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On May 21, Marv Gaye's 1971 album hs the half-century mark — and 's as timely as 's ever been.

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MARV GAYE

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 t k o *

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. 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.

For three high-flyg years, Gaye and Tammi Terrell wowed the untry wh their soarg duet performanc of songs like "A't No Mounta High Enough" and "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You. In 2013, Gaye's tate asserted that producer/songwrer Pharrell Williams and sger/songwrer Rob Thicke had mted pyright gement by takg major mil elements om the dis track for the mega-h "Blurred L. Personal LifeIn 1975, Gaye's wife Anna Gordy—Berry Gordy's sister—filed for divorce, and two years later Gaye married Hunter, who had by then given birth to their dghter, Nona (born September 4, 1974) and their son Frankie (born November 16, 1975).

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HE RERD SONGS BY SMOKEY ROBSON BEFORE BEG HIS OWN PRODUCER ON THE PROTT ALBUM WHAT'S GOG ON (1971). GAYE'S LATER RERDS VELOPED HIS PRODUCTN STYLE AND YIELD SEVERAL HS, CLUDG "LET'S GET IT ON," "SEXUAL HEALG" AND "I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE." GAYE WAS KILLED 1984 DURG A DOMTIC DISPUTE WH HIS FATHER.EARLY LIFESGER MARV PENTZ GAYE, JR., ALSO KNOWN AS THE "PRCE OF SOUL," WAS BORN WASHGTON, D.C., ON APRIL 2, 1939. GAYE WAS RAISED UNR THE STRICT NTROL OF HIS FATHER, REVEREND MARV GAY SR.—MARV GAYE JR. ADD THE "E" ON THE END OF HIS NAME LATER LIFE—THE MISTER AT A LOL CHURCH, AGAST A BLEAK BACKDROP OF WISPREAD VLENCE HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, GAYE OFTEN FOUND PEACE MIC, MASTERG THE PIANO AND DMS AT A YOUNG AGE. UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL, HIS SGG EXPERIENCE WAS LIMED TO CHURCH REVIVALS, BUT SOON HE VELOPED A LOVE FOR R&B AND DOO-WOP THAT WOULD SET THE FOUNDATN FOR HIS REER. IN THE LATE 1950S, GAYE JOED A VOL GROUP LLED THE NEW MOONGLOWS. THE TALENTED SGER HAD A PHENOMENAL RANGE THAT SPANNED THREE VOL STYL AND HE SOON IMPRSED THE GROUP'S FOUNR, HARVEY FUQUA. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE GAYE AND FUQUA BOTH ME TO THE ATTENTN OF DETRO MIC IMPRAR {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BERRY GORDY JR. AND WERE SIGNED TO GORDY'S LEGENDARY MOTOWN RERDS.MOTOWN RERDSGAYE'S FIRST CERTIFIED H UNR HIS OWN NAME WOULDN'T E UNTIL 1962, BUT HIS EARLY YEARS AT MOTOWN WERE FULL OF BEHD-THE-SCEN SUCCS. HE WAS A SSN DMMER FOR MOTOWN LEGENDS SUCH AS LTLE STEVIE WONR, THE SUPREM, THE MARVELETT AND MARTHA AND THE VANLLAS. SHOWG HIS STRIP AS MOTOWN'S RENAISSANCE MAN, GAYE WENT ON TO BREAK TO THE TOP 40 FOR THE FIRST TIME ON HIS OWN 1962 WH HIS SOLO SGLE "HCH HIKE." THROUGHOUT THE 1960S, GAYE WOULD