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Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
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Washington, D.C. (1958 – 1984)
I Heard It Through the Grapevine”, “Let’s Get It On” and “What’s Going On”. His best albums are still held in extremely high regard, and he is often cited as one of the finest singers of his era.
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. was born in 1939 to Marvin Gay, Sr. and Alberta Gay in Washington, D.C… Gaye began his career in Motown in 1958, and soon became Motown’s top solo male artist. He scored numerous hits during the 1960s, among them “
Ain’t That Peculiar”, “Stubborn Kind Of Fellow”, and “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)”, as well as several hit duets with Tammi Terrell, including “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”” and “You’re All I Need To Get By”, before moving on to his own form of musical self-expression.Along with Stevie Wonder, Gaye is notable for fighting the hit-making—but creatively restrictive—Motown record-making process, in which performers, songwriters and record producers were generally kept in separate camps. Gaye forced Motown to release his 1971 album What’s Going On, which is today hailed as one of the best albums of all time.
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the Odyssey Studio of In Our Lifetime? Is like a whole new discovery. Great record.
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Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines ft. T.I. et Pharrell: They use a big sample from Marvin: Got To Give It Up. It's a big big merde
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Incredibly talented. Fantastic albums in the 60's, 70's, and 80's. If he was alive today I'm sure he still would be creating wonderfully crafted music.
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calonie_j
One of the greatest in music. He was blessed in his musicality. That voice and that level of soul permeating through it...glad we can still listen. I am STILL mad at his daddy. Evil guy. Damnit!
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How High the Moon
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mk741
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7dGdrP3pms Watching him live a few years before he died is incredible bizarre. He's a total train wreck on stage, yet even when he was plastered on coke (must of been frustrating to be in his band), still gave a brilliant performance.
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The Man
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Sexual healing.
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Notorious_D
the GOAT
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satan_88_level
^_^
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king-ofpop
Happy birthday, Marvin! I love you.
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DavidSmith98
Happy birthday, one of my all-time heroes. it saddens me so much that you are gone, but through your music you live on and i love you very much Marvin. What's Going On - what a statement on humanity, and things have gotten so much worse since then.
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daniel_martman
RIP Marvinnnn! though he will always be immortal
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lindaelishakov
rest in peace, Trouble Man...
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Five_Long_Years
Love his live work, especially with funk rhythm guitar.
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Jay_Monster
Sexual Healing, what an epic song of the 80's.
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Blondielil
Uuuuhhhh baby....
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the music of my childhood
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Greatest Of All TIME! Period. [2]
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Greatest Of All TIME! Period.
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