‎Every Great Motown H of Marv Gaye by Marv Gaye on Apple Mic

Contents:

• MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE ESSENTIALS
• MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED
• EVERY GREAT MOTOWN H OF MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE
• AN INTRODUCTN TO MARV GAYE IN 10 SONGS MARV GAYE MURAL ON DC'S U STREET | © JOHNNY SILVERCLOUD/FLICKR KATE MCMAHON 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT MARV GAYE, AN TERNATNAL MOTOWN IN, WAS DC BORN AND BRED. EMERGG OM THE TIME OF THE BLACK BROADWAY, HIS SOULFUL TUN OF SOCIAL AND POLIL MENTARY MATURED THROUGHOUT HIS REER TO FUEL THE SEXUAL SIR OF A REPRSED NATN. GAYE TRAGILLY DIED 1984, MURRED BY HIS FATHER, WH HIS MIL GOLN YEARS STILL LEFT AHEAD OF HIM. THE TEN TRACKS TRACE HIS LEGACY AND VELOPMENT AS AN ARTIST. VIEW ALL TRIPS TRY IT BABY, 1964 FEATURG BACKG TRACKS OM THE TEMPTATNS, THIS BLU BALLAD EMPLOYS THE CLASSIC TROPE OF A WOMAN LEAVG HER SPEFUL MAN. THE GROOVY TUN ARE A MOTOWN CLASSIC, BUT THE SONG DIDN’T RECEIVE REAL MERCIAL ACCLAIM UNTIL YEARS LATER. WHILE THE TRACK, G EARLY HIS REER AS A MOTOWN ARTIST, IS OFTEN SEEN AS TOO NVENTNAL, THE NOT ARE AN OBV PRECURSOR TO GAYE’S LATER EPOCHAL, LORFUL BEATS OF A GENERATN. THE SONG WAS WRTEN AND PRODUCED BY MOTOWN LEGEND BERRY GORDY, WHO HAPPENED TO BE GAYE’S BROTHER--LAW. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ICELAND GREECE ECUADOR MEXI SOUTH AI MOROC THAILAND EGYPT SPA INDIA BALI JAPAN CROATIA TURKEY - AME - CALYPSO BLU, 1965 THIS INIC TRACK, FEATURED ON MARV GAYE’S SIXTH STUD ALBUM A TRIBUTE TO NAT KG COLE, IS A RHYTHMIC DREAM. THE TRIBUTE ALBUM WAS DITED TO GAYE’S IDOL AND MIL SPIRATN, JAZZ STAR NAT KG COLE. GAYE’S MELODIC VOICE CHANTS OVER RAMPANT BONGO DMS FOR A DISTCTIVE, ECLECTIC EDGE THAT BOTH SOOTH THE DIENCE AND MAK THEM WANT TO SWAY THEIR HIPS. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN TRAVERSE STLAND’S MOST SCENIC LANDSP, OM WT AST TO EAST, TRAVELLG BY RAIL VIEW TRIP I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, 1968 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE WAS GAYE’S LONG-AWAED MERCIAL BREAKTHROUGH. WHILE PREVLY RECEIVG MOST TO IMPRSIVE SUCCS ON R&B CHARTS, GAYE HAD YET TO EXPAND HIS REACH – UNTIL RELEASG THIS NOW CLASSIC TRACK. GORDY PRODUCED THE SONG WH THE IA TO ‘OUT-FUNK ARETHA FRANKL’S RPECT.’ THE SOULFUL, FEMALE BACKGROUND VOLS MIX WELL WH GAYE’S TONE, WHICH WAS BEG RASPIER. - AME - WHAT’S GOG ON, 1971 THE TLE TRACK OF THE WHAT’S GOG ON ALBUM IS STILL GAYE’S MOST FAMED SONG. RECEIVG OVER 50 AWARDS, AND TOPPG LISTS LIKE ‘BT ALBUM OF THE CENTURY,’ WHAT’S GOG ON GO DOWN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE BT PIEC OF MIC. EVER. THE NCEPT ALBUM REVOLV AROUND ISSU OF SOCIAL JTICE, AND BEME AN ANTHEM FOR BLACK AMERI. BUT ’S TCHY, SOULFUL TUN EARNED APPEAL OM A WI DIENCE. HERE, GAYE BEGAN TO RPORATE SMOOTH AND SOULFUL JAZZ, WHICH WOULD BEE A STAPLE OF HIS LATER RERDS, BUT IS ABSENT OM HIS PREV RELEAS. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. - AME - MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY), 1971 AS THE NAME SUGGTS, THIS IS GAYE’S SORROWFUL, SOULFUL ANTHEM DITED TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THE SEND SGLE ON WHAT’S GOG ON EMPLOYS GAYE ON PIANO, WH A DISTCTIVE PERCSN BACKG TRACK AND A SAXOPHONE SOLO. KEEPG WH THE ALBUM’S ACTIVIST THEME, GAYE EXPRS HIS LOVE FOR THE PLA, AND DISMAY AT S CURRENT STATE. THE SONG WON A GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AWARD 2002, AND WAS HIS THIRD TRACK TO RECEIVE THE HONOR. - AME - INNER CY BLU, 1971 THE NCLUDG POIGNANT TRACK OF WHAT’S GOG ON IS OFTEN NSIRED A PRECURSOR TO MORN RAP AND HIP-HOP. THE BONGO-DRIVEN TUNE DISCS THE STGGL OF WORKG CLASS AMERI. WHILE MORE SOULFUL, AND LACKG ANY SPEAKG PARTS, THE SONG’S RHYTHM AND MSAGE PAVE THE WAY FOR MIL OUTLETS, AND THE NCEPT OF TAKG SOLACE RELATABLE LYRICS. THE SUBLIME MELODI ARE ALSO UNPARALLELED. - AME - LET’S GET IT ON, 1973 THIS MATURE TUNE SOLIDIFIED MARV GAYE’S STAT AS A MIL SEX IN AND ACCELERATED HIS MASTREAM APPEAL. THE RHYTHMIC, SOULFUL BEATS ARE IAL TO MATCH WH THE THSTG OF HIPS, AND THE EXPLIC LYRICS DON’T EXACTLY LEAVE MUCH FOR THE IMAGATN. THE MIX OF FUNK STMENTS, PRODUCG A SMOOTH, SEXY NOISE, WERE NTRIBUTED BY THE FUNK BROTHERS. - AME - YOU’RE A SPECIAL PART OF ME, 1973 THIS SONG WAS FEATURED ON A DUET RELEASE ALBUM WH DIANA ROSS. DPE THEIR DIFFERENT STYL, THE PAIR WERE NSIRED THE TOP SOUL ARTISTS OF THEIR GENERATN. THE INIC ALBUM’S VER PICTS GAYE AND ROSS BACK TO BACK, WH BOTH THEIR AOS PROUDLY ON DISPLAY. THE DUO OF CLASSY BAD-ASS LIGHT WH MORE DM SYMBOLS THAN EXPECTED, AND A LIGHTER FLOW; SNAP ALONG TO ROSS’S HIGH PCHED, YET MELOD VOICE. - AME - SEXUAL HEALG, 1982 ONE OF HIS GREATT HS, THIS TRACK WAS FEATURED ON GAYE’S FAL ALBUM BEFORE HIS ATH, MIDNIGHT LOVE. GAYE RELEASED THREE STUD ALBUMS BETWEEN LET’S GET IT ON AND MIDNIGHT LOVE, BUT ALL PALE PARISON TO HIS INIC HS, AS HE STGGLED WH A E ADDICTN, THE FALL-OUT OF A DIVORCE, AND DISPUT WH HIS RERD PANY. HERE, A MORE MATURE AND REENERGIZED GAYE, H OUT OF REHAB AND WH A MUCH RASPIER VOICE, MAK YOU WANT TO JUMP RIGHT TO BED WH HIM. IT’S A TCHIER TUNE THAT’S AN TENTNAL STEP AWAY OM MOTOWN AND FULL EMBRACEMENT OF R&B. - AME - SANCTIFIED LADY, 1985 RELEASED AFTER GAYE’S SENSELS MURR, SANCTIFIED LADY WAS THE ONLY ONE OF HIS 30 POSTHUMO TRACKS TO GARNER CRIL ATTENTN. GAYE TEND THE TLE TO BE SANCTIFIED PSY, WHICH HE N BE HEARD MUMBLG ON THE TRACK, BUT CLEARLY HIS WISH WERE NOT RPECTED. - AME - VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE
• TOP 10 MARV GAYE SONGS
• MARV GAYE
• AN INTRODUCTN TO MARV GAYE IN 10 SONGS
• ED SHEERAN SONG ‘SOUNDS VERY, VERY SIAR’ TO MARV GAYE’S, MIC EXPERT SAYS AT TRIAL