SHOW HIS IMMENSE RANGE, CHURNG OUT SOLO DANCE HS AND ROMANTIC DUETS WH H-MAKERS LIKE DIANA ROSS AND MARY WELLS. "CAN I GET A WNS" AND "I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE" WERE SOME OF GAYE'S BIGGT HS OF THE PERD, THE LATTER ACHIEVG S PLACE AS MOTOWN'S BT-SELLG SGLE OF THE 1960S. FOR THREE HIGH-FLYG YEARS, GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL WOWED THE UNTRY WH THEIR SOARG DUET PERFORMANC OF SONGS LIKE "A'T NO MOUNTA HIGH ENOUGH" AND "IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU." UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR REIGN AS THE ROYAL COUPLE OF R&B END WHEN TERRELL SUCCUMBED TO A BRA TUMOR 1970. HIS BELOVED PARTNER'S ATH HERED A DARK PERD FOR THE SGER, WHO SWORE NEVER TO PARTNER WH ANOTHER FEMALE VOLIST AND THREATENED TO ABANDON THE STAGE FOR GOOD.POLIL MSAGEIN 1970, SPIRED BY LATG VLENCE AND POLIL UNRT OVER THE VIETNAM WAR, GAYE WROTE THE LANDMARK SONG "WHAT'S GOG ON." DPE CLASH WH MOTOWN OVER THE SONG'S CREATIVE DIRECTN, THE SGLE WAS RELEASED 1971 AND BEME AN STANT SMASH. ITS SUCCS PROMPTED GAYE TO TAKE EVEN MORE RISKS, BOTH MILLY AND POLILLY. WHEN WAS RELEASED THE SPRG OF 1971, THE WHAT'S GOG ON ALBUM SERVED TO OPEN GAYE UP TO NEW DIENC WHILE MATAG HIS MOTOWN FOLLOWG. DEPARTG OM THE TRIED AND TE MOTOWN FORMULA, GAYE WENT OUT ON HIS OWN ARTISTILLY, PAVG THE WAY FOR OTHER MOTOWN ARTISTS LIKE WONR AND MICHAEL JACKSON TO BRANCH OUT LATER YEARS. BEYOND FLUENCG HIS PEERS, THE ALBUM GARNERED WISPREAD CRIL ACCLAIM, WNG THE ROLLG STONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD.CROSSOVER SUCCSIN 1972, GAYE MOVED TO LOS ANGEL AND SOON MET JANIS HUNTER, WHO WOULD LATER BEE HIS SEND WIFE. INSPIRED PART BY HIS NEWFOUND PENNCE, GAYE RERD ONE OF THE MOST REVERED LOVE ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME, "LET'S GET IT ON." THE SONG BEME HIS SEND NO. 1 BILLBOARD H, CEMENTG HIS CROSSOVER APPEAL ONCE AND FOR ALL. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, MOTOWN PHED GAYE TO TOURG TO PALIZE ON HIS MOST RECENT SUCCS; RELUCTANTLY THE SGER-SONGWRER RETURNED TO THE STAGE. THROUGH MOST OF THE MID-1970S, GAYE WAS TOURG, LLABORATG OR PRODUCG. WORKG WH DIANA ROSS AND THE MIRACL, HE PUT OFF RELEASG ANOTHER SOLO ALBUM UNTIL 1976. HE NTUED TOURG AFTER THE RELEASE OF I WANT YOU (1976) AND, AFTER SRG A NO. 1 H 1977 WH THE DANCE SGLE "GOT TO GIVE IT UP," RELEASED HIS LAST ALBUM FOR MOTOWN RERDS (HERE, MY DEAR) 1978. (DES LATER, "GOT TO GIVE IT UP" WOULD BEE THE CENTER OF A BIG NTROVERSY. IN 2013, GAYE'S TATE ASSERTED THAT PRODUCER/SONGWRER PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND SGER/SONGWRER ROB THICKE HAD MTED PYRIGHT GEMENT BY TAKG MAJOR MIL ELEMENTS OM THE DIS TRACK FOR THE MEGA-H "BLURRED L." AFTER A SE WHICH THICKE TTIFIED THAT HE'D HAD LTLE TO DO WH THE WRG OF THE SONG, THE JURY LED FAVOR OF GAYE'S FAY, WHO WERE AWARD $7.3 LN DAMAG AND PROF SHAR. THE