Meet Marv Gaye’s 3 Kids Includg Son om His Wife Anna’s Unrage Niece Denise Gordy

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• THE LIFE AND TRAGIC ATH OF MARV GAYE, THE SON OF A PREACHER WHO BEME MOTOWN'S VOICE OF POLIL CHANGE AND DIED AT THE HANDS OF HIS OWN FATHER
• MARV GAYE STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
• MARV GAYE PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR
• MARV {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}MARV GAYE WAS A SOUL SGER-SONGWRER WH MOTOWN THE 1960S AND 1970S. 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HE RERD SONGS BY SMOKEY ROBSON BEFORE BEG HIS OWN PRODUCER ON THE PROTT ALBUM WHAT'S GOG ON (1971). 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. GAYE WAS RAISED UNR THE STRICT NTROL OF HIS FATHER, REVEREND MARV GAY SR.—MARV GAYE JR. ADD THE "E" ON THE END OF HIS NAME LATER LIFE—THE MISTER AT A LOL CHURCH, AGAST A BLEAK BACKDROP OF WISPREAD VLENCE HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, GAYE OFTEN FOUND PEACE MIC, MASTERG THE PIANO AND DMS AT A YOUNG AGE. UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL, HIS SGG EXPERIENCE WAS LIMED TO CHURCH REVIVALS, BUT SOON HE VELOPED A LOVE FOR R&B AND DOO-WOP THAT WOULD SET THE FOUNDATN FOR HIS REER. IN THE LATE 1950S, GAYE JOED A VOL GROUP LLED THE NEW MOONGLOWS. THE TALENTED SGER HAD A PHENOMENAL RANGE THAT SPANNED THREE VOL STYL AND HE SOON IMPRSED THE GROUP'S FOUNR, HARVEY FUQUA. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE GAYE AND FUQUA BOTH ME TO THE ATTENTN OF DETRO MIC IMPRAR {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BERRY GORDY JR. 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. HE WAS A SSN DMMER FOR MOTOWN LEGENDS SUCH AS LTLE STEVIE WONR, THE SUPREM, THE MARVELETT AND MARTHA AND THE VANLLAS. 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. ITS SUCCS PROMPTED GAYE TO TAKE EVEN MORE RISKS, BOTH MILLY AND POLILLY. 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. DEPARTG OM THE TRIED AND TE MOTOWN FORMULA, GAYE WENT OUT ON HIS OWN ARTISTILLY, PAVG THE WAY FOR OTHER MOTOWN ARTISTS LIKE WONR AND MICHAEL JACKSON TO BRANCH OUT LATER YEARS. BEYOND FLUENCG HIS PEERS, THE ALBUM GARNERED WISPREAD CRIL ACCLAIM, WNG THE ROLLG STONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD.CROSSOVER SUCCSIN 1972, GAYE MOVED TO LOS ANGEL AND SOON MET JANIS HUNTER, WHO WOULD LATER BEE HIS SEND WIFE. INSPIRED PART BY HIS NEWFOUND PENNCE, GAYE RERD ONE OF THE MOST REVERED LOVE ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME, "LET'S GET IT ON." THE SONG BEME HIS SEND NO. 1 BILLBOARD H, CEMENTG HIS CROSSOVER APPEAL ONCE AND FOR ALL. