Marv Gaye's 10 greatt songs ever, ranked - Smooth

Contents:

• LOVE MARV: THE GREATT LOVE SONGS OF MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE: LOVE SONGS
• MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED

LOVE MARV: THE GREATT LOVE SONGS OF MARV GAYE

Marv Gaye.

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MARV GAYE: LOVE SONGS

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MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED

Marv Gaye “How Sweet It Is” Live At Montrx Jazz Ftival 1980 HD. Wrten by the famo Holland–Dozier–Holland tr at Motown, this gave Marv Gaye his biggt h at the time song's tle was spired by one of Jackie Gleason's signature tchphras: "How Sweet It Is! Released on Motown's Tamla label 1966, this duet between Marv and Kim Wton scrib var thgs life - such as dreams, love and wish - beg far better wh two people stead of more: The tragic story of Marv Gaye and the untimely ath of a soul legendIn 1990, Rod Stewart and Ta Turner teamed up for a ver versn, takg to number five the UK.

Origally by Dn, this song was a tribute to four inic Amerins who were assassated: Abraham Lln, Mart Luther Kg Jr, John F Kennedy and Robert Gaye vered the song 1970, and was one of his first experiments socially-nsc mic, a year before his What's Gog On?