JURY ALSO LED THAT NEHER WILLIAMS OR THICKE HAD PURPOSELY MTED GEMENT.) AFTER TWO S AT MOTOWN, GAYE SIGNED WH CBS'S COLUMBIA RERDS 1982 AND BEGAN TO WORK ON HIS LAST ALBUM, MIDNIGHT LOVE. THE LEAD SGLE OM THAT ALBUM, "SEXUAL HEALG," BEME A HUGE EBACK H FOR THE R&B STAR AND EARNED HIM HIS FIRST TWO GRAMMY AWARDS AND AN AMERIN MIC AWARD FOR FAVORE SOUL SGLE.PERSONAL LIFEIN 1975, GAYE'S WIFE ANNA GORDY—BERRY GORDY'S SISTER—FILED FOR DIVORCE, AND TWO YEARS LATER GAYE MARRIED HUNTER, WHO HAD BY THEN GIVEN BIRTH TO THEIR DGHTER, NONA (BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1974) AND THEIR SON FRANKIE (BORN NOVEMBER 16, 1975). GAYE ALSO HAD AN ADOPTED SON (MARV PENTZ GAYE III) OM HIS PREV MARRIAGE. THE SGER'S MARRIAGE TO HUNTER PROVED SHORT LIVED AND TUMULTUO, ENDG DIVORCE 1981.DEATH AND LEGACYDPE HIS SUCCSFUL EBACK THE EARLY 1980S, GAYE STGGLED BADLY WH THE SUBSTANCE ABE AND BOUTS OF PRSN THAT HAD PLAGUED HIM FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. AFTER HIS LAST TOUR, HE MOVED TO HIS PARENTS' HOE. THERE HE AND HIS FATHER FELL TO A PATTERN OF VLENT FIGHTS AND QUARRELS THAT RELLED NFLICTS THAT HAD HNTED THE FAY FOR S. ON APRIL 1, 1984, MARV GAYE SR. SHOT AND KILLED HIS SON AFTER A PHYSIL ALTERTN; THE FATHER CLAIMED HE ACTED SELF-FENSE BUT WOULD LATER BE NVICTED OF VOLUNTARY MANSLGHTER. THREE YEARS AFTER HIS ATH, GAYE WAS DUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. CREATG BETIFUL ART OM A TROUBLED LIFE, GAYE AGA AND AGA BROUGHT HIS VISN, RANGE AND ARTISTRY TO THE WORLD STAGE. AT THE END OF HIS REER, HE ADMTED HE NO LONGER MA MIC FOR PLEASURE; STEAD, HE SAID, "I RERD SO THAT I N FEED PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT THEY FEEL. HOPEFULLY, I RERD SO THAT I N HELP SOMEONE OVERE A BAD TIME."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;MARG:0.9375REM 0 0 0.625REM;PADDG:0 0 0 1.25REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:0.9375REM 0;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} LI{PADDG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} LI::MARKER{LOR:#323232;}NAME: MARV GAYEBIRTH YEAR: 1939BIRTH DATE: APRIL 2, 1939BIRTH CY: WASHGTON, D. C.BIRTH COUNTRY: UNED STATGENR: MALEBT KNOWN FOR: MARV GAYE WAS A SOUL SGER-SONGWRER WH MOTOWN THE 1960S AND 1970S. HE PRODUCED HIS OWN RERDS AND OFTEN ADDRSED NTROVERSIAL THEM.INDTRIPOPASTROLOGIL SIGN: ARIINTERTG FACTSBEFORE MAKG AS A SOLO ARTIST, MARV GAYE PLAYED DMS FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS STEVIE WONR AND THE SUPREM.DEATH YEAR: 1984DEATH DATE: APRIL 1, 1984DEATH STATE: CALIFORNIADEATH CY: LOS ANGELDEATH COUNTRY: UNED STATFACT CHECKWE STRIVE FOR ACCURACY AND YOU SEE SOMETHG THAT DON'T LOOK RIGHT,NTACT !CITATION INFORMATIONARTICLE TLE: MARV GAYE BGRAPHYAUTHOR: EDORSWEBSE NAME: THE WEBSEURL: ACCS DATE: PUBLISHER: A&E; TELEVISN NETWORKSLAST UPDATED: APRIL 19, 2021ORIGAL PUBLISHED DATE: APRIL 2, 2014QUOTES