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, MOTOWN PHED GAYE TO TOURG TO PALIZE ON HIS MOST RECENT SUCCS; RELUCTANTLY THE SGER-SONGWRER RETURNED TO THE STAGE. THROUGH MOST OF THE MID-1970S, GAYE WAS TOURG, LLABORATG OR PRODUCG. WORKG WH DIANA ROSS AND THE MIRACL, HE PUT OFF RELEASG ANOTHER SOLO ALBUM UNTIL 1976. HE NTUED TOURG AFTER THE RELEASE OF I WANT YOU (1976) AND, AFTER SRG A NO. 1 H 1977 WH THE DANCE SGLE "GOT TO GIVE IT UP," RELEASED HIS LAST ALBUM FOR MOTOWN RERDS (HERE, MY DEAR) 1978. (DES LATER, "GOT TO GIVE IT UP" WOULD BEE THE CENTER OF A BIG NTROVERSY. IN 2013, GAYE'S TATE ASSERTED THAT PRODUCER/SONGWRER PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND SGER/SONGWRER ROB THICKE HAD MTED PYRIGHT GEMENT BY TAKG MAJOR MIL ELEMENTS OM THE DIS TRACK FOR THE MEGA-H "BLURRED L." AFTER A SE WHICH THICKE TTIFIED THAT HE'D HAD LTLE TO DO WH THE WRG OF THE SONG, THE JURY LED FAVOR OF GAYE'S FAY, WHO WERE AWARD $7.3 LN DAMAG AND PROF SHAR. THE JURY ALSO LED THAT NEHER WILLIAMS OR THICKE HAD PURPOSELY MTED GEMENT.) AFTER TWO S AT MOTOWN, GAYE SIGNED WH CBS'S COLUMBIA RERDS 1982 AND BEGAN TO WORK ON HIS LAST ALBUM, MIDNIGHT LOVE. THE LEAD SGLE OM THAT ALBUM, "SEXUAL HEALG," BEME A HUGE EBACK H FOR THE R&B STAR AND EARNED HIM HIS FIRST TWO GRAMMY AWARDS AND AN AMERIN MIC AWARD FOR FAVORE SOUL SGLE.PERSONAL LIFEIN 1975, GAYE'S WIFE ANNA GORDY—BERRY GORDY'S SISTER—FILED FOR DIVORCE, AND TWO YEARS LATER GAYE MARRIED HUNTER, WHO HAD BY THEN GIVEN BIRTH TO THEIR DGHTER, NONA (BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1974) AND THEIR SON FRANKIE (BORN NOVEMBER 16, 1975). GAYE ALSO HAD AN ADOPTED SON (MARV PENTZ GAYE III) OM HIS PREV MARRIAGE. THE SGER'S MARRIAGE TO HUNTER PROVED SHORT LIVED AND TUMULTUO, ENDG DIVORCE 1981.DEATH AND LEGACYDPE HIS SUCCSFUL EBACK THE EARLY 1980S, GAYE STGGLED BADLY WH THE SUBSTANCE ABE AND BOUTS OF PRSN THAT HAD PLAGUED HIM FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. AFTER HIS LAST TOUR, HE MOVED TO HIS PARENTS' HOE. THERE HE AND HIS FATHER FELL TO A PATTERN OF VLENT FIGHTS AND QUARRELS THAT RELLED NFLICTS THAT HAD HNTED THE FAY FOR S. ON APRIL 1, 1984, MARV GAYE SR. SHOT AND KILLED HIS SON AFTER A PHYSIL ALTERTN; THE FATHER CLAIMED HE ACTED SELF-FENSE BUT WOULD LATER BE NVICTED OF VOLUNTARY MANSLGHTER. THREE YEARS AFTER HIS ATH, GAYE WAS DUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. CREATG BETIFUL ART OM A TROUBLED LIFE, GAYE AGA AND AGA BROUGHT HIS VISN, RANGE AND ARTISTRY TO THE WORLD STAGE. AT THE END OF HIS REER, HE ADMTED HE NO LONGER MA MIC FOR PLEASURE; STEAD, HE SAID, "I RERD SO THAT I N FEED PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT THEY FEEL. HOPEFULLY, I RERD SO THAT I N HELP SOMEONE OVERE A BAD TIME."