MARV GAYE

Whout Marv Gaye, both R&B as we know and Amerin pop general would have sound rather different. Born Washgton, DC, 1939, Gaye had a tough childhood before formg the vol group The Marque 1957.

They beme a backg group for former Moonglows sger Harvey Fuqua, and by 1961 Gaye had moved to Detro, where he beme a ssn dmmer for Motown, playg on ton like The Marvelett’ “Please Mr. The mercurial Gaye spent the next few years rerdg show tun and a Nat “Kg” Cole tribute album amid his more soulful sis.

MARV GAYE ESSENTIALS

” But Gaye began edgg toward a more emotnally and milly sophistited place wh 1968’s immortal “I Heard It Through the Grapeve, ” and 1971 he helped alter the urse of soul wh the socially nsc, plexly textured What’s Gog On. Gaye never stopped novatg—his smolrg, dis-iendly 1977 smash “Got to Give It Up” was a ccial fluence on Michael Jackson’s adult reer, and the synths and dm mache of 1982’s electro-soul burner “Sexual Healg” once aga led R&B someplace new.

MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED

Debutg on Motown 1961, Marv Gaye quickly beme the label's most charismatic voice, bg the tensy of gospel, the charm of doo-wop, and the timacy of a great ballaer. Gaye released dozens of classic soul hs throughout the '60s, but he also grew rtls wh the Motown formula. Gaye died tragilly 1984 at the age of 44, but he left behd a remarkable and soulful legacy.

Marv Gaye 1973.

EVERY GREAT MOTOWN H OF MARV GAYE

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. Taken far too soon, Marv Gaye's mic took on var styl, om upliftg duets to heartbreakg ballads to socially-nsc 've taken his 10 very bt songs for the ultimate Marv Gaye troductn:.

Marv Gaye “How Sweet It Is” Live At Montrx Jazz Ftival 1980 HD. Wrten by the famo Holland–Dozier–Holland tr at Motown, this gave Marv Gaye his biggt h at the time song's tle was spired by one of Jackie Gleason's signature tchphras: "How Sweet It Is! 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? A't No Mounta High Enough (extra HQ) - Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell.

MARV GAYE

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. Marv Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (From "Live at Montrx 1980" DVD).

Album, this song is one of mic's most poignant anthems regardg the was a ln-seller, and was later vered by Robert Palmer 1990 as part of a medley wh Gaye's song 'I Want You'. Marv Gaye - Let's Get It On.

