Revis Marv Gaye's revolutnary natnal anthem

Contents:

• FEBARY 13, 1983: THE AFTERNOON MARV GAYE REVOLUTNIZED THE SGG OF THE NATNAL ANTHEM
• 20 YEARS AGO, MARV GAYE TOOK 'NATNAL ANTHEM' TO NEW HEIGHTS
• MARV GAYE'S ALL-STAR GAME NATNAL ANTHEM PERFORMANCE: LOOKG BACK AT THE FG MOMENT OM 1983
• FLASHBACK: MARV GAYE REIMAG ‘THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER’ 1983
• MARV GAYE’S INIC NBA ALL-STAR GAME NATNAL ANTHEM: ‘HE TURNED THAT THG TO HIS OWN’
• REVIS MARV GAYE'S REVOLUTNARY NATNAL ANTHEM
• MARV GAYE’S NATNAL ANTHEM
• MARV GAYE'S INIC PERFORMANCE OF THE NATNAL ANTHEM THAT WOWED THE WORLD
• MARV GAYE SPIC UP “THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER” AT NBA ALL-STAR GAME, ON THIS DAY IN 1983 [WATCH]
• MARV GAYE | AMERIN NATNAL ANTHEM

FEBARY 13, 1983: THE AFTERNOON MARV GAYE REVOLUTNIZED THE SGG OF THE NATNAL ANTHEM

20 Years Ago, Marv Gaye Took 'Natnal Anthem' To New Heights. It was 20 years ago, at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, that Marv Gaye stole the show wh his sgular rendn of "The Star-Spangled Banner.

But for this game, Gaye took the anthem to a new level.

20 YEARS AGO, MARV GAYE TOOK 'NATNAL ANTHEM' TO NEW HEIGHTS

He says Gaye's one rehearsal was bumpy.

By this pot his life, Gaye was battlg a ser dg addictn.

But then the lights dimmed, and Gaye ma history. One year later, Marv Gaye was ad, shot by his own father. Marv Gaye changed the way the US natnal anthem was performed at sportg events and elsewhere.

MARV GAYE'S ALL-STAR GAME NATNAL ANTHEM PERFORMANCE: LOOKG BACK AT THE FG MOMENT OM 1983

Gaye was never even the first choice to sg the natnal anthem that year.

Here's a clip of Gaye's sctillatg performance:.

FLASHBACK: MARV GAYE REIMAG ‘THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER’ 1983

However, Gaye's rendn seemed to have posively impacted the majory of the listeners. Gaye had a tremendo fan followg among NBA circl, cludg yteryear All-Stars like Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson. Nobody before Marv Gaye tkered wh how the natnal anthem was sung prevly.

Gaye himself always sang the anthem wh tradnal beats whenever he performed durg var events. Click here to read Isiah Thomas' ments on Marv Gaye's rendn of the natnal anthem at the 1983 All-Star Game.

MARV GAYE’S INIC NBA ALL-STAR GAME NATNAL ANTHEM: ‘HE TURNED THAT THG TO HIS OWN’

Marv Gaye's rendn opened the doors for artists to sg their own versn of the natnal anthem for s.

REVIS MARV GAYE'S REVOLUTNARY NATNAL ANTHEM

The artistic eedom that never existed back the day found a new spark after the 1983 All-Star game when Marv Gaye surprised and pulled everyone together at The Fom wh his betiful rendn of the natnal anthem. This is thanks to the late legendary Marv Gaye, who opened the gat to a trend that has held up for s after his historic livery at the 1983 All-Star game.

Marv Gaye was the middle of a pretty remarkable eback when the NBA tapped him to perform the Natnal Anthem at the 1983 All-Star Game. While many of his Motown peers were trapped on the oldi circu, Gaye briefly seemed like he’d be a huge mercial force the MTV-era.

Few people realized that Gaye’s growg e addictn was g his life to spiral pletely out of ntrol. See Where Marv Gaye Ranks Among the 100 Greatt Sgers.

MARV GAYE’S NATNAL ANTHEM

Marv Gaye’s natnal anthem remas the most legendary moment of the game (and pretty much any other All-Star Game of the era). Charl Barkley and More Ballers Who Support Gay Marriage. Sadly, was one of Gaye’s fal great moments.

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Addg an E to his surname, Marv Gaye beme one of Motown’s biggt stars durg nearly two s wh the label, a mil leviathan whose semal 1971 album “What’s Gog On” was voted, almost 50 years later, as the greatt album of all time by Rollg Stone. But Gaye’s voice — stirrg, sultry and fiant all at once — had bee vox ’s reer was a paeon to survivg life’s tribulatns and perseverg.

MARV GAYE'S INIC PERFORMANCE OF THE NATNAL ANTHEM THAT WOWED THE WORLD

Fans claimed all of , the angelic croong and the flawed the early ’80s, Gaye had aga fallen to prsn.

The album featured the h “Sexual Healg, ” which got Gaye back to the top of the charts at age 43.

MARV GAYE SPIC UP “THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER” AT NBA ALL-STAR GAME, ON THIS DAY IN 1983 [WATCH]

Ten days after his performance at the All-Star game, Gaye won his first Grammy.

(Armando Gallo / Getty Imag)In ’83, Gaye was the send choice to sg the anthem at the All-Star game. Instead, Rosen went to Plan B: Gaye.

“(Gaye) end up sayg, ‘OK, I’ll e back tomorrow wh a shorter versn. ”Seemgly at the last mute, Gaye arrived, walkg down the center aisle of the Fom, drsed to the n, wh a ssette tape his hand. It was the dm track that had been laid down Saturday by Gaye and his longtime llaborator, guarist Gordon Banks, at Gaye’s sister’s hoe L.

MARV GAYE | AMERIN NATNAL ANTHEM

He, like so many his age, was a big fan of Gaye. He and Magic Johnson saw Gaye perform at the Palladium L.