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;MARG:0.9375REM 0 0 0.625REM;PADDG:0 0 0 1.25REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:0.9375REM 0;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} LI{PADDG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} LI::MARKER{LOR:#323232;}NAME: MARV GAYEBIRTH YEAR: 1939BIRTH DATE: APRIL 2, 1939BIRTH CY: WASHGTON, D. C.BIRTH COUNTRY: UNED STATGENR: MALEBT KNOWN FOR: MARV GAYE WAS A SOUL SGER-SONGWRER WH MOTOWN THE 1960S AND 1970S. HE PRODUCED HIS OWN RERDS AND OFTEN ADDRSED NTROVERSIAL THEM.INDTRIPOPASTROLOGIL SIGN: ARIINTERTG FACTSBEFORE MAKG AS A SOLO ARTIST, MARV GAYE PLAYED DMS FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS STEVIE WONR AND THE SUPREM.DEATH YEAR: 1984DEATH DATE: APRIL 1, 1984DEATH STATE: CALIFORNIADEATH CY: LOS ANGELDEATH COUNTRY: UNED STATFACT CHECKWE STRIVE FOR ACCURACY AND YOU SEE SOMETHG THAT DON'T LOOK RIGHT,NTACT !CITATION INFORMATIONARTICLE TLE: MARV GAYE BGRAPHYAUTHOR: EDORSWEBSE NAME: THE WEBSEURL: ACCS DATE: PUBLISHER: A&E; TELEVISN NETWORKSLAST UPDATED: APRIL 19, 2021ORIGAL PUBLISHED DATE: APRIL 2, 2014QUOTES
• MEET MARV GAYE’S 3 KIDS INCLUDG SON OM HIS WIFE ANNA’S UNRAGE NIECE DENISE GORDY
• THE 25 BT POSTHUMO ALBUMS OF ALL {MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF MJ'S ATH SPARKS A LOOK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;OVERFLOW-X:HIDN;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.08);MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:NTA;}{WIDTH:1143PX;HEIGHT:1800PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:18PX 24PX;DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-GAP:18PX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{LOR:#0A0A0A;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;}1 / {LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}BORN AGA - IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THE KG OF POP SUFFERED AN UNTIMELY ATH, BUT SEEMS LIKE HIS LEGACY IS STRONGER THAN EVER WH THE 2014 RELEASE OF XSPE, MICHAEL JACKSON'S SEND POSTHUMO ALBUM. THE ALBUM, ORIGALLY RERD 1991 WH L.A. REID AND BABYFACE DURG THE DANGERO SSNS, MATAED MJ’S VOLS WHILE RPORATG MORN POP SOUNDS BY WAY OF SUPER PRODUCERS RODNEY JERKS AND TIMBALAND. IT RECEIVED MANY RAVE REVIEWS, WAS PARED TO THE LIK OF THRILLER, AND HAS SO FAR SOLD 309,000 PI SCE S MAY 13 RELEASE, ACRDG TO NIELSEN REMEMBERANCE OF MJ'S LEGACY, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE BT POSTHUMO ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. — INTRO BY DOMIQUE ZONYEé, REPORTG BY ALEX GALE(PHOTO: PHIL WALTER/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:920PX;HEIGHT:919PX;}2 / 26JIMI HENDRIX, LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST - DRAWG OM THE SAME GAME-CHANGG LIVE PERFORMANC AS THE 1970 BAND OF GYPSI LP, THIS ALBUM, RELEASED 1999, PTUR JIMI AND BLU MASTERS BUDDY MIL AND BILLY COX TEARG DOWN THE FAMO SAN FRAN VENUE WH AMAZG RENDNS OF "WILD THG," "POWER OF SOUL" AND "MACHE GUN."  (PHOTO:  MCA RERDS){WIDTH:1400PX;HEIGHT:1380PX;}3 / 26OTIS REDDG, THE DOCK OF THE BAY - RELEASED A YEAR AFTER THE PLANE CRASH THAT TOOK HIS LIFE, THE DOCK OF THE BAY SHOWS REDDG'S GUT-WRENCHGLY GRTY VOICE, VERSATILY AND LOST POTENTIAL — THE UNFETTABLE TLE TRACK, A CREATIVE QUANTUM LEAP FOR THE IN-TO-BE, WAS RERD JT DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH.  (PHOTO: ATLANTIC RERDS){WIDTH:600PX;HEIGHT:520PX;}4 / 26SELENA, DREAMG OF YOU - DREAMG OF YOU IS A HARD LISTEN AT TIM. RERD THE MONTHS BEFORE SELENA WAS GUNNED DOWN BY THE PRINT OF HER FAN CLUB AT THE AGE OF 23, 'S A HEARTBREAKG TTAMENT TO A YOUNG TALENT ON THE VERGE OF SUPERSTARDOM.  (PHOTO: EMI){WIDTH:1024PX;HEIGHT:1016PX;}5 / 26BIG PUN, YEEEAH BABY - WH CLUB CLASSICS ("100%") AND DART-THROWG CLICS ("LEATHERFACE"), PUN PROV HE'S ONE OF THE MOST NIMBLE, FORCEFUL MCS OF ALL TIME ON HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM, WHICH DROPPED TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS FATAL HEART ATTACK.   (PHOTO: TERROR SQUAD ENTERTAMENT){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:1464PX;HEIGHT:1500PX;}6 / 26RAY CHARL, GENI LOV COMPANY - THIS IS THE LAST ALBUM RAY CHARL RERD BEFORE HIS 2004 ATH, AND 'S ONE OF HIS BT S, WH SIMPLE RETRO PRODUCTN AND AN AMAZG ST OF LLABORATORS (NORAH JON, ELTON JOHN, B.B KG).   (PHOTO: CONRD RERDS){WIDTH:500PX;HEIGHT:500PX;}7 / 26BIG L, THE BIG PICTURE - BACKED BY PRODUCTN HEAVYWEIGHTS LIKE DJ PREMIER AND PETE ROCK, THIS ALBUM, WHICH ARRIVED A YEAR AFTER BIG L'S 1999 MURR, IS A FTG EXHIBN OF THE PUNCHLE MASTERY AND SLICG LIVERY THAT MA HIM AN UNRGROUND LEGEND.  (PHOTO:  RAWK RERDS){WIDTH:953PX;HEIGHT:953PX;}8 / 262PAC, BETTER DAYZ - PAC'S FIFTH POSTHUMO RELEASE IS ARGUABLY HIS BT. MALY PRISED OF UNRELEASED ORIGALS GRACEFULLY REMIXED BY JAZZE PHA, NTY AND OTHERS, THE ALBUM STANDS UP TO THE BT, MOST REFLECTIVE, MOST CHARISMATIC WORK OM HIS PROPER ALBUMS. (PHOTO: COURTY DEATH ROW RERDS){WIDTH:1600PX;HEIGHT:1579PX;}9 / 26JIMI HENDRIX, FIRST RAYS OF THE RISG SUN - POSTHUMO RENSTCTNS OF AN ARTIST'S UNFISHED WORKS ARE NORMALLY DICEY AFFAIRS, BUT THIS 1997 JIMI HENDRIX ALBUM IS AN EXCG LOOK AT A GENI' CREATIVE PROCS, WH SOME OF HIS PRETTIT PSYCHELI AND HIS FIRST RERD FORAYS TO FUNK AND R&B.  (PHOTO: MCA RERDS){WIDTH:1410PX;HEIGHT:1425PX;}10 / 262PAC, R U STILL DOWN? - THIS 1997 DOUBLE ALBUM, PRISED OF UNRELEASED MATERIAL RERD BETWEEN 1992 AND 1994, BRIDG THE GAP PAC'S ARTISTIC EVOLUTN OM DIGAL UNRGROUND SIMAN TO GANGSTA-RAP TOUR FORCE.  (PHOTO:  JIVE RERDS)ADVERTISEMENT11 / 26MARV GAYE, VULNERABLE - A LLECTN OF CLASSIC POP AND JAZZ STANDARDS THAT MARV GAYE RERD AND OBSSED OVER FOR YEARS, VULNERABLE WAS FALLY RELEASED 1997. WH LH ARRANGEMENTS AND HIS VOICE AS GEO AS EVER, 'S WELL WORTH THE WA.   (PHOTO: MOTOWN RERDS)
• MARV GAYE
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THE LIFE AND TRAGIC ATH OF MARV GAYE, THE SON OF A PREACHER WHO BEME MOTOWN'S VOICE OF POLIL CHANGE AND DIED AT THE HANDS OF HIS OWN FATHER

