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Legendary sger Marv Gaye, dubbed the “Prce of Soul” is gettg a memorative stamp om the US Postal Service, which will but on what would’ve been his 80th birthday.

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50 YEARS AFTER MARV GAYE ASKED, ‘WHAT’S GOG ON?’ AMERI STILL SEARCHG FOR AN ANSWER

As a child, mician Devon Gilfillian remembers his father, a profsnal weddg sger, harmonizg wh Marv Gaye’s inic “What’s Gog On” album their livg room. While the groove of the mic was palpable, the lyrics were lost on a young Gilfillian. * marvin gaye cnn *

As a child, mician Devon Gilfillian remembers his father, a profsnal weddg sger, harmonizg wh Marv Gaye’s inic “What’s Gog On” album their livg room.

In a recent terview for a new CNN documentary about Gaye’s work, tled “What’s Gog On: Marv Gaye’s Anthem for the Ag, ” the Grammy-nomated artist and activist relled redisverg the album jt before headg to a prott Nashville last summer. CNN Special: “What’s Gog On”: Marv Gaye’s Anthem for the Ag Anchored by CNN’s Don Lemon on Sunday, May 9th at 8pm, ET. In 1971, while the Uned Stat was the midst of the Vietnam war and social unrt permeated the untry, Motown sger Marv Gaye took to the airwav wh a song of peace and nsc reflectn.

In the CNN Special: What’s Gog On: Marv Gaye’s Anthem for the Ag airg Sunday, May 9th at 8pmET, CNN’s Don Lemon explor the impact and geni of Marv Gaye, his unprecented album and the anatomy of several inic hs om the rerd that reflect some of the most signifint challeng and divisns the natn today. Gaye triumphed by landg a platum album and transformg the most troublg social issu to an emotnal appeal.

ROLLG STONE PLAC MARV GAYE AT THE TOP OF S NEW, LS ROCK HEAVY LIST OF THE BT ALBUMS EVER

Anchored by CNN’s Don Lemon on Sunday, May 9th at 8pm, ET Promo clip:    In 1971, while the Uned Stat was the midst of the Vietnam war and social unrt permeated the untry, Motown sger Marv Gaye took to the airwav wh a song of peace a... * marvin gaye cnn *

In this documentary, Lemon nducts rare terviews wh mic legends Stevie Wonr and Smokey Robson and speaks to other Motown micians who were there wh Gaye as he rerd What’s Gog On, si the inic Hsville stud Detro. CNN Special: What’s Gog On: Marv Gaye’s Anthem for the Ag will stream live for subscribers on May 9th via ’s homepage and across mobile vic via CNN’s apps for iOS and Android wh a log- to a ble provir.

MARV GAYE ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ TV SPECIAL AIRS THIS WEEKEND

CNN will be airg a documentary on Marv Gaye tled ‘What’s Gog On’: Marv Gaye’s Anthem For The Ag on May 9 at 8 PM EST. * marvin gaye cnn *

The special also featur terviews wh artists spired by Gaye’s masterwork cludg Maxwell, Sheila E., Spike Lee, and Lee Daniels.

BRISH ZOO HOP THAT MIC BY MARV GAYE WILL PUT MONKEYS THE MOOD

The mic of Motown's Marv Gaye is legendary for gettg folks the mood for some "Sexual Healg." * marvin gaye cnn *

CNN has announced a new documentary special that will explore the impact and geni of Marv Gaye.

What’s Gog On: Marv Gaye’s Anthem for the Ag will air this Sunday, May 9 at 8 pm EST, wh CNN’s Don Lemon as host. In 1971, while the Uned Stat was the middle of the btal Vietnam War and social unrt was spreadg throughout the untry, Motown star Marv Gaye ed his powerful voice to spread a song of peace and purposeful reflectn. In this documentary, Lemon nducts rare terviews wh mic legends Stevie Wonr and Smokey Robson and speaks to other Motown micians who were there wh Gaye as he rerd What’s Gog On si the inic Hsville stud Detro.

