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Contents:

• JURY FDS THAT ED SHEERAN DIDN'T PY MARV GAYE CLASSIC 'LET'S GET IT ON'
• MARV GAYE – 10 OF THE BT
• VIO OM ED SHEERAN NCERT IS ‘SMOKG GUN’ MARV GAYE PYRIGHT SE: ATTORNEYS
• MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED
• MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE – 10 OF THE BT
• MOTOWN’S TRAGIC OMEN: TAMMI TERRELL COLLAPS INTO MARV GAYE’S ARMS

JURY FDS THAT ED SHEERAN DIDN'T PY MARV GAYE CLASSIC 'LET'S GET IT ON'

NEW YORK — A feral jury New York nclud Thursday that Brish sger Ed Sheeran didn't steal key ponents of Marv Gaye's classic 1970s tune "Let's Get It On" when he created his h song "Thkg Out Loud.

MARV GAYE – 10 OF THE BT

He then spoke for about 10 mut wh the platiffs, cludg the dghter of Ed Townsend, who -created the 1973 soul classic wh Gaye. Gaye was killed 1984 at age 44, shot by his father as he tried to tervene a fight between his parents.

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VIO OM ED SHEERAN NCERT IS ‘SMOKG GUN’ MARV GAYE PYRIGHT SE: ATTORNEYS

Marv Pentz Gay, Jr. Hch HikeMarv Pentz Gay Jr’s earlit experienc of sgg public me when he was three, performg as a part of his father’s church choir Washgton DC.

Gaye ially showed no particular sire to bee an R&B performer, however, and stead strove to succeed as a jazz mician, perhaps bee of his agonisg shyns – a tra that was often evint throughout early live performanc. Hch Hike was released as a dance song – Gaye rerd the dms and piano himself – showsg the sger’s soulful vol range. Watch Marv Gaye perform Hch Hike on US televisn 19622.

MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED

A’t No Mounta High Enough (wh Tammi Terrell)After havg hs wh duets wh Mary Wells and Kim Wton, Gaye was teamed wh Tammi Terrell, who was hired pecially for the job, 1967. Between 1967 and 1969, Gaye and Terrell went on to rerd three albums together, and released a host of succsful sgl, most of which were also wrten by Ashford and Simpson.

Though their relatnship was purely platonic, Terrell’s impact on Gaye’s life and reer was immeasurable, and her ath led to him to prsn and dg abe – neher of which he ever tly overme, almost g him to qu mic. Gaye’s reactn to Terrell’s ath would also profoundly fluence his future work, particularly his trospective 1971 masterpiece: What’s Gog On. I Heard It Through The Grapeve Durg 1968, Motown worked on a new album wh Gaye, after a uple of years which he had released only sgl.

Though Gladys Knight & the Pips’ 1967 versn of I Heard Through the Grapeve had bee Motown’s biggt sellg sgle so far, Gaye’s rendn om those ssns provid his mercial breakthrough, givg him his first US No 1.

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Gaye’s paranoid terpretatn of the track is sensatnal, far more omo than Knight’s, wh s slower tempo and broodg vols. The sgle was so succsful, fact, that Gaye’s 1968 album In the Groove was later reissued and retled I Heard It Through The Grapeve. What’s Gog OnWhat’s Gog On, om 1971, was the first album Gaye produced himself, and proved to be a stark ntrast to his back talogue, as he unveiled a social nscience.

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The rt of the Tops weren’t terted, but Benson nvced Gaye to take on. Gaye adopted the song’s ial ncept and reworked , lyrilly and melodilly, addg his own personal experienc to the mix.

The Vietnam war experienc of Gaye’s brother Frankie played a val role spirg the album’s overall ncept – the perspective of a veteran returng home to Ameri, only to be greeted by a plague of sufferg and to What’s Gog On by Marv Gaye5. Mercy, Mercy Me (The Elogy)The send sgle om What’s Gog On, Mercy, Mercy Me (The Elogy), was wrten by Gaye, who also played piano and mellotron on the song.

Gaye was mourng mankd’s mistreatment of the world, but also expandg his visn to clu the chemil weapons ed by the US ary Vietnam to stroy the vegetatn ed by the Vietng as ver and the rice paddi they relied on for food. Sce s origal release, Mercy, Mercy Me has bee one of Gaye’s most famo rerdgs, and to mark the 20th anniversary of s release, 1991, Motown released a new vio for the song which featured gut appearanc om labelmat such as Smokey Robson, Stevie Wonr and Diana Ross.

MARV GAYE – 10 OF THE BT

Built upon a bluy atmospheric groove, Inner Cy Blu is the product of a llaboratn between Gaye and Motown songwrer Jam Nyx Jr, who between them njured a timels posn that works as a tale of tratn about the state of Ameri’s ner ci, endg wh a reprise that harks back to the album’s openg.

Instead of beg dignant, Gaye’s livery of the track is both reflective and cynil – ankly discsg issu such as poverty and taxatn (“Money, we make / Before we see , you take ”), crime, lack of opportuny, and “trigger-happy policg”. Let’s Get It OnWhat’s Gog On was Gaye’s first top 10 album the US, rultg Motown offerg him a $1m ntract, makg him the hight-earng black rerdg artist yet, which also granted him a high gree of artistic ntrol.

MOTOWN’S TRAGIC OMEN: TAMMI TERRELL COLLAPS INTO MARV GAYE’S ARMS

The first u of the al was Gaye’s soundtrack for the film Trouble Man, but he began to suffer om wrer’s block once the time to work on a new stud album me.

Townsend had wrten Let’s Get It On as a relig song after treatment for alholism, but Gaye reworked as a love anthem, the rnerstone of the sexually charged album gave s name to, which beme another huge h and cemented Gaye’s sex-symbol stat. The lyrics were spired by Janis Hunter – who would later bee Gaye’s wife and mother to two of his children – whom he met durg the ssns for the album.