure Love to Ball" getting to 13 the next year. In 1974, he released Marvin Gaye Live! as he worked on his next album, I Want You.
Released in 1976, I Want You had an R&B number one in its title track (15 pop), followed by "After the Dance" (14 R&B). That same year, Gaye's contentious divorce from Anna Gordy was finalized. As part of the settlement, Gaye agreed to record a new album whose royalties would cover missed alimony payments. As he worked on the record, Motown released Live at the London Palladium, which featured the single "Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1." A massive smash, reaching number one on both pop and R&B charts, "Got to Give It Up" was Gaye's biggest hit of the disco era.
Here, My Dear, Gaye's promised album to his ex-wife Anna, appeared in December 1978. The album not only contained no hits, it seemed designed to do. "A Funky Space Reincarnation (Part 1)" went to 23 on the R&B charts, but didn't make the Hot 100. Gaye began work on an album called Lover Man, but once its lead single, "Ego Tripping Out," failed to chart, he scrapped the album and relocated to Maui. His stay in Hawaii wasn't long. In 1981, he fled the United States for Europe, all with the hopes of ditching the IRS. While there, he finished In Our Lifetime, the album that ended his long-standing association with Motown.
Gaye reemerged on Columbia in 1982 with the gorgeous "Sexual Healing." Spending ten weeks at the top of Billboard's R&B charts, the single spent three weeks at three on the pop charts. His star newly ascendant, he patched up his relationship with Motown, appearing on their 25th anniversary special, and he also sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the NBA All-Star Game.
Just when it seemed like a new chapter in Gaye's life opened, it shut just as quickly. He returned home, deep in the throes of cocaine addiction, and wound up getting into a series of fights with his father. On April 1, 1984, Marvin Gay, Sr. shot and killed his son; Marvin Gaye would've turned 45 years old the following day.
A pair of posthumous collections quickly appeared in 1985: Romantically Yours unearthed old big band material, Dream of a Lifetime rounded up funkier outtakes from Columbia Records and Motown. Motown released Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye: Never Before Released Masters in 1986, but the bigger project was the 1990 four-disc box The Marvin Gaye Collection. Over the three decades, Motown often repackaged Gaye's music, sometimes releasing splashy archival packages, such as 1997's Vulnerable, which revived a ballads album Gaye abandoned in 1977, and 2019's You're the Man, which collected the extant 1972 recordings from the singer.
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On his last day alive soul superstar Marvin Gaye is depressed and paranoid. He’s abandoned his latest tour and is holed up at his parents’ house in Los Angeles, California. His excessive drug use escalates and with it, the tension in the home. Soon, his lifelong power struggle with his father explodes in a violent climax as Marvin provokes his father into shooting him twice. Final 24 delves into the Prince of Motown’s violent childhood to uncover the root of Marvin’s strained relationship with his strict father and to understand his struggle with drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27UN_59f7H0
Images:
1. Marvin Gaye in 1966
2. 1971 What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
3. 1973 Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
4. 1978 Here, My Dear, Marin Gaye's promised album for his ex-wife Anna
Background from {[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/marvin-gaye-mn [login to see] /biography]}
Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Few figures in American music in the 20th century can compare to Marvin Gaye. As a singer, he was without peer, possessing a silky voice that could sound either angelic or seductive or, on his biggest hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," positively haunted. As a songwriter, he was equally skilled at writing with an eye for the charts and mining the depths of his heart, a combination that created many of the enduring classics of his era: "Hitch Hike," "Dancing in the Street," "Pride and Joy," "What's Going On," "Let's Get It On," "Got to Give It Up," and "Sexual Healing." That list also shows how the entire history of postwar R&B can be seen through the career of Marvin Gaye. He harnessed gospel and cabaret to create the exuberant uptown sound of Motown in the early '60s, but he changed with his turbulent times, pushing pop-R&B into the realms of soul by the end of the decade. As the 1970s dawned, Gaye grappled with social protest on What's Going On, the 1971 album that found the singer/songwriter charting his own idiosyncratic course. From that point, Gaye delved into funk, blaxploitation, and disco, eventually settling into the smooth environs of quiet storm. Throughout this period, Gaye battled personal demons, often creating powerful art through his struggles, but they caught up with him tragically in 1984, when he was murdered by his father. Gaye's legacy resonated over the decades -- he was a touchstone for soul and pop music that was either sensual or political -- but his early death leaves hanging the question of what he could've achieved if he were alive. During his two decades as a recording artist, he already accomplished more than most artists do in a lifetime.
