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- 50 YEARS AFTER MARV GAYE ASKED, ‘WHAT’S GOG ON?’ AMERI STILL SEARCHG FOR AN ANSWER
- ROLLG STONE PLAC MARV GAYE AT THE TOP OF S NEW, LS ROCK HEAVY LIST OF THE BT ALBUMS EVER
- MARV GAYE ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ TV SPECIAL AIRS THIS WEEKEND
- BRISH ZOO HOP THAT MIC BY MARV GAYE WILL PUT MONKEYS THE MOOD
- MARV GAYE
- MEMPHIAN JACK ASHFORD RELLS HIS WORK ON MARV GAYE'S 'WHAT'S GOG ON' NEW CNN DOC
- THREAD: CNN SPECIAL REPORT WHAT'S GOG ON: MARV GAYE'S ANTHEM FOR THE AG
- SPIKE LEE SAYS THE ‘MOJO’ OF MARV GAYE IS TIMELS CNN’S DOC ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’
- MARV GAYE TO BUT ON US POSTAL STAMPS ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY
- MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER
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.
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 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.
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 *
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. The special also featur terviews wh artists spired by Gaye’s masterwork cludg Maxwell, Sheila E., Spike Lee, and Lee Daniels.
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.
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 *
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. 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. " ZEOLA GAYE, MARVIN GAYE'S SISTER: A lot of people feel bee of the albums they ma that they were lovers.
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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 *
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.
(MARVIN GAYE SINGING) ICE DANIELS, FILMMAKER: It was easy for him to e up wh his ual Marv Gaye love songs.
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.
MEMPHIAN JACK ASHFORD RELLS HIS WORK ON MARV GAYE'S 'WHAT'S GOG ON' NEW CNN DOC
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(MARVIN GAYE SINGING) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When Marv's wrg the rerds, this is the Gee Floyd of that era.
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 *
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. (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.
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 *
(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.
GAYE: He started dog dgs a ltle heavier and he started hearg voic, and he kept talkg about he didn't want to live anymore. (MARVIN GAYE SINGING) SAVANNAH LEAF, DIRECTOR, "WHAT'S GOING ON" MUSIC VIDEO: This song had never had a mic vio which is sane bee 's probably one of the most profound songs is history.
MARV GAYE TO BUT ON US POSTAL STAMPS ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY
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. * marvin gaye cnn *
When doo-wop dissipated the late 1950s, Gaye had already absorbed Fuqua’s lsons close harmony. After disbandg the Moonglows, Fuqua took the 20-year-old Gaye to Detro, where Berry Gordy, Jr., was formg Motown Rerds. Gaye also enjoyed a seri of succsful duets, most notably wh Tammi Terrell (“A’t Nothg Like the Real Thg” [1968]).
Blsed wh an exceptnally wi range that enpassed three distct vol styl—a piercg falsetto, a smooth mid-range tenor, and a ep gospel growl—Gaye bed great technil prows wh rare mil dividualy. Gaye also displayed dazzlg virtuosy by overdubbg (buildg sound track by track onto a sgle tape) his own voice three or four tim to provi his own rich harmony, a technique he would employ for the rt of his reer.
MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER
”Other major artists—most importantly Stevie Wonr—followed Gaye’s lead and acted as producer of their own efforts. In 1972 Gaye wrote the soundtrack for the film Trouble Man, wh lyrics that mirrored his own sense of secury. Here, My Dear (1979) brilliantly alt wh Gaye’s divorce om Gordy’s sister Anna (the first of the sger’s two tumultuo divorc)’s growg addictn to e exacerbated his psychologil stggl.
On April 1, 1984, durg a fay dispute, Gaye iated a vlent fight wh his father, who shot him to ath.
Gaye, who ced his chief fluenc as Ray Charl, Cly McPhatter, Rudy Wt (lead sger for the doo-wop group the Five Keys), and Ltle Willie John, was ducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1987. He received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement an artist who employed urban soul mic to exprs social and personal ncerns, as well as a sger of exquise sensivy and romantic grace, Gaye left a legacy that has wined sce his mise, and his mic has bee a permanent fixture Amerin pop.