AN INTRODUCTN TO MARV GAYE IN 10 SONGS MARV GAYE MURAL ON DC'S U STREET | © JOHNNY SILVERCLOUD/FLICKR KATE MCMAHON 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT MARV GAYE, AN TERNATNAL MOTOWN IN, WAS DC BORN AND BRED. EMERGG OM THE TIME OF THE BLACK BROADWAY, HIS SOULFUL TUN OF SOCIAL AND POLIL MENTARY MATURED THROUGHOUT HIS REER TO FUEL THE SEXUAL SIR OF A REPRSED NATN. GAYE TRAGILLY DIED 1984, MURRED BY HIS FATHER, WH HIS MIL GOLN YEARS STILL LEFT AHEAD OF HIM. THE TEN TRACKS TRACE HIS LEGACY AND VELOPMENT AS AN ARTIST. VIEW ALL TRIPS TRY IT BABY, 1964 FEATURG BACKG TRACKS OM THE TEMPTATNS, THIS BLU BALLAD EMPLOYS THE CLASSIC TROPE OF A WOMAN LEAVG HER SPEFUL MAN. THE GROOVY TUN ARE A MOTOWN CLASSIC, BUT THE SONG DIDN’T RECEIVE REAL MERCIAL ACCLAIM UNTIL YEARS LATER. WHILE THE TRACK, G EARLY HIS REER AS A MOTOWN ARTIST, IS OFTEN SEEN AS TOO NVENTNAL, THE NOT ARE AN OBV PRECURSOR TO GAYE’S LATER EPOCHAL, LORFUL BEATS OF A GENERATN. THE SONG WAS WRTEN AND PRODUCED BY MOTOWN LEGEND BERRY GORDY, WHO HAPPENED TO BE GAYE’S BROTHER--LAW. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ICELAND GREECE ECUADOR MEXI SOUTH AI MOROC THAILAND EGYPT SPA INDIA BALI JAPAN CROATIA TURKEY - AME - CALYPSO BLU, 1965 THIS INIC TRACK, FEATURED ON MARV GAYE’S SIXTH STUD ALBUM A TRIBUTE TO NAT KG COLE, IS A RHYTHMIC DREAM. THE TRIBUTE ALBUM WAS DITED TO GAYE’S IDOL AND MIL SPIRATN, JAZZ STAR NAT KG COLE. GAYE’S MELODIC VOICE CHANTS OVER RAMPANT BONGO DMS FOR A DISTCTIVE, ECLECTIC EDGE THAT BOTH SOOTH THE DIENCE AND MAK THEM WANT TO SWAY THEIR HIPS. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN TRAVERSE STLAND’S MOST SCENIC LANDSP, OM WT AST TO EAST, TRAVELLG BY RAIL VIEW TRIP I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, 1968 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE WAS GAYE’S LONG-AWAED MERCIAL BREAKTHROUGH. WHILE PREVLY RECEIVG MOST TO IMPRSIVE SUCCS ON R&B CHARTS, GAYE HAD YET TO EXPAND HIS REACH – UNTIL RELEASG THIS NOW CLASSIC TRACK. GORDY PRODUCED THE SONG WH THE IA TO ‘OUT-FUNK ARETHA FRANKL’S RPECT.’ THE SOULFUL, FEMALE BACKGROUND VOLS MIX WELL WH GAYE’S TONE, WHICH WAS BEG RASPIER. - AME - WHAT’S GOG ON, 1971 THE TLE TRACK OF THE WHAT’S GOG ON ALBUM IS STILL GAYE’S MOST FAMED SONG. RECEIVG OVER 50 AWARDS, AND TOPPG LISTS LIKE ‘BT ALBUM OF THE CENTURY,’ WHAT’S GOG ON GO DOWN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE BT PIEC OF MIC. EVER. THE NCEPT ALBUM REVOLV AROUND ISSU OF SOCIAL JTICE, AND BEME AN ANTHEM FOR BLACK AMERI. BUT ’S TCHY, SOULFUL TUN EARNED APPEAL OM A WI DIENCE. HERE, GAYE BEGAN TO RPORATE SMOOTH AND SOULFUL JAZZ, WHICH WOULD BEE A STAPLE OF HIS LATER RERDS, BUT IS ABSENT OM HIS PREV RELEAS. