Happy Birthday, Marv Gaye!

Contents:

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A LEGEND, MARV GAYE
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARV GAYE: 5 MEMORABLE LIVE PERFORMANC
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LATE, GREAT MARV GAYE!
• MARV GAYE
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARV GAYE!
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LEGENDARY SOUL SGER MARV GAYE
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARV GAYE: ISOLATED VOL TRACKS
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARV GAYE: REMEMBERG THE PRCE OF SOUL
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARV GAYE!
• FLASHBACK FRIDAYS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARV GAYE
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARV GAYE: PERFORMG ‘LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM’ IN 1976
• HIGHER GROUND: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARV GAYE MIX

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A LEGEND, MARV GAYE

Marv Gaye was a staple of the Motown era and he ntu to be an in for the hs that he lent to popular culture. Although his life me to a vastatg end on April 1, 1984, today, April 2, is the day to celebrate his birthday and the joy that Gaye’s mic has brought to lns around the world.

Gaye is nsistently regard as one of the greatt soul and R&B sgers of all time, and his seemgly endls list of inic songs are still spirg mic and young artists today. In 1987, Gaye was posthumoly ducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwrers Hall Of Fame 2016.

Today would have been masterful soul sger Marv Gaye’s 81st birthday had he not been tragilly shot and killed by his father one day shy of his 45th birthday April 1984. Gaye performed “The Star Spangled Banner” before the 1983 NBA All-Star Game at The Fom Los Angel. One of the most memorable rendns of the anthem, Gaye had the crowd swayg and clappg along by the end of song.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARV GAYE: 5 MEMORABLE LIVE PERFORMANC

It is difficult to overstate the importance of Marv Gaye on the popular mic of the last 40 years. C., the son of a disturbed, vlent mister, Gaye (then Marv Gay) grew up wh a hard-wired attractn to and gift for mic, which he nurtured om childhood on. Gaye went on to marry Gordy's sister, Anna -- a marriage that would end bter divorce the mid-70s.

Gaye had the longg at Motown to be a jazz sger, and much of his early work was moled after Nat "Kg" Cole and Billy Eckste. The bt of his jazz discs was When I'm Alone I Cry, an album of standards such as "I'll Be Around" and "I Was Tellg Her About You" that showed Gaye to be an unrstated (and somewhat unspirg) jazz stylist, but which was nohels an extremely enjoyable album wh great song selectn and productn. While Gaye was dreamg of Jazz credibily, Gordy saw him the potential to be a dynamic, romantic popular Soul sger.

Consequently, Gaye was provid some of Motown's bt material over the perd 1962-68, cludg the smash hs "Stubborn Kd of Fellow, " "Pri and Joy, " "A't that Peculiar, " and "I'll Be Doggone. Durg the latter half of the 60s, Gaye also beme a much-touted duet partner, srg hs wh Mary Wells, Kim Wton and, most importantly, Tammi Terrell, wh whom he cut a seri of outstandg cuts, cludg "If This World Were Me, " "A't Nothg Like The Real Thg, " "A't No Mounta High Enough" and "Your Prec Love.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LATE, GREAT MARV GAYE!

Seemgly always dissatisfied wh his current suatn, Gaye wanred through many personal stag the late 60s, cludg an attempt to play profsnal football for the Detro Lns and the begng of experimentatn wh dgs. Released agast Berry Gordy's will, the disc beme one of Gaye's biggt, and opened the doors for other artists (most notably Stevie Wonr) to flex their creative mcl.

Embolned by the succs of the disc, and after cuttg an enjoyable, more predictable 1973 album of duets wh Diana Ross, 1974 Gaye released Let's Get It On. The batn of the two albums, along wh Gaye's other albums of this era (Trouble Man and I Want You) clearly showed the wild breadth of ias and nflictg thoughts Gaye's head. After his #1 1979 album, Live at the Palladium (featurg the magnificent dance tune, "Got To Give It Up"), Gaye's divorce om Anna Gordy led to the somewhat bter, erratic Here My Dear (a sarstic tle referencg the alimony payments that the proceeds of the album would be ed to pay).

