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Contents:

• MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED
• THE VERY BT OF MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE’S 30 TOP SONGS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100
• MARV GAYE – 10 OF THE BT
• THE 10 BT MARV GAYE SONGS
• THE BT MARV GAYE SONGS OF ALL TIME
• THE VERY BT OF MARV GAYE [MOTOWN 2001]
• THE VERY BT OF MARV GAYE
• BT OF MARV GAYE: LIVE
• BT OF MARV GAYE: LIVE [DIRECT SOURCE]
• 20TH CENTURY MASTERS: THE MILLENNIUM COLLECTN: THE BT OF MARV GAYE, VOL 2: THE 70'S
• THE BT OF MARV GAYE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY SERI

MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED

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.

THE VERY BT OF MARV GAYE

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. 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).

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

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

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...

Gaye asked himself: "'Wh the world explodg around me, how am I supposed to keep sgg love songs? Marv Gaye - Heard It Through The Grapeve (Live at Montrx). 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.

MARV GAYE – 10 OF THE BT

On April 1, 1984, Marv Gaye was killed, shot ad by his father Marv Gay, Sr. Gaye was one of Motown’s most soulful and socially aware artists, standg tall amongst peers and label mat like Stevie Wonr by igng spirs wh polilly charged cuts like “What’s Gog On” and equally providg heat for timate tim wh songs like “Let’s Get It On.

Unlike some of his Motown label mat, Marv Gaye was not only a nuanced, soulful volist, but an expert songwrer, pable of craftg betiful, medative ballads as well as thumpg dance floor numbers.

Gaye was posthumoly ducted to the Songwrers Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his lible impact on popular mic and culture.

THE 10 BT MARV GAYE SONGS

Marv Gaye, "Mic" Peak Posn: 22 | Peak Date: 7/14/2001. Marv Gaye & Mary Wells, "What's the Matter Wh You, Baby" Peak Posn: 17 | Peak Date: 7/4/1964.

Marv Gaye & Mary Wells, "Once Upon a Time" Peak Posn: 19 | Peak Date: 6/6/1964.

Marv Gaye & Kim Wton, "It Tak Two" Peak Posn: 14 | Peak Date: 3/4/1967. Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "A't No Mounta High Enough" Peak Posn: 19 | Peak Date: 7/15/1967. Diana Ross & Marv Gaye, "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" Peak Posn: 19 | Peak Date: 5/4/1974.

THE BT MARV GAYE SONGS OF ALL TIME

Diana Ross & Marv Gaye, "You're a Special Part of Me" wh Diana Ross Peak Posn: 12 | Peak Date: 11/17/1973. Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" Peak Posn: 10 | Peak Date: 1/20/1968.

Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "A't Nothg Like the Real Thg" Peak Posn: 8 | Peak Date: 5/25/1968. Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "You're All I Need to Get By" Peak Posn: 7 | Peak Date: 9/14/1968.

THE VERY BT OF MARV GAYE [MOTOWN 2001]

Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "Your Prec Love" Peak Posn: 5 | Peak Date: 11/4/1967.

Hch HikeMarv Pentz Gay Jr’s earlit experienc of sgg public me when he was three, performg as a part of his father’s church choir Washgton DC. Gaye ially showed no particular sire to bee an R&B performer, however, and stead strove to succeed as a jazz mician, perhaps bee of his agonisg shyns – a tra that was often evint throughout early live performanc. Hch Hike was released as a dance song – Gaye rerd the dms and piano himself – showsg the sger’s soulful vol range.

THE VERY BT OF MARV GAYE

Watch Marv Gaye perform Hch Hike on US televisn 19622.

A’t No Mounta High Enough (wh Tammi Terrell)After havg hs wh duets wh Mary Wells and Kim Wton, Gaye was teamed wh Tammi Terrell, who was hired pecially for the job, 1967. Between 1967 and 1969, Gaye and Terrell went on to rerd three albums together, and released a host of succsful sgl, most of which were also wrten by Ashford and Simpson.

Though their relatnship was purely platonic, Terrell’s impact on Gaye’s life and reer was immeasurable, and her ath led to him to prsn and dg abe – neher of which he ever tly overme, almost g him to qu mic. Gaye’s reactn to Terrell’s ath would also profoundly fluence his future work, particularly his trospective 1971 masterpiece: What’s Gog On.