Marv Gaye was a soul sger-songwrer wh Motown the 1960s and 1970s. He produced his own rerds and often addrsed ntroversial them. * marvin gaye t k o *

The sger's marriage to Hunter proved short lived and tumultuo, endg divorce and LegacyDpe his succsful eback the early 1980s, Gaye stggled badly wh the substance abe and bouts of prsn that had plagued him for most of his life. IndtriPopAstrologil Sign: AriIntertg FactsBefore makg as a solo artist, Marv Gaye played dms for artists such as Stevie Wonr and The Year: 1984Death date: April 1, 1984Death State: CaliforniaDeath Cy: Los AngelDeath Country: Uned StatFact CheckWe strive for accuracy and you see somethg that don't look right, ntact ! CITATION INFORMATIONArticle Tle: Marv Gaye BgraphyAuthor: EdorsWebse Name: The webseUrl: Date: Publisher: A&E; Televisn NetworksLast Updated: April 19, 2021Origal Published Date: April 2, 2014QUOTESWar is not the answer, bee only love n nquer you nnot fd peace wh yourself, you will never fd anywhere else.

MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED

Marv Gaye was one of the greatt sgers of all time, who rerd some of the ft ever soul songs a short perd of time." name="scriptn * marvin gaye t k o *

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? Songwrers Ashford & Simpson scribed this song as their 'goln egg' which got them their first Motown Sprgfield wanted to rerd first, but the duo turned her down so that they uld secure Motown, and land wh Marv and Tammi Terrell, who sred a big h wh their origal more: Tammi Terrell - The tragic life story of a Motown sger and how Marv Gaye never got over her athThree years later, Diana Ross achieved her first solo US number one wh a ver versn g a different arrangement.

The tle track of his 1973 album, beme Marv's biggt h and one of his sgature wh Ed Townsend, was origally nceived as a relig song after Townsend had recently fished rehab, before Gaye transformed to an emotnal plea about love and sexual liberatn. This song was -wrten by Renaldo 'Obie' Benson, Al Cleveland, and Marv Gaye, and produced by Gaye marked Gaye's parture om the Motown Sound of his prev output, towards more personal more: The Story of...

However, is Marv Gaye's versn om 1968 that beme the most inic, spe the fact that Motown chief Berry Gordy was not nvced would be a h at more: Marv Gaye's isolated vols om 'I Heard Through the Grapeve' will give you tglIt beme a h for a send time 1985, after s e the inic Levi's advert featurg a certa Nick Kamen at a lndrette. Marv Gaye is different, different for one simple reason: he had immense talent, not jt as a sger but also as a songwrer that set him on a higher plane, as well as a social nscience that advoted change. Wh 1963’s ‘Pri and Joy’, Gaye sred his first Top Ten smash, but often found his role as a hmaker stiflg – his sire to bee a crooner of lh romantic ballads, ran direct opposn to Motown’s all-important emphasis on chart succs and the ongog battle between his artistic ambns and the label’s mands for a mercial product, ntued throughout Gaye’s long tenure wh the pany.

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

Marv Gaye was one of the most fluential and succsful artists the history of R&B, wh untls classic albums and h sgl. * marvin gaye t k o *

Wh 1964’s Together, a llectn of duets wh Mary Wells, Gaye sred his first chartg album; the duo also notched a number of h sgl together, cludg ‘Once Upon a Time’ and ‘What’s the Matter Wh You, Baby? However, Gaye’s greatt duets were to be wh Tammi Terrell, wh whom he sred a seri of massive hs, penned by the team of Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, cludg 1967’s ‘A’t No Mounta High Enough’ and ‘Your Prec Love’, followed by 1968’s ‘A’t Nothg Like the Real Thg’ and ‘You’re All I Need to Get By’.

The team’s succs was tragilly cut short 1967 when, durg a ncert appearance Virgia, Terrell llapsed to Gaye’s arms on-stage, the first evince of a bra tumour that abptly end her performg reer and fally killed her on March 16, 1970. A highly percsive album, which rporated jazz and classil elements, to fe a remarkably sophistited and fluid soul sound, What’s Gog On was a nceptual masterpiece that brought Gaye’s eply held spirual beliefs to the fore. Explorg issu rangg om poverty and discrimatn to the environment, dg abe, and polil rptn; chief among the rerd’s ncerns was the nflict Vietnam, as Gaye stctured the songs around the pot of view of his brother Frankie, himself a soldier recently returned om bat.

As a rult of a 1976 urt settlement, Gaye was orred to make good on missed alimony payments by rerdg a new album, wh the tentn that all royalti earned om s sal would then be award to his ex-wife. In 1981, longstandg tax difficulti and renewed prsur om the IRS forced Gaye to flee to Europe, where he began work on the amb In Our Lifetime, a eply philosophil rerd that ultimately severed his longstandg relatnship wh Motown after he claimed the label had remixed and eded the album whout his nsent.