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Marv Gaye, Amerin soul sger-songwrer-producer who, to a large extent, hered the era of artist-ntrolled popular mic of the 1970s. Among his h songs were ‘I Heard It Through the Grapeve,’ ‘A’t Nothg Like the Real Thg,’ ‘What’s Gog On,’ ‘Let’s Get It On,’ and ‘Sexual Healg.’ * marvin gaye cnn *

CNN Special: What’s Gog On: Marv Gaye’s Anthem for the Ag will stream live for subscribers on May 9th via ’s homepage and across mobile vic via CNN’s apps for iOS and Android wh a log- to a ble provir. The mic of Motown’s Marv Gaye is legendary for gettg folks the mood for some “Sexual Healg. The furry rints of The Trentham Monkey Fort Stafford, England, got some soulful enuragement om a Gaye impersonator.

David Largie performed some of Gaye’s classic hs si the Barbary maque habat to put them the mood for breedg.

(MUSIC OF MARVIN GAYE) STEVIE WONDER, MUSICIAN: Marv touched the souls of lns and lns of people. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) MARVIN GAYE, MUSICIAN: My father is a mister, and he's always (INAUDIBLE). LEMON: You have a love and a reverence and a nnectn to Marv Gaye that stretch -- that go back your entire life.

MEMPHIAN JACK ASHFORD RELLS HIS WORK ON MARV GAYE'S 'WHAT'S GOG ON' NEW CNN DOC

A five-year legal battle over the pyright of the h song “Blurred L” has end wh Marv Gaye’s fay beg award a fal judgment of nearly $5 ln agast Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams. * marvin gaye cnn *

" ZEOLA GAYE, MARVIN GAYE'S SISTER: A lot of people feel bee of the albums they ma that they were lovers. GAYE: I thk was around 1969 and 1970, that perd at Motown Rerds when I stopped thkg so much about my erotic fantasi, and I started to thk about the war Vietnam, my brothers, Tommy wre some pretty horrible stori. GAYE: I know he was gog through the pa and the agony of my youngt brother Reggie who was Vietnam at the time.

THREAD: CNN SPECIAL REPORT WHAT'S GOG ON: MARV GAYE'S ANTHEM FOR THE AG

A Manhattan jury found Ed Sheeran's h "Thkg Out Loud" did not ge on the pyright of the classic Marv Gaye song "Let's Get It On." * marvin gaye cnn *

(MARVIN GAYE SINGING) ICE DANIELS, FILMMAKER: It was easy for him to e up wh his ual Marv Gaye love songs.

SPIKE LEE SAYS THE ‘MOJO’ OF MARV GAYE IS TIMELS CNN’S DOC ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’

Marv Gaye artist page: terviews, featur and/or performanc archived at NPR Mic * marvin gaye cnn *

GAYE: When you thk about all the sensels killgs, when they break the girl's door down, we're losg people that we love for no reason at all. (MARVIN GAYE SINGING) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When Marv's wrg the rerds, this is the Gee Floyd of that era.

GEORGE: Marv Gaye lookg to the world, you know, jt feels like an overst day -- lookg to darkns a way. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) [20:35:00] (MARVIN GAYE SINGING) LEE: People say that n be the zenh of black mic.

MARV GAYE TO BUT ON US POSTAL STAMPS ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY

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(MARVIN GAYE SINGING) LEE: Ain-Amerins at the height of Vietnam War, as soon as you graduated, your black ass up, sent you boot mp, and before you were snappg your ggers, your ass the jungle, half way around the world.

MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) [20:46:36] (MARVIN GAYE SINGING) GEORGE: I asked him, what do you thk about dog another "What's Gog On, " and he said, he didn't feel that he was the right mental state to do that. GAYE: That gone through three years of pretty rough time and 's been difficult to hold up many tim.

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