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He followed 1981 wh In Our Lifetime, his least succsful album almost two s and a seemg signal that dg and personal problems had led Gaye to the end of his mercial appeal. So me as a clear surprise when Gaye, by then based Europe, signed wh Columbia Rerds and released 1982's Midnight Love, an across the board smash. Unfortunately, the return clud time wh his creasgly erratic father, who shot and killed Gaye April of that year after an argument.

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.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARV GAYE!

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. ”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.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LEGENDARY SOUL SGER MARV GAYE

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. Marv Gaye's fluence on mic is profound, which is why a mon argument agast the "Blurred L" verdict is that a majory of R&B songs created by artists are liable to be sued jt like Pharrell and Rob Thicke bee his sound is everywhere.

Gaye should be one of your first thoughts if you're talkg about the most fluential sger-songwrers of all time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARV GAYE: ISOLATED VOL TRACKS

He would've been 76 years old today (April 2) he beme the legend that he is, Gaye was known as one of Motown's (then known as Tamla) talented artists. The sger even felt that Tamla was unsympathetic to her passg and treated her as a Gaye emerged out of that darkns and chaos wh 1971's What's Gog On, one of the greatt, pathos-reachg achievements morn mic.

At s re a cry for human empathy, the greatns of the What's Gog On album still ronat (and, some ways, hnts) bee of how s unrlyg turmoil and bluy look at urban y ("Inner Cy Blu (Make Me Wanna Holler)") are still relevant 's Gog On is Gaye's greatt work, but not his lone sential.

Gaye's greatns is here to Marv Gaye Perform "What's Gog On" & "What's Happeng Brother"See 10 Mic Milton From Great Black Artists. Grammy Award-wng sger and songwrer Marv Gaye remas as one of the most forward-thkg and fluential soul micians of all time. Although his father was eply relig, Gaye would often have to endure btal beatgs and severe punishment.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARV GAYE: REMEMBERG THE PRCE OF SOUL

The abe later led to rebelln, and Gaye would drop out of high school to jo several doo-wop vol groups the cy.

After the group disband, Gaye joed Fuqua Detro and worked for Anna Rerds (a precursor for Motown) as a handyman and odd jobs employee.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARV GAYE!

However, was a chance meetg wh Motown CEO Berry Gordy that turned the tis of Gaye’s reer for the better. After hearg Gaye sg at his hoe, Gordy joed a jot ntract agreement wh Fuqua and signed him to the label’s Tamla subsidiary.

He would release his first album 1961 lled “The Soulful Moods Of Marv Gaye” but the album was not a succs. Gaye would release a strg of top ten R&B sgl and released an album wh sger Mary Wells tled “Together” 1964. 1978’s “Here My Dear” album would signal the end of Gaye’s relatnship wh Motown and the start of his own personal downward spiral.

FLASHBACK FRIDAYS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARV GAYE

Wh fancial troubl, an ugly divorce se wh ex-wife Anna Gordy and matag his current marriage wh Janis Hunter, Gaye turned to dgs to quiet the d around him. Exiled to Europe to avoid jail time for owed tax, Gaye toiled about and tried to kick the hab. Still stgglg wh his past mons, Gaye would perform his grippg rendn of “The Star Spangled Banner” at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game at The Fom.

Reportedly argug over bs documents, Gaye’s father fatally shot his son April 1, 1 1984, jt a day short of his 45th birthday. Although Gaye’s life end tragilly, the amazg body of work he’s left behd still serv as an spiratn to sgers and songwrers the world over. ” Whout Gaye, several artists who enjoy succs today by beg bare and vulnerable would not have a platform to exprs their art.

By many acunts, Marv Gaye remas one of the most dynamic volists of morn tim and his silky vols are sorely missed.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARV GAYE: PERFORMG ‘LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM’ IN 1976

(1939-1984)Who Was Marv Gaye?Marv Gaye sang his father's church and the Moonglows before signg wh Motown. 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.

Throughout his childhood, Gaye often found peace mic, masterg the piano and dms at a young age. It wasn't long before Gaye and Fuqua both me to the attentn of Detro mic imprar Berry Gordy Jr.

HIGHER GROUND: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARV GAYE MIX

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. 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. 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.