Marv Gaye - Albums Collectn (1964-2019) [Hi-R] [Official Digal Release]

Contents:

• MARV GAYE IS SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS OWN FATHER
• MARV GAYE’S DEATH
• 1964 MARV GAYE AND MARY WELLS – ONCE UPON A TIME
• MARV GAYE ’64 PASSPORT SYMBOLIZ A HEADY TIME HIS LIFE
• MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE’S 30 TOP SONGS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100
• IT TOOK TWO: MARV GAYE’S DUET LEGACY
• MARV GAYE ’64 PASSPORT SYMBOLIZ A HEADY TIME HIS LIFE
• 1964 MARV GAYE AND MARY WELLS – ONCE UPON A TIME
• IT TOOK TWO: MARV GAYE’S DUET LEGACY
• MARV GAYE – ALBUMS COLLECTN (1964-2019) [HI-R] [OFFICIAL DIGAL RELEASE]

MARV GAYE IS SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS OWN FATHER

At the peak of his reer, Marv Gaye was the Prce of Motown—the soulful voice behd hs as wi-rangg as “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and “Mercy Mercy Me (The Elogy). ” Like his label-mate Stevie Wonr, Gaye both epomized and outgrew the crowd-pleasg sound that ma Motown famo. That life me to a tragic end on April 1, 1984, when Marv Gaye was shot and killed by his own father one day short of his 45th the physil e of Marv Gaye’s ath was straightforward—”Gunshot wound to cht perforatg heart, lung and liver, ” acrdg to the Los Angel County Coroner—the events that led to were much more tangled.

Marv Gay, Sr., (the “e” was add by his son for his stage name) was a preacher the Hebrew Pentestal Church and a proponent of a strict moral he enforced btally wh his four children. Clearly harbored unrolved feelgs toward his abive feelgs spilled out for the fal time the Los Angel home of Marv Gay, Sr., and his wife Alberta. Only one year removed om his first Grammy w and om a triumphant return to the pop charts wh “Sexual Healg, ” Marv Gaye was horrible physil, psychologil and fancial an argument between father and son lated to a physil fight on the morng of April 1, 1984, Alberta Gay was tryg to lm her son his bedroom when Marv Sr.

Marv Gaye’s brother, Frankie, who lived next door, and who held the legendary sger durg his fal mut, later wrote his memoir that Marv Gaye’s fal, disturbg statement was, “I got what I wanted…. Marv Gaye was a sger and songwrer, known for his proment role the Motown rerd pany.

MARV GAYE’S DEATH

C, and was raised by his father, Marv Gay, Sr, a mister, and his mother, Alberta Gay.

1964 MARV GAYE AND MARY WELLS – ONCE UPON A TIME

As Marv began his mil reer, he was teased for his surname “Gay”, so he add an ‘E’ to the end of , which created distance between him and his father, who had a rocky relatnship. Gaye was pronounced ad at the hospal, the day before his 45th birthday. Gaye’s father stated that he killed his son self-fense, did not know if the gun was load, and even said, “I didn’t mean to do .

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1964 Marv Gaye and Mary Wells – Once Upon A Time. Marv Gaye began rerdg for Motown 1961 and had three top ten R&B hs 1962 and 1963, one of which (Pri and Joy) also reached the top ten on the Hot 100.

MARV GAYE ’64 PASSPORT SYMBOLIZ A HEADY TIME HIS LIFE

Recently, a former employee of the Motown Mm Detro appeared on an episo of “Antiqu Roadshow” wh a 1964 passport belongg to sger Marv Gaye.

The appraiser on the show told him that passports were very llectible – and Marv Gaye memorabilia don’t e up very often – and that this one was worth $20, 000 for surance purpos (which isn’t necsarily the same as retail or ctn value). What I found equally as tertg was what the passport self told about this time Gaye’s life. An up-close and partial view of Marv Gaye’s passport om 1964.

Gaye fact was embarkg on his first trip to London (and perhaps abroad). A full view of Marv Gaye’s passport om 1964.

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Several webs mentned that Marv Gaye’s trip was part of a Motortown Revue that went to London November but I was not able to verify that. Motown founr Berry Gordy took his performers – the Suprem, the Temptatns, Ltle Stevie Wonr and others, but not Gaye om what I uld fd – to London March 1965, but that trip was said to have been a fancial disaster.

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While London, Gaye performed on the Nov. Gaye sang “Can I Get A Wns” and “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You), ” which he lip-synched, acrdg to one acunt.