MARVIN GAYE

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 t k o *

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. 1s0UK Top 10s4UK Top 40s10UK Top 75s18Weeks the Top 10Weeks the Top 1015Weeks the Top 4095Weeks the Top 75169MARVIN GAYE news Official Sgl Chart05 Aug 196416 Dec 196405 Oct 196601 Feb 196723 Jan 196818 Jun 196808 Oct 196828 Jan 196918 Feb 196910 Jun 196929 Jul 196915 Nov 196909 May 197011 Dec 197122 Sep 197323 Mar 197420 Jul 197407 May 197724 Feb 1979POPS, WE LOVE YOUDIANA ROSS/SMOKEY ROBINSON/MARVIN GAYE/STEVIE WONDERPeak: 66, Weeks: 530 Oct 198208 Jan 198326 Nov 198318 May 198526 Apr 198628 Jun 198614 May 199406 Oct 2001MUSICERICK SERMON FEATURING MARVIN GAYEPeak: 36, Weeks: 227 Apr 2013 Official Albums Chart16 Mar 196822 Aug 197010 Nov 197319 Jan 197415 May 197630 Oct 197628 Feb 198120 Nov 198215 Jun 198512 Nov 1988LOVE SONGSMARVIN GAYE AND SMOKEY ROBINSONPeak: 69, Weeks: 903 Nov 199009 Apr 199409 Apr 199407 Feb 199819 Feb 200001 Sep 200125 Mar 200613 Feb 201009 May 2019 Official Sgl Sal Chart Official Sgl Downloads Chart Official Physil Sgl Chart Official Sttish Albums Chart Official Albums Sal Chart Official Album Downloads Chart Official Physil Albums Chart Official Vyl Albums Chart Official Vyl Sgl Chart Official Rerd Store Chart Official Dance Sgl Chart Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart Official Hip Hop and R&B Sgl Chart Official Inpennt Albums Chart Official Inpennt Sgl Chart Official Mic Vio Chart.

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Wh progrs, 100 years we'll look back on the rerd as an album that broke down barriers and beme the blueprt on how to live harmonly wh each other and our, though, let's take a closer look at the makg of Gaye's masterpiece as the album reach s mid-life surround by a world still crisis.

The boss at Motown thought Gaye was jeopardizg his reer wh this albumIn the fall of 1970, Gaye was so exced about the prott album he had md — and the song "What's Gog On" that he'd jt fished — that he tracked down the head of Motown Rerds, Berry Gordy, who was on vatn the Bahamas, to tell him the ia.