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. was born on April 2, 1939, in Washington, D.C., the second child of Reverend Marvin Gay and Alberta Gay. A minister in the House of God, Reverend Marvin Gay ran a strict household and his son -- who would add an "e" to his surname when he signed to Motown/Tamla, partially in tribute to his idol Sam Cooke -- sought refuge in music. Marvin Gaye sang in his father's church at the age of three and quickly rose through its ranks as a soloist. Soon, he also learned piano and drums.
Following his high school graduation, Gaye enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Once his service concluded, he returned to Washington, immersing himself in the city's doo wop scene. He became part of the Rainbows, who were taken under the wing of Bo Diddley, an association that led them to OKeh after he couldn't convince his label Chess to sign the group. The Rainbows became the Marquees and they recorded "Hey Little School Girl"/"Wyatt Earp" with Diddley, but the 45 didn't go anywhere. Not long afterward, R&B impresario Harvey Fuqua enlisted the Marquees as his backing group, changing their name to the New Moonglows. The group relocated to Fuqua's hometown of Chicago and recorded a handful of sides for Chess, all billed as Harvey Fuqua and the Moonglows. Notable among these was 1959's "Mama Loocie," the first song to feature Gaye singing lead.
The Moonglows split in 1960, and Gaye followed Fuqua to Detroit, working with Tri-Phi Records as a house musician. At the end of the year, Gaye caught the attention of Motown founder Berry Gordy, who negotiated a deal with Fuqua for Gaye to sign to the Motown subsidiary Tamla.
Initially, Gaye planned to be a supper-club singer specializing in standards and jazz, but Gordy wanted him to aim toward a younger audience. The duo compromised. His 1961 debut single, "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide," satisfied Gordy's needs, while the full-length The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye skewed toward the singer's preferences. Over the next few years, there was tension between Gaye's conception of himself as a singer and Motown/Tamla's musical direction, and the vocalist slowly gravitated in Gordy's direction. During this transition, Gaye earned money by playing sessions as a drummer, which led to him penning original songs. He scored his first hit as a songwriter when the Marvelettes took "Beechwood 4-5789" into the Billboard Top 20 -- and the R&B Top Ten -- in the summer of 1962.
Gaye struck gold himself not much later, when "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" went to eight on Billboard's R&B charts. "Hitch Hike" gave him another R&B hit in 1962, but it was "Pride and Joy" that brought him into the pop charts, reaching ten in the summer of 1963. After "Can I Get a Witness" -- which went to three R&B, but 22 pop -- he placed four hits in the pop 20 during 1964 ("You're a Wonderful One," "Try It Baby," plus the Mary Wells duets "What's the Matter with You Baby" and "Once Upon a Time"), while also scoring a smash as songwriter via the Martha & the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street," which he co-wrote with Ivy Jo Hunter and William "Mickey" Stevenson.
All of this was prelude to "How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You." Peaking at six in early 1965, "How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You" kicked off a year that also found "I'll Be Doggone" and "Ain't That Peculiar" reaching the pop Top Ten; both reached eight on the pop chart and number one R&B. In comparison, 1966 was relatively quiet for Gaye -- while "One More Heartache" reached number four on the R&B chart, it was his only pop Top 40 hit that year -- but 1967 began with the immortal Kim Weston duet "It Takes Two," which peaked at 14 pop and four R&B.
Gaye's partnership with Tammi Terrell was unveiled next via "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." An undisputed classic -- it was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame -- the song spent three weeks at three on the R&B charts, reaching number 19 pop. Teaming with Terrell was a boon to Gaye's commercial success. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was the first of a series of smashes recorded by Gaye & Terrell which were written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. "Your Precious Love" went to two on R&B and five on pop, followed by "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" and the number ones "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "You're All I Need to Get By," which both arrived in 1968.