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. - AME - MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY), 1971 AS THE NAME SUGGTS, THIS IS GAYE’S SORROWFUL, SOULFUL ANTHEM DITED TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THE SEND SGLE ON WHAT’S GOG ON EMPLOYS GAYE ON PIANO, WH A DISTCTIVE PERCSN BACKG TRACK AND A SAXOPHONE SOLO. KEEPG WH THE ALBUM’S ACTIVIST THEME, GAYE EXPRS HIS LOVE FOR THE PLA, AND DISMAY AT S CURRENT STATE. THE SONG WON A GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AWARD 2002, AND WAS HIS THIRD TRACK TO RECEIVE THE HONOR. - AME - INNER CY BLU, 1971 THE NCLUDG POIGNANT TRACK OF WHAT’S GOG ON IS OFTEN NSIRED A PRECURSOR TO MORN RAP AND HIP-HOP. THE BONGO-DRIVEN TUNE DISCS THE STGGL OF WORKG CLASS AMERI. WHILE MORE SOULFUL, AND LACKG ANY SPEAKG PARTS, THE SONG’S RHYTHM AND MSAGE PAVE THE WAY FOR MIL OUTLETS, AND THE NCEPT OF TAKG SOLACE RELATABLE LYRICS. THE SUBLIME MELODI ARE ALSO UNPARALLELED. - AME - LET’S GET IT ON, 1973 THIS MATURE TUNE SOLIDIFIED MARV GAYE’S STAT AS A MIL SEX IN AND ACCELERATED HIS MASTREAM APPEAL. THE RHYTHMIC, SOULFUL BEATS ARE IAL TO MATCH WH THE THSTG OF HIPS, AND THE EXPLIC LYRICS DON’T EXACTLY LEAVE MUCH FOR THE IMAGATN. THE MIX OF FUNK STMENTS, PRODUCG A SMOOTH, SEXY NOISE, WERE NTRIBUTED BY THE FUNK BROTHERS. - AME - YOU’RE A SPECIAL PART OF ME, 1973 THIS SONG WAS FEATURED ON A DUET RELEASE ALBUM WH DIANA ROSS. DPE THEIR DIFFERENT STYL, THE PAIR WERE NSIRED THE TOP SOUL ARTISTS OF THEIR GENERATN. THE INIC ALBUM’S VER PICTS GAYE AND ROSS BACK TO BACK, WH BOTH THEIR AOS PROUDLY ON DISPLAY. THE DUO OF CLASSY BAD-ASS LIGHT WH MORE DM SYMBOLS THAN EXPECTED, AND A LIGHTER FLOW; SNAP ALONG TO ROSS’S HIGH PCHED, YET MELOD VOICE. - AME - SEXUAL HEALG, 1982 ONE OF HIS GREATT HS, THIS TRACK WAS FEATURED ON GAYE’S FAL ALBUM BEFORE HIS ATH, MIDNIGHT LOVE. GAYE RELEASED THREE STUD ALBUMS BETWEEN LET’S GET IT ON AND MIDNIGHT LOVE, BUT ALL PALE PARISON TO HIS INIC HS, AS HE STGGLED WH A E ADDICTN, THE FALL-OUT OF A DIVORCE, AND DISPUT WH HIS RERD PANY. HERE, A MORE MATURE AND REENERGIZED GAYE, H OUT OF REHAB AND WH A MUCH RASPIER VOICE, MAK YOU WANT TO JUMP RIGHT TO BED WH HIM. IT’S A TCHIER TUNE THAT’S AN TENTNAL STEP AWAY OM MOTOWN AND FULL EMBRACEMENT OF R&B. - AME - SANCTIFIED LADY, 1985 RELEASED AFTER GAYE’S SENSELS MURR, SANCTIFIED LADY WAS THE ONLY ONE OF HIS 30 POSTHUMO TRACKS TO GARNER CRIL ATTENTN. GAYE TEND THE TLE TO BE SANCTIFIED PSY, WHICH HE N BE HEARD MUMBLG ON THE TRACK, BUT CLEARLY HIS WISH WERE NOT RPECTED. - AME - VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