BT OF MARV GAYE: LIVE

I Heard It Through The Grapeve Durg 1968, Motown worked on a new album wh Gaye, after a uple of years which he had released only sgl. Though Gladys Knight & the Pips’ 1967 versn of I Heard Through the Grapeve had bee Motown’s biggt sellg sgle so far, Gaye’s rendn om those ssns provid his mercial breakthrough, givg him his first US No 1. Gaye’s paranoid terpretatn of the track is sensatnal, far more omo than Knight’s, wh s slower tempo and broodg vols.

The sgle was so succsful, fact, that Gaye’s 1968 album In the Groove was later reissued and retled I Heard It Through The Grapeve.

BT OF MARV GAYE: LIVE [DIRECT SOURCE]

What’s Gog OnWhat’s Gog On, om 1971, was the first album Gaye produced himself, and proved to be a stark ntrast to his back talogue, as he unveiled a social nscience. The rt of the Tops weren’t terted, but Benson nvced Gaye to take on.

Gaye adopted the song’s ial ncept and reworked , lyrilly and melodilly, addg his own personal experienc to the mix. The Vietnam war experienc of Gaye’s brother Frankie played a val role spirg the album’s overall ncept – the perspective of a veteran returng home to Ameri, only to be greeted by a plague of sufferg and to What’s Gog On by Marv Gaye5.

Mercy, Mercy Me (The Elogy)The send sgle om What’s Gog On, Mercy, Mercy Me (The Elogy), was wrten by Gaye, who also played piano and mellotron on the song.

20TH CENTURY MASTERS: THE MILLENNIUM COLLECTN: THE BT OF MARV GAYE, VOL 2: THE 70'S

Gaye was mourng mankd’s mistreatment of the world, but also expandg his visn to clu the chemil weapons ed by the US ary Vietnam to stroy the vegetatn ed by the Vietng as ver and the rice paddi they relied on for food.

Sce s origal release, Mercy, Mercy Me has bee one of Gaye’s most famo rerdgs, and to mark the 20th anniversary of s release, 1991, Motown released a new vio for the song which featured gut appearanc om labelmat such as Smokey Robson, Stevie Wonr and Diana Ross. Built upon a bluy atmospheric groove, Inner Cy Blu is the product of a llaboratn between Gaye and Motown songwrer Jam Nyx Jr, who between them njured a timels posn that works as a tale of tratn about the state of Ameri’s ner ci, endg wh a reprise that harks back to the album’s openg.

Instead of beg dignant, Gaye’s livery of the track is both reflective and cynil – ankly discsg issu such as poverty and taxatn (“Money, we make / Before we see , you take ”), crime, lack of opportuny, and “trigger-happy policg”. Let’s Get It OnWhat’s Gog On was Gaye’s first top 10 album the US, rultg Motown offerg him a $1m ntract, makg him the hight-earng black rerdg artist yet, which also granted him a high gree of artistic ntrol.

THE BT OF MARV GAYE MOTOWN ANTHOLOGY SERI

The first u of the al was Gaye’s soundtrack for the film Trouble Man, but he began to suffer om wrer’s block once the time to work on a new stud album me. Townsend had wrten Let’s Get It On as a relig song after treatment for alholism, but Gaye reworked as a love anthem, the rnerstone of the sexually charged album gave s name to, which beme another huge h and cemented Gaye’s sex-symbol stat.

The lyrics were spired by Janis Hunter – who would later bee Gaye’s wife and mother to two of his children – whom he met durg the ssns for the album. What’s most proment about Let’s Get It On, however, is the extraordarily smooth vol livery drenched wh both soul and passn, supported by Gaye’s own multi-tracked backg vols that add an extra Marv Gaye perform Let’s Get It On live Montrx, 1980. For all the creative ntrol granted by his new ntract, Gaye later admted he felt phed to rerdg the album by the label.

Gaye’s next solo effort, I Want You, arrived summer 1976 and showsed his return to his fort zone of sexually charged R&B, wh a set of songs that proved ntroversial on release for their raw tensy (Gaye had difficulti wh sexualy, bee of the censor attus of his abive father, who provid a tormented view on the subject through extreme Christian sect teachgs). Aga spired by his affair wh Janis Hunter, the album’s tle track featur spirual overton that hold the rnaly check, while Lat-spired percsn jos Gaye’s multi-layered vols, the track’s fg feature, to create a languid atmosphere that provis a fe troductn and sight to Gaye’s most sensual body of work.