LET’S GET IT ON (PART II) [A.K.A. KEEP GETT’ IT ON - COMPLETE]MARV GAYETRACK 19 ON LET’S GET IT ON (DELUXE EDN) PRODUCED BYED TOWNSEND & MARV GAYESEP. 18, 20011 VIEWER3 CONTRIBUTORSLET’S GET IT ON (PART II) [A.K.A. KEEP GETT’ IT ON - COMPLETE] LYRICS[INTRO]YEAH, WANT TO TALK, OKAYTALK ABOUT GETTG ONWELLEARLY THE MORNG, CHILDREN, TALK ABOUT GETTG ON[VERSE 1]OH, YOU WANT TO HAVE, SOME GOOD LOVG, OHAND PLENTY GOOD TIME, OH YEAHDON'T JT TALK ABOUT EVERYBODY, START GETTG ON, OH[VERSE 2]OH, WOULD YOU RATHER MAKE LOVE, CHILDREN?AS OPPOSED TO WAR, LIKE YOU KNOW YOU SHOULDDON'T YOU LOVE TO LOVE SOMEBODY, THK ABOUT THE PEOPLEMAKE YOU FEEL SO GOOD, YEAH, E ONOH, DON'T YOU WANT SOMEBODYTHK ABOUT YOUR GOOD NOWYEAH, GOT YOUR GOODNS YOUCOME ON, JT BRG ON OUTWHAT YOU WAG FOR?[VERSE 3]OH, J, TRYG TO TELL THE PEOPLETO E ON AND GET ON, Y, LORDOOH, GET ON, PEOPLE, LET'S GET ONMORN', NOON' AND NIGHTTIMEI'LL, I'LLYEAH, E ON, OH LORD, GET ON RIGHT NOWOH, GET ON, GET ON, GET ONCOME ON, DON'T HATE MEOH, YOU WON'T BE SO LONOME IF YOU GET ONOOH OOHGET ON, LOVE SOMEBODY GOODYEAH, YEAHYOU KNOW YOU GOT TO E ON OUT AND GET ONOH YEAH, GET ON, OWHOT AND EVERYBODY KNOWS, OHHOT AND NOW YOU KNOWHOT, SOMEBODY KNOWSYO, E ON, E ON, E ONHOT, SOMEBODY KNOWSGET ON, GET ONGET ON, GET ONPLEASEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “LET’S GET IT ON (PART II) [A.K.A. KEEP GETT’ IT ON - COMPLETE]” BY MARV GAYE?WHEN DID MARV GAYE RELEASE “LET’S GET IT ON (PART II) [A.K.A. KEEP GETT’ IT ON - COMPLETE]”?WHO WROTE “LET’S GET IT ON (PART II) [A.K.A. KEEP GETT’ IT ON - COMPLETE]” BY MARV GAYE?LET’S GET IT ON (DELUXE EDN) (2001)MARV GAYE1. LET’S GET IT ON2. PLEASE STAY (ONCE YOU GO AWAY)3. IF I SHOULD DIE TONIGHT4. KEEP GETT’ IT ON5. COME GET TO THIS6. DISTANT LOVER7. YOU SURE LOVE TO BALL8. JT TO KEEP YOU SATISFIED9. SONG #3 (INSTMENTAL)10. MY LOVE IS GROWG11. CAK (INSTMENTAL)12. SYMPHONY (UNDUBBED VERSN)13. I’D GIVE MY LIFE FOR YOU [ALTERNATE MIX]14. I LOVE YOU SECRETLY15. YOU’RE THE MAN (ALTERNATE VERSN 1)16. YOU’RE THE MAN (ALTERNATE VERSN 2)17. SYMPHONY [DEMO VOL]18. LET’S GET IT ON (DEMO VERSN)19. LET’S GET IT ON (PART II) [A.K.A. KEEP GETT’ IT ON - COMPLETE]20. PLEASE STAY (ONCE YOU GO AWAY) [ALTERNATE MIX]21. IF I SHOULD DIE TONIGHT (DEMO)22. COME GET TO THIS (ALTERNATE MIX)23. DISTANT LOVER (ALTERNATE MIX)24. YOU SURE LOVE TO BALL (ALTERNATE MIX W / ALTERNATE VOL)25. JT TO KEEP YOU SATISFIED (A CAPELLA W / ALTERNATIVE VOL)26. JT TO KEEP YOU SATISFIED27. JT TO KEEP YOU SATISFIED28. WHERE ARE WE GOG? (ALTERNATE MIX)29. THE WORLD IS RATED X (ALTERNATE MIX)30. I’M GONNA GIVE YOU RPECT31. TRY IT, YOU’LL LIKE 32. YOU ARE THAT SPECIAL ONE33. WE CAN MAKE IT BABY34. RUNNG FROM LOVE (INSTMENTAL VERSN 1)35. MANDOTA (INSTMENTAL)36. RUNNG FROM LOVE (INSTMENTAL VERSN 2)37. COME GET TO THIS (LIVE OM OAKLAND)CREDSPRODUCED BYED TOWNSEND & MARV GAYEWRTEN BYED TOWNSEND & MARV GAYERELEASE DATESEPTEMBER 18, 2001LET’S GET IT ON (PART II) [A.K.A. KEEP GETT’ IT ON - COMPLETE] REMIXKEEP GETT' IT ON BY MARV GAYETAGSR&BEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

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'What's Gog On' almost beme a song for vol group the OrigalsIn mid-1970, after workg on the song wh lyricist Al Cleveland, Benson fally had a chance to play for Gaye after trackg him down on a golf urse.

Many of his fans pied his fashn sense, but Gaye later admted to bgrapher David Rz that he wore them to ver up a growg bald spot on the top of his head, and was tickled to see people wear them to look Gaye, wearg his signature toque. Jam Jamerson rerd his bass l while layg flat on his backThe story go that Gaye knew he wanted Motown ssn man and key Funk Brother Jam Jamerson to play bass on the rhythm tracks, so he followed Jamerson down to a lol Detro blu club where the bassist was playg the band.

Gaye axed him offstage and back to the stud, but Jamerson was so toxited he kept fallg off his stool durg the rerdg, so he lay flat on his back to lay down the bass riffs that were wrten out for him by arranger David Van DePte. Gaye was a nervo performer at the bt of tim, but on his namake day, four years sce his last performance, sred, stoned and wh a hired band of unr-rehearsed micians, Gaye panicked and accintally started wh "Right On, " the album's first song on the send si, playg the album back to ont. SmokeThis album was the product of many wrers, among them Anna Gordy, Obie Benson, Al Cleveland, Elgie Stover, Jam Nyx and Earl Derouen, but Gaye always claimed there was one wrer on the album who didn't receive an album cred: Smokey Robson.