This was the song that saw Marv Gaye bee a sex symbol for the rt of his life.

MARV GAYE

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. Marv Gaye - What's Gog On (Official Vio 2019).

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...

MARV GAYE

Gaye asked himself: "'Wh the world explodg around me, how am I supposed to keep sgg love songs? Marv Gaye - Sexual Healg.

Marv Gaye - Heard It Through The Grapeve (Live at Montrx).

MARV GAYE

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. When Marv Gaye brought the tle track of 1971’s What’s Gog On to Motown founr Berry Gordy, Gordy reportedly said was the worst thg he’d ever heard. Gaye untered.

Even Elvis was sgg prott songs (1969’s “In the Ghetto”)—why uldn’t Marv Gaye? As Sly & The Fay Stone channeled their anger to to bter funk (1971’s There’s a Rt Go’ On), Gaye sublimated his lh strg sectns and Lat percsn—signals not jt of mil gentlens, but cultural sophistitn. The revelatn is that polil mic don’t have to be nontatnal— n be mellow and vg too, the provce not jt of radils, but the same mixed, middle-class dienc that had been buyg Gaye’s albums all along.

TOP 10 MARV GAYE SONGS

You tch more fli wh honey than wh vegar, and as Gaye seems to say on What’s Gog On, you don’t have to be a hippie to be worried by what you see—you jt have to be human.

Marv Gaye also appears this pilatn. Gaye Interview - (excerpt). Fact is, we don't know of many micians who embody the artist's journey better than Marv Gaye, who, over the urse of a Technilor reer, morphed om refed Motown soul sger to polilly/sexually-charged visnary.

MARV GAYE

But Gaye ached to exprs eper impuls, rultg fearlsly timate masterpiec like "What's Gog On, " the blaxploatn groove "Trouble Man, " and the uld-melt-the-polar-icep scer "Let's Get On. Next Steps tak on a whole new meang when you're talkg about Marv Gaye, an artist driven by a btible batn of geni, drive, and mons to take his mic to levels only he knew about.

" But when to Marv Gaye, the man posssed worlds wh worlds: sure, he was the soul in who practilly held the ed to the charts for the better part of two s, but he was also a visnary who phed the mic's potential to s outer lims, regularly craftg ep-groove polil-social-sexual md-explosns — the procs buildg a legend that would speak to generatns of artists long after his unfathomable 1984 shootg ath.

Marv Gaye Essentials. Forever Groovg Marv Gaye.

AN INTRODUCTN TO MARV GAYE IN 10 SONGS

Every song on this track is worth listeng favor are, "What's Gog On", "Mercy Mercy Me", At Nothg Like The Real Thg", and many Gaye and Tammi Terrell ma betiful mic Gaye, Thanks for the hs. Marv Gaye, an ternatnal Motown in, was DC born and bred.

Gaye tragilly died 1984, murred by his father, wh his mil goln years still left ahead of him. While the track, g early his reer as a Motown artist, is often seen as too nventnal, the not are an obv precursor to Gaye’s later epochal, lorful beats of a generatn. The song was wrten and produced by Motown legend Berry Gordy, who happened to be Gaye’s brother--law.

ED SHEERAN SONG ‘SOUNDS VERY, VERY SIAR’ TO MARV GAYE’S, MIC EXPERT SAYS AT TRIAL

- ame - Calypso Blu, 1965 This inic track, featured on Marv Gaye’s sixth stud album A Tribute To Nat Kg Cole, is a rhythmic dream. The tribute album was dited to Gaye’s idol and mil spiratn, jazz star Nat Kg Cole.

Gaye’s melodic voice chants over rampant bongo dms for a distctive, eclectic edge that both sooth the dience and mak them want to sway their hips. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN Traverse Stland’s most scenic landsp, om wt ast to east, travellg by rail View Trip I Heard It Through The Grapeve, 1968 I Heard It Through The Grapeve was Gaye’s long-awaed mercial breakthrough. While prevly receivg most to imprsive succs on R&B charts, Gaye had yet to expand his reach – until releasg this now classic track.

’ The soulful, female background vols mix well wh Gaye’s tone, which was beg raspier. - ame - What’s Gog On, 1971 The tle track of the What’s Gog On album is still Gaye’s most famed song. Here, Gaye began to rporate smooth and soulful jazz, which would bee a staple of his later rerds, but is absent om his prev releas.

- ame - Mercy Mercy Me (The Elogy), 1971 As the name suggts, this is Gaye’s sorrowful, soulful anthem dited to the environment. The send sgle on What’s Gog On employs Gaye on piano, wh a distctive percsn backg track and a saxophone solo. Keepg wh the album’s activist theme, Gaye exprs his love for the pla, and dismay at s current state.

- ame - Let’s Get It On, 1973 This mature tune solidified Marv Gaye’s stat as a mil sex in and accelerated his mastream appeal.

The inic album’s ver picts Gaye and Ross back to back, wh both their aos proudly on display.