During this flush of success, Terrell suffered from migraine headaches, culminating in an on-stage collapse at an October 14, 1967 concert with Gaye. The two managed to finish some recording sessions -- "You're All I Need to Get By" dates from these -- before her death in 1970. Gaye took Terrell's death hard, but he initially worked through the grief, scoring some of his greatest hits along the way. Released at the end of 1968, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" spent seven weeks at the top of the pop charts in early 1969, matching that streak on the R&B charts. It was one of his biggest hits, followed by two subsequent smashes: "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" and "That's the Way Love Is," both arriving in 1969.
Gaye retreated from the spotlight in the 1970, the result of personal problems and professional disillusionment. He returned in 1971 with "What's Going On," a single where Gaye deliberately embraced progressive politics and expansive music. Motown head Berry Gordy wasn't eager to embrace this change and refused to release "What's Going On," but after Gaye refused to record any other new material, Gordy relented. "What's Going On" reached number one on the R&B charts and two on pop, leading Gaye to record the rest of the album that March. Two further hits followed: "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" and "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," both of which topped the R&B charts and went Top Ten pop.
What's Going On freed other Motown artists from the label's tight creative restrictions, but Gaye himself wound up a bit adrift in 1972. He attempted to write further political material, but the resulting "You're the Man (Part 1)" stiffed on the pop charts, failing to crack the Top 40 even though it went Top Ten R&B. An attempted album anchored on "You're the Man" never materialized -- it'd be assembled as an archival release in 2019 -- but he did wind up scoring the blaxploitation film Trouble Man, scoring a Top Ten R&B and pop hit with its title track.
Gaye turned explicitly carnal on 1973's Let's Get It On. The title track became a smash in the summer of 1973, reaching number one on Billboard's pop chart -- only his second single to reach the pole position on the Hot 100 -- and spending six weeks on the top of the R&B charts. Diana & Marvin, a duet album with Diana Ross, followed, featuring the hit "You're a Special Part of Me," but Let's Get It On kept spinning out hits, with "Come Get to This" reaching three on the R&B charts and "You Sure Love to Ball" getting to 13 the next year. In 1974, he released Marvin Gaye Live! as he worked on his next album, I Want You.
Released in 1976, I Want You had an R&B number one in its title track (15 pop), followed by "After the Dance" (14 R&B). That same year, Gaye's contentious divorce from Anna Gordy was finalized. As part of the settlement, Gaye agreed to record a new album whose royalties would cover missed alimony payments. As he worked on the record, Motown released Live at the London Palladium, which featured the single "Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1." A massive smash, reaching number one on both pop and R&B charts, "Got to Give It Up" was Gaye's biggest hit of the disco era.
Here, My Dear, Gaye's promised album to his ex-wife Anna, appeared in December 1978. The album not only contained no hits, it seemed designed to do. "A Funky Space Reincarnation (Part 1)" went to 23 on the R&B charts, but didn't make the Hot 100. Gaye began work on an album called Lover Man, but once its lead single, "Ego Tripping Out," failed to chart, he scrapped the album and relocated to Maui. His stay in Hawaii wasn't long. In 1981, he fled the United States for Europe, all with the hopes of ditching the IRS. While there, he finished In Our Lifetime, the album that ended his long-standing association with Motown.
Gaye reemerged on Columbia in 1982 with the gorgeous "Sexual Healing." Spending ten weeks at the top of Billboard's R&B charts, the single spent three weeks at three on the pop charts. His star newly ascendant, he patched up his relationship with Motown, appearing on their 25th anniversary special, and he also sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the NBA All-Star Game.
Just when it seemed like a new chapter in Gaye's life opened, it shut just as quickly. He returned home, deep in the throes of cocaine addiction, and wound up getting into a series of fights with his father. On April 1, 1984, Marvin Gay, Sr. shot and killed his son; Marvin Gaye would've turned 45 years old the following day.
A pair of posthumous collections quickly appeared in 1985: Romantically Yours unearthed old big band material, Dream of a Lifetime rounded up funkier outtakes from Columbia Records and Motown. Motown released Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye: Never Before Released Masters in 1986, but the bigger project was the 1990 four-disc box The Marvin Gaye Collection. Over the three decades, Motown often repackaged Gaye's music, sometimes releasing splashy archival packages, such as 1997's Vulnerable, which revived a ballads album Gaye abandoned in 1977, and 2019's You're the Man, which collected the extant 1972 recordings from the singer.
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Marvin Gaye (1986) | Classic Documentary EDITED
Cable TV documentary produced by Motown Productions about the life and musical career go Marvin Gaye. Shared for historical purposes. I do not own the rights...
