Marv Gaye speaks on his early childhood and the dive spiratn that went to his masterpiece Whats Gog On.
Contents:
- MARV GAYE: 'I WAS TERRIBLY DISILLNED WH LIFE'
- D’ANGELO: FIRST TERVIEW 12 YEARS VERS MARV GAYE DREAMS, MADONNA AND HIS EBACK
- KEY TRACKS: MARV GAYE’S I WANT YOU
- A MISTRY MOMENT WH: MISTER ANTWN GAY! PART ONE
MARV GAYE: 'I WAS TERRIBLY DISILLNED WH LIFE'
To mark the 30th anniversary of Marv Gaye's ath on 1 April, here's a rare terview om Disc and Mic Echo om 1971 between Phil Sym and the mician, om Rock's Backpag * interview with marvin gaye *
Marv Gaye's reer was nothg short of legendary, cementg himself as one of Motown's most succsful male artists wh untls unfettable hooks, and all after years of early mercial failur and workg as a ssn mician. Some key on volve D'Angelo's Marv Gaye dreams, his rejectn of Madonna's advanc and his nversatn wh longtime iend and llaborator Qutlove followg Amy Wehoe's ath.
— While growg up Richmond, D’Angelo was drawn to the mic of Marv Gaye, a man whose soulful footsteps the “Untled” crooner would eventually follow. After Gaye was shot and killed by his father 1984, the GQ story says, the then-8-year-old known as Michael Archer began to have black-and-whe dreams about a young Gaye meetg him at Motown’s Hsville U.
They fally stopped when D’Angelo was 19 and had gotten signed to his first rerd the last one, D’Angelo says, Gaye “got to this whirlpool Jacuzzi wh his wife and his dghter and his ltle son, and that's when he turns around and looks at me.
D’ANGELO: FIRST TERVIEW 12 YEARS VERS MARV GAYE DREAMS, MADONNA AND HIS EBACK
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The 1970s were a of rurgence for Marv Gaye. It was this tr of succs that set the stage for Gaye’s next mil revelatn. After meetg Motown songwrer and producer Leon Ware, and imprsed by new mic Ware was producg for his own solo album, Gaye cid to strike up a productn partnership.
KEY TRACKS: MARV GAYE’S I WANT YOU
An terview wh Leon Ware and Janis Gaye on the makg of Marv Gaye’s inic LP." name="scriptn * interview with marvin gaye *
Durg the rerdg procs, the love of his life, Janis Gaye, also provid a nstant source of emotnal spiratn.
A MISTRY MOMENT WH: MISTER ANTWN GAY! PART ONE
The rultg LP, I Want You, beme another signature album Gaye’s sterlg llectn of releas, explorg them of sensualy, sctn, eroticism and rnal passn. Wh the assistance of Ware and Arthur “T-Boy” Ross, as well as an assemblage of top-notch micians, Gaye was able to reach new creative heights, firmly cementg his stat as soul mic’s leadg man the mds of both ntemporary artists and his fans, who celebrated LP sgl like “After the Dance, ” “Sce I Had You, ” and the number one h “I Want You.
In celebratn of what would have been Marv Gaye’s 77th birthday on April 2nd, 2016, RBMA spoke wh Leon Ware and Janis Gaye about their important supportg rol the creatn of I Want You. Marv Gaye Nottg Hill, London, 1976 John Mihan/Eveng Standard/Getty Imag When and where did you first meet Marv Gaye? I was a big Marv Gaye fan.