The life and tragic ath of Marv Gaye, the son of a preacher who beme Motown's voice of polil change and died at the hands of his own father. Marv Gaye skyrocketed to stardom as a leadg Motown artist the 1960s and 1970s. Marv Pentz Gay Jr.

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Durg his childhood, Gaye clashed wh his father, a preacher who reportedly had a strict style of parentg.

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Sger Marv Gaye performs on the NBC TV mic show 'Hullabaloo' Febary 1965 New York Cy, New York. Inially startg wh gospel mic his father's church, Gaye beme enthralled by the R&B and doo-wop tun popular the 1950s. Gaye was signed and began rerdg wh Motown Rerds 1961.

Gaye's father had a reputatn as a "crossdrser" D. In the 1960s, Gaye soared to fame. Promotnal poster for Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

Gaye had fallen to a ep prsn surroundg the ath of long-time llaborator Tammi Terrell, the failure of his first marriage, and troubl wh addictn. Rpondg to the protts and police btaly of Bloody Thursday Berkeley 1969, Gaye put out the now-famo "What's Gog On. " The choice to tegrate polics to Motown not only troduced Gaye to a larger dience, but paved the way for a new kd of prott mic rhythm and blu.

MARV GAYE PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR

"In the early 1980s, Gaye briefly moved to Ostend, Belgium to ntrol his issu wh substance abe, addrs his fancial troubl wh the IRS, and rebuild his WBUR. Gaye left Motown Rerds and signed wh Columbia 1982 — this partnership yield his last album Midnight Love and s lead sgle "Sexual Healg. " This smash h earned Gaye his first two Grammy Awards, Bt Male R&B Vol Performance and Bt R&B Instmental Performance 1983.

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HE RERD SONGS BY SMOKEY ROBSON BEFORE BEG HIS OWN PRODUCER ON THE PROTT ALBUM WHAT'S GOG ON (1971). 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. GAYE WAS RAISED UNR THE STRICT NTROL OF HIS FATHER, REVEREND MARV GAY SR.—MARV GAYE JR. ADD THE "E" ON THE END OF HIS NAME LATER LIFE—THE MISTER AT A LOL CHURCH, AGAST A BLEAK BACKDROP OF WISPREAD VLENCE HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, GAYE OFTEN FOUND PEACE MIC, MASTERG THE PIANO AND DMS AT A YOUNG AGE. UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL, HIS SGG EXPERIENCE WAS LIMED TO CHURCH REVIVALS, BUT SOON HE VELOPED A LOVE FOR R&B AND DOO-WOP THAT WOULD SET THE FOUNDATN FOR HIS REER. IN THE LATE 1950S, GAYE JOED A VOL GROUP LLED THE NEW MOONGLOWS. THE TALENTED SGER HAD A PHENOMENAL RANGE THAT SPANNED THREE VOL STYL AND HE SOON IMPRSED THE GROUP'S FOUNR, HARVEY FUQUA. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE GAYE AND FUQUA BOTH ME TO THE ATTENTN OF DETRO MIC IMPRAR {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BERRY GORDY JR. 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. HE WAS A SSN DMMER FOR MOTOWN LEGENDS SUCH AS