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In 1979, Marv Gaye was spiralg. He thought a fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and a fast-risg boxer named Andy Price uld save him * marvin gaye t k o *

'What's Happeng Brother'The song "What's Happeng Brother" me directly out of a nversatn between Gaye and his younger brother, Frankie, who had been to Vietnam and pleted a three-year tour of duty. 'The Curse Out Man'The songs "Fly' High ( the Friendly Sky)" and "God is Love" were wrten by Gaye, his wife, Anna, and his nfidante Elgie Stover, who was nicknamed "the curse out man" at Motown.

On the album's next track, "Save the Children, " Gaye shows his two other distct voic: his macho-man style of sgg, ed on his early R&B hs, and Gaye the preacher, his reasoned, level-head spoken-word ratnal voice (which is the ma voice you hear on the track). " Motown legend tells that was performed by sax player Thomas "Beans" Bowl, who was lled to the stud by Gaye a scramble the middle of the night to perform — but the tth is very flute on the song was played by a teenage girl named Dayna Hartwick. In 2001, to celebrate s 30th anniversary, was released as a double CD legacy edn, which clud the origal LP, Gaye's rejected "Detro Mix" of the album, the mono mix of the sgl and Gaye's first and only plete performance of the album, live at the Kennedy Center his native Washgton, D.

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In 2016, a special 45th anniversary vyl four-rerd set was released, expandg the Kennedy Center ncert, along wh a rerd store day 10" EP featurg the album's tle track reimaged as a duet wh Gaye and ntemporary Motown artist B. 20, 2021, "What's Gog On" Day wh this statement: "Through the regnn of 'What's Gog On' Day, we hope to brg awarens to Marv Gaye's profound words as his timels mic remas our hearts and mds and ntu spirg generatns to e. Wonr racked up 15 awards jt the between Talkg Book and Gaye's was dly env of Wonr, tellg bgrapher David Rz, "Now every time I hear him, between my twg of jealoy, I thank God for Stevie's gift.

Wonr even appeared a recent CNN documentary, What's Gog On: Marv Gaye's Anthem for the Ag, to honour his what would have been Gaye's birthday 2021, Wonr shared an open letter wh the Motown Mm to honour his iend:50. Durg the 1970s, Gaye rerd the albums What's Gog On and Let's Get It On and beme one of the first artists Motown to break away om the res of a productn later rerdgs fluenced several ntemporary R&B sub-genr, such as quiet storm and Neo-Soul. Gaye's last televised appearanc were at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, where he sang "The Star-Spangled Banner"; Motown 25: Yterday, Today, Forever; and Soul April 1, 1984, the eve of his 45th birthday, Gaye was shot and mortally wound by his father, Marv Gay Sr., at their hoe Hanck Park, Los Angel, after an argument.

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Unlimed ee Marv Gaye mic - Click to play A't No Mounta High Enough, What's Gog On and whatever else you want! Marv Pentz Gay, Jr. (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), better known by his stage name Marv Gaye, w * marvin gaye t k o *

Many stutns have posthumoly btowed Gaye wh awards and other honors cludg the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and ductns to the Rhythm and Blu Mic Hall of Fame, the Songwrers Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Gaye often spoke boxg metaphors, and 1979 — the wake of a stly divorce om his first wife, tranged om his send, gripped by e addictn, and badly bt to the IRS — the image of the pummeled prizefighter beme particularly potent to him. Though much has been wrten about Gaye’s downward spiral the late Seventi and early Eighti, about the rurgence of his reer the wake of “Sexual Healg, ” and his 1984 murr at the hands of his own father at the fay’s home, ltle has been wrten about this event.

Penrgrass, steppg out om the shadow of Philly soul group Harold Melv and the Blue Not, strapped himself to the rocket that was the dis-soul craze of the late Seventi and experienced massive succs jt as Gaye’s reer was takg a downturn. ” Wh “Ego Trippg Out, ” Gaye set out to make a mercial rerd, somethg that would reigne his stagnant reer, but stead, he wound up makg somethg much more gut-wrenchg, reflective, and profound. The fay cid to take a walk on the beach, and as the kids ran ahead and played, Gaye and Jan began to fight over his sire to divorce and her sistence that they first iron out the fancial tails.