Marvin Gaye (1986) | Classic Documentary EDITED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIg_B3SrReI
Images:
1.A 1959 promotional picture of Harvey and the New Moonglows. Gaye is second from the right behind a seated Fuqua.
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Marvin Gaye Biography
Overview (5)
Born April 2, 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died April 1, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA (homicide)
Birth Name Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.
Nicknames The Prince of Soul
The Prince of Motown
Height 6' (1.83 m)
Mini Bio (1)
Marvin Gaye was born on April 2, 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA as Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. He was married to Jan Gaye and Anna Gordy Gaye. He died on April 1, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Spouse (2)
Jan Gaye
(10 October 1977 - 15 November 1982) (divorced) (2 children)
Anna Gordy Gaye (8 January 1964 - 1977) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
Trivia (26)
1. After a dispute, his father shot him twice in the chest, killing him instantly.
2. He was the son of Marvin Gaye and Denise Gordy. He was the half-brother of Nona Gaye and Bianca Lawson. He was the nephew of Frankie Gaye. He was the father, with Jan Gaye, of daughter Nona Gaye, and father, with Denise Gordy, of son Marvin Gaye. He was the older brother of Frankie Gaye, cousin of Donnie. He was the ex-brother-in-law of Berry Gordy (the founder of Motown Records) and songwriter/actor Robert L. Gordy.
3. He added the "e" to the end of his name because he thought it looked more professional.
4. Theme song, "Trouble Man" features different vocal takes than the single and album.
5. His first wife was 17 years his senior and his second wife was 17 years his junior.
6. Marvin Gaye passed away on the day before his 45th birthday.
7. He is mentioned in the lyrics of the songs "True" by Spandau Ballet and "Timeless" by Joey Lawrence.
8. Although there are several versions of the song, Gaye's version of "Abraham, Martin and John" is the only one which has been a chart hit in the UK (a Top 10 single in 1970). Marillion lead singer Steve Hogarth counts Gaye as one of his favorite singers. In 1998, the band covered the song for their live album "Unplugged at the Walls".
9. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He was also awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California, on September 27, 1990. He was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2014.
10. Discovered by Harvey Fuqua of The Moonglows. Fuqua took Gaye into the group in 1959 and about a year later brought him to Motown.
11. The addition of the "e" to his name was also emulating one of his favorite singers, Sam Cooke, who did the same thing with his last name. Coincidentally, both performers were shot and killed at young ages.
12. His 1973 hit song "Let's Get It On" was originally written as a political song.
13. He was so devastated by the 1970 death of singer Tammi Terrell, that he did not record any new material or appear on stage for three years.
14. The song "I Want You" was said to be an ode to his second wife Janis Hunter. According to legend, he wrote and recorded the song in two hours after first setting eyes on her, when she was accompanying her mother (a huge fan) to the studio to watch him work. They married two months later.
15. The song "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holla)" ends with a prelude to the song "What's Goin' On". This version of the latter-mentioned song is slightly different from the now popular version, in that Gaye begins this with: "Father, Father" and the new version begins with "Mother, Mother". This was due to his burning hatred for his father and eternal love for his mother.
16. He was named the 19th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll artist of all time by Rolling Stone and the sixth greatest singer of the rock era in a Rolling Stone magazine poll in 2008. He was ranked #31 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
17. Was going to do a duet with Barry White but died a week before they began their rehearsal.
18. Lobbied Motown Records in 1971 for creative control on albums (as did Stevie Wonder). The first result was "What's Goin' On".
19. His father, Marvin Pentz Gay, Sr., died in a nursing home at age 84 on October 10, 1998. Marvin Sr. had pleaded no contest and received five years probation for the murder of Marvin Jr.
20. Was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force in 1957.
21. Was slated to record a duet album with Dionne Warwick, but changed his mind.
22. Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 311-313. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
23. He was cremated and his ashes are scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
24. Friends with Smokey Robinson, and Diana Ross.
25. Pictured on a USA nondenominated postage stamp in the Music Icons series, issued 2 April 2019. Price on day of issue was 55¢.