It was a heady time for Gaye, who had started out as a dmmer, piano player and songwrer after arrivg at Motown around 1961. Motown released four albums by Gaye that year: “Together” wh Wells, his fifth album and the first to make the Billboard 200 album chart; “When I Cry Alone, ” “Marv Gaye Greatt Hs” and “Hello Broadway.

MARV GAYE’S 30 TOP SONGS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100

Marv Gaye London, 1964. Four Marv Gaye albums released 1964.

Durg their tour of the Uned Stat that year, the Beatl named Gaye and several other Motown sgers among their favore Amerin performers, along wh the “Detro Sound.

” “We like Marv Gaye, ” said John Lennon, when asked which artist or mil group fluenced their mic. Marv Gaye, ” said Gee Harrison.

IT TOOK TWO: MARV GAYE’S DUET LEGACY

The year before had been jt as excg for Gaye, wh the sgl “Can I Get A Wns, ” “Hchhike” and “Pri and Joy” htg the charts. All three also were clud as tracks on the 1964 “Marv Gaye Greatt Hs” album. Gaye was London aga 1976 a tour that produced the album “Marv Gaye Live at the London Palladium” and one of my favore songs “Got to Give It Up.

Marv Gaye. Few figur Amerin mic the 20th century n pare to Marv Gaye. " That list also shows how the entire history of postwar R&B n be seen through the reer of Marv Gaye.

As the 1970s dawned, Gaye grappled wh social prott on What's Gog On, the 1971 album that found the sger/songwrer chartg his own idsyncratic urse. From that pot, Gaye lved to funk, blaxploatn, and dis, eventually settlg to the smooth environs of quiet storm. Throughout this perd, Gaye battled personal mons, often creatg powerful art through his stggl, but they ught up wh him tragilly 1984, when he was murred by his father.

MARV GAYE ’64 PASSPORT SYMBOLIZ A HEADY TIME HIS LIFE

Gaye's legacy ronated over the s -- he was a touchstone for soul and pop mic that was eher sensual or polil -- but his early ath leav hangg the qutn of what he uld've achieved if he were alive. Marv Pentz Gay, Jr.

C., the send child of Reverend Marv Gay and Alberta Gay. A mister the Hoe of God, Reverend Marv Gay ran a strict hoehold and his son -- who would add an "e" to his surname when he signed to Motown/Tamla, partially tribute to his idol Sam Cooke -- sought refuge mic.

Marv Gaye sang his father's church at the age of three and quickly rose through s ranks as a soloist. Followg his high school graduatn, Gaye enlisted the U.

1964 MARV GAYE AND MARY WELLS – ONCE UPON A TIME

Notable among the was 1959's "Mama Loocie, " the first song to feature Gaye sgg lead. The Moonglows spl 1960, and Gaye followed Fuqua to Detro, workg wh Tri-Phi Rerds as a hoe mician.

At the end of the year, Gaye ught the attentn of Motown founr Berry Gordy, who negotiated a al wh Fuqua for Gaye to sign to the Motown subsidiary Tamla. Inially, Gaye planned to be a supper-club sger specializg standards and jazz, but Gordy wanted him to aim toward a younger dience.

His 1961 but sgle, "Let Your Conscience Be Your Gui, " satisfied Gordy's needs, while the full-length The Soulful Moods of Marv Gaye skewed toward the sger's preferenc.

IT TOOK TWO: MARV GAYE’S DUET LEGACY

Over the next few years, there was tensn between Gaye's nceptn of himself as a sger and Motown/Tamla's mil directn, and the volist slowly gravated Gordy's directn. Durg this transn, Gaye earned money by playg ssns as a dmmer, which led to him penng origal songs.

Gaye stck gold himself not much later, when "Stubborn Kd of Fellow" went to eight on Billboard's R&B charts. In parison, 1966 was relatively quiet for Gaye -- while "One More Heartache" reached number four on the R&B chart, was his only pop Top 40 h that year -- but 1967 began wh the immortal Kim Wton duet "It Tak Two, " which peaked at 14 pop and four R&B. Gaye's partnership wh Tammi Terrell was unveiled next via "A't No Mounta High Enough.

MARV GAYE – ALBUMS COLLECTN (1964-2019) [HI-R] [OFFICIAL DIGAL RELEASE]

Teamg wh Terrell was a boon to Gaye's mercial succs. "A't No Mounta High Enough" was the first of a seri of smash rerd by Gaye & Terrell which were wrten by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson.

Durg this flh of succs, Terrell suffered om migrae headach, culmatg an on-stage llapse at an October 14, 1967 ncert wh Gaye. Gaye took Terrell's ath hard, but he ially worked through the grief, srg some of his greatt hs along the way.

Gaye retreated om the spotlight the 1970, the rult of personal problems and profsnal disillnment.