FOLLOWING THE ALTERCATION Hermosa Beach, Gaye was released om ctody, and soon he, his mother, Alberta, his brother, Frankie, and their sister, Zeola, crowd to his ctomized Greyhound b and head to Vegas. “We left … on September 27th, durg a heat wave, only to fd the temperature climbg even higher as we traveled the long, solate highway through the sert, ” Frankie wrote his memoir, Marv Gaye, My Brother. And standg the center of this maelstrom of garish Amerin imagery was Marv Gaye, wh his black eye and black su, clutchg a microphone wh what looked like tears his ey, as “The Star-Spangled Banner” crept through the PA.

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Around this time, Ebony terviewed Gaye, teasg the piece on the ver: “Exiled London, ntroversial sger Marv Gaye talks about: Losg his home and fortune to the IRS; kidnappg his own son …” As if that wasn’t bad enough, that ver featured none other than Sugar Ray Leonard, whose reer had gone supernova sce the Price fight.

Whether was his h duets wh Tammi Terrell, the polilly-charged album "What's Gog On, " or the oozg sexualy of his only Grammy-wng song "Sexual Healg, " Gaye beme a hoehold name wh the Amerin mil landspe.

David Rz his 1991 revised edn of his Marv Gaye bgraphy, "Divid Soul, " noted the importance of Gaye's mic more potedly: "Marv's name has been mentned — reverential ton — on no ls than seven top-ten h rerds.

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Yet those nearly 45 years of life, Gaye went om sirg to sg standards to shapg the sound of Motown to beg an in and creative geni mandg full creative ntrol of his mic — which led the way for others like Stevie Wonr. The general perspective on the neighborhood at the time by surroundg (wealthier) rints was one of disgt and fear — "They radiate out sanary fluenc" (via a 2018 Public Health Report) — which explas why Gaye, his iends, and the rt of the Southwt muny probably felt like they were om another untry. However, Michael Eric Dyson revealed his book, "Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Lov & Demons of Marv Gaye" that the child was actually Gaye's blogil son, and he had, wh much parallel to the Biblil story of Abraham and Sarah, had terurse wh the 15-year-old Denise orr to have a son, sce his wife uldn't get pregnant.

When Marv Gaye divorced Anna Gordy 1977 and subsequently separated om send wife, Janis Hunter – who was 17 when they met and fell love – 1979, his fancial issu began to encroach to his existence to the pot that he uld no longer ignore .

Acrdg to David Rz's "Divid Soul, " Gaye thought that Motown had gotten their hands on the unfished masters om a uple of the micians who had snuck them out of London and brought them to Los Angel.

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Gaye had tervened an argument between his mother and father that night and paid the ultimate price, one almost seemgly termed by fate knowg how ever-prent the threat of his father had been throughout his life (via "Divid Soul"). Hollywood star Ryan O'Neal has been acced of sexually harassg the wife of Marv Gaye at a rtrant as the soul sger Gaye claimed the star, famo for his role the Osr wng movie Love Story, approached her and the sger at a Beverly Hills lunch and 'ma his move wh great subtlety. He partied and enjoyed life wh his Farrah Fawcet - but Jan Gaye claims that he sexually asslted her a rtrant, which he ni Creator: Marv Gaye at Goln Wt Studs 1974 Los Angel, CaliforniaShe and Gaye had a troubled relatnship, their problems fueled by dgs, when they chanced upon the actor a bistro lled Daisy the late wrote that the lunch had been notable, first when Marv spotted Candice Bergen and beme entranced, scribg her as 'geo enough to stop traffic' Jan watched her, Marv acced Jan of havg sexual signs on her, but she told him she was simply bowled over by her add: 'Durg that same lunch we noticed Ryan O'Neal… was Marv who seemed obssed.

Legacy: Janis Gaye (right) was the drivg force the legal se brought by Gaye's children and tate agast Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams which saw the two forced to pay the Gay for g his work Blurred L. Troubled geni: Marv Gaye's hs clud Sexual Healg and What's Gog On, but his send marriage was blighted by dgsWhile at their mounta top home Topanga Canyon, California, they spent many happy days alone wh their two dogs. He had failed to turn up to sg at her birthday and apologized when they met a few weeks was March 1973 and he was workg on the multi-ln sellg Let's Get It On began an affair almost immediately wh Gaye woog her by sgg to her his r and eighteen months later their dghter Nona was born Washgton son Frankie Christian was born a year later Los was married at the time to Anna Gordy, but he was divorced om her and married Jan October was born to the late jazz mician Slim Gaillard and Barbara Hunter.

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