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• MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ GETS 50TH ANNIVERSARY DIGAL REISSUE
• MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE
• MOTOWN AND UME CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’
• MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE - WHAT'S GOG ON

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MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ GETS 50TH ANNIVERSARY DIGAL REISSUE

47 ln people watched the only rnn of Diana Ross and the Suprem, Michael Jackson moonwalkg and Marv Gaye the last year of his life. The landmark TV special clud rnns of Diana Ross and the Suprem, Smokey Robson and the Miracl and performanc by Stevie Wonr, Marv Gaye and other Motown lumari.

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Marv Gaye’s TV was never fond of performg on televisn — check out his performance on Soul Tra where he apologiz for his poor lip-synchg technique — and 1983 was packed wh as many TV appearanc as he ma his peak years of 1965 and 1969. Perhaps one of Motown’s most versatile performers, Marv Gaye joed Motown as a dmmer, after a stt wh Harvey and the Moonglows the 1950s.

Marv Gaye’s 1968 rerdg of “I Heard It Through The Grapeve” sold four ln pi and was the top-sellg Motown sgle at the time. In 1970, Marv Gaye briefly dreamed of leavg his sgg reer to bee a profsnal football player.

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Motown/UMe has marked the 50th anniversary of Marv Gaye’s sgle release for “What’s Gog On” — the tle track om Rollg Stone’s Greatt Album of All Time — wh an all-enpassg digal reissue of the 1971 LP out now on streamg servic.

To honor the sgle’s 50th birthday, Motown/UMe grouped together all that bon mic for the digal release dubbed What’s Gog On: Deluxe Edn/50th Anniversary, which ntas the origal album pl 12 bon tracks cludg sgle versns, mos and more, the “Detro Mix” of the album and the llectn of “Funky Natn” stmentals om Gaye’s post-What’s Gog On rerdg ssns.

“The Detro Mix” of What’s Gog On, Gaye’s origal versn of the album before ncelg and reworkg Los Angel, prevly featured on the 30th anniversary reissue of the album 2001. “Funky Natn: The Detro Instmentals, ” a seri of jams Gaye laid down the rerdg ssns after releasg What’s Gog On, was clud the 40th anniversary reissue. “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.

MOTOWN AND UME CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’

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Watch Marv Gaye's vios. To honor the 50th anniversary of Marv Gaye’s momento and historic album, What’s Gog On, Motown/UMe are troducg a charge of releas that both pay tribute to and re-image the sence of Gaye’s historil impact. Highly fluenced by Gaye and strivg to rry on the msag of stggle, perseverance, and cultural change, Ross’ ver honors and prerv the track’s origal atmosphere while imbug the weight and emotn of today’s social climate.

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Elsewhere, Visual artist and tor Dreph unveiled a mural Brixton that pays tribute to Gaye and the 1981 Brixton Uprisg. “There’s an element of ‘What’s Gog On’ where Marv Gaye mentns police btaly. Addnally, CNN recently aired their special What’s Gog On: Marv Gaye’s Anthem for the Ag (first aired May 9, 2021), hosted by Don Lemon.

The program featured terviews om artists spired by Gaye’s masterwork cludg Stevie Wonr, Smokey Robson, Maxwell, Sheila E., Spike Lee, Lee Daniels, and Capol Rerds artist Devon Gilfillian, whose most recent release is a ver of the full What’s Gog On album. Buy or stream Marv Gaye’s digal luxe edn of What’s Gog On.

Great Songs and Performanc That Inspired The Motown 25th Anniversary by Marv Gaye | Jan 1, 1983Hardver Currently unavailable. There are relatively few rerdg artists wh a legacy as powerful and fluential as Marv Gaye.