26. His father was a violent man who regularly beat Marvin and his siblings growing up for any mistakes or shortcomings.
Personal Quotes (2)
1. Negotiation means getting the best of your opponent.
2. Who isn't fascinated by evil?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIg_B3SrReI
Images:
1.A 1959 promotional picture of Harvey and the New Moonglows. Gaye is second from the right behind a seated Fuqua.
Background from {[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310848/bio]}
Marvin Gaye Biography
Overview (5)
Born April 2, 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died April 1, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA (homicide)
Birth Name Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.
Nicknames The Prince of Soul
The Prince of Motown
Height 6' (1.83 m)
Mini Bio (1)
Marvin Gaye was born on April 2, 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA as Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. He was married to Jan Gaye and Anna Gordy Gaye. He died on April 1, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Spouse (2)
Jan Gaye
(10 October 1977 - 15 November 1982) (divorced) (2 children)
Anna Gordy Gaye (8 January 1964 - 1977) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
Trivia (26)
1. After a dispute, his father shot him twice in the chest, killing him instantly.
2. He was the son of Marvin Gaye and Denise Gordy. He was the half-brother of Nona Gaye and Bianca Lawson. He was the nephew of Frankie Gaye. He was the father, with Jan Gaye, of daughter Nona Gaye, and father, with Denise Gordy, of son Marvin Gaye. He was the older brother of Frankie Gaye, cousin of Donnie. He was the ex-brother-in-law of Berry Gordy (the founder of Motown Records) and songwriter/actor Robert L. Gordy.
3. He added the "e" to the end of his name because he thought it looked more professional.
4. Theme song, "Trouble Man" features different vocal takes than the single and album.
5. His first wife was 17 years his senior and his second wife was 17 years his junior.
6. Marvin Gaye passed away on the day before his 45th birthday.
7. He is mentioned in the lyrics of the songs "True" by Spandau Ballet and "Timeless" by Joey Lawrence.
8. Although there are several versions of the song, Gaye's version of "Abraham, Martin and John" is the only one which has been a chart hit in the UK (a Top 10 single in 1970). Marillion lead singer Steve Hogarth counts Gaye as one of his favorite singers. In 1998, the band covered the song for their live album "Unplugged at the Walls".
9. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He was also awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California, on September 27, 1990. He was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2014.
10. Discovered by Harvey Fuqua of The Moonglows. Fuqua took Gaye into the group in 1959 and about a year later brought him to Motown.
11. The addition of the "e" to his name was also emulating one of his favorite singers, Sam Cooke, who did the same thing with his last name. Coincidentally, both performers were shot and killed at young ages.
12. His 1973 hit song "Let's Get It On" was originally written as a political song.
13. He was so devastated by the 1970 death of singer Tammi Terrell, that he did not record any new material or appear on stage for three years.
14. The song "I Want You" was said to be an ode to his second wife Janis Hunter. According to legend, he wrote and recorded the song in two hours after first setting eyes on her, when she was accompanying her mother (a huge fan) to the studio to watch him work. They married two months later.
15. The song "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holla)" ends with a prelude to the song "What's Goin' On". This version of the latter-mentioned song is slightly different from the now popular version, in that Gaye begins this with: "Father, Father" and the new version begins with "Mother, Mother". This was due to his burning hatred for his father and eternal love for his mother.
16. He was named the 19th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll artist of all time by Rolling Stone and the sixth greatest singer of the rock era in a Rolling Stone magazine poll in 2008. He was ranked #31 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
17. Was going to do a duet with Barry White but died a week before they began their rehearsal.
18. Lobbied Motown Records in 1971 for creative control on albums (as did Stevie Wonder). The first result was "What's Goin' On".
19. His father, Marvin Pentz Gay, Sr., died in a nursing home at age 84 on October 10, 1998. Marvin Sr. had pleaded no contest and received five years probation for the murder of Marvin Jr.
20. Was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force in 1957.
21. Was slated to record a duet album with Dionne Warwick, but changed his mind.
22. Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 311-313. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
23. He was cremated and his ashes are scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
24. Friends with Smokey Robinson, and Diana Ross.
25. Pictured on a USA nondenominated postage stamp in the Music Icons series, issued 2 April 2019. Price on day of issue was 55¢.
26. His father was a violent man who regularly beat Marvin and his siblings growing up for any mistakes or shortcomings.
Personal Quotes (2)
1. Negotiation means getting the best of your opponent.
2. Who isn't fascinated by evil?
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