The dark si of Motown: From Marv Gaye's murr to abe and dg addictn - Mirror Onle

Contents:

• TAMMI TERRELL: THE TRAGIC LIFE STORY OF A MOTOWN SGER AND HOW MARV GAYE NEVER GOT OVER HER ATH
• THE DARK SI OF MOTOWN: FROM MARV GAYE'S MURR TO ABE AND DG ADDICTN
• DAVE RUB: COMG OUT AS GAY WAS MY 'DEFG MOMENT'
• MOTOWN’S TRAGIC OMEN: TAMMI TERRELL COLLAPS INTO MARV GAYE’S ARMS

TAMMI TERRELL: THE TRAGIC LIFE STORY OF A MOTOWN SGER AND HOW MARV GAYE NEVER GOT OVER HER ATH

Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell sang together on many hs.

THE DARK SI OF MOTOWN: FROM MARV GAYE'S MURR TO ABE AND DG ADDICTN

Tammi Terrell was one of the most popular sgers of Motown's early h factory the 1960s, particularly wh her duet partner and close iend Marv Gaye.

Alongsi Gaye, Terrell sred several big hs, cludg 'A't No Mounta High Enough' 'A't Nothg Like the Real Thg' and 'You're All I Need to Get By'. A't No Mounta High Enough (extra HQ) - Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell.

DAVE RUB: COMG OUT AS GAY WAS MY 'DEFG MOMENT'

Among her biggt hs clud:- I Cried- A't No Mounta High Enough (wh Marv Gaye)- Your Prec Love (wh Marv Gaye)- If I Could Build My Whole World Around You (wh Marv Gaye)- If This World Were Me (wh Marv Gaye)- A't Nothg Like the Real Thg (wh Marv Gaye)- You're All I Need to Get By (wh Marv Gaye)- Keep On Lov' Me Honey (wh Marv Gaye)- Good Lov' A't Easy to Come By (wh Marv Gaye)- Come On and See Me. You're All I Need To Get By - Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

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

When Tammi Terrell had bee a star, she ntued to suffer om migra and headach she had sce October 14, 1967, while performg 'Your Prec Love' wh Marv Gaye at Hampn–Sydney College, Virgia, she llapsed to Gaye's arms onstage. Dpe her optimism, her tumour worsened, and need more 1969, Terrell had retired om live performanc on orrs by doctors and was too ill to rerd new was claimed that Valerie Simpson had to step for Terrell for her third album wh Gaye, Easy. Gaye later said this was "another moneymakg scheme on BG's [Berry Gordy's] part".

However, Simpson claimed that the ailg Terrell was brought to the stud when she was strong enough to rerd over Simpson's gui 1969, Terrell ma her fal public appearance at the Apollo Theater, where Marv Gaye was performg. When Gaye spotted Terrell, he shed to her si and the duo began sgg 'You're All I Need to Get By', and they were given a standg ovatn. Her funeral was held at the Jan Methodist Church the funeral, Gaye livered a fal logy while 'You're All I Need to Get By' was playg.

Acrdg to Terrell's fiancé Dr Ernt 'Ernie' Garrett, her mother angrily banned everyone at Motown om her funeral, except for Gaye, whom she felt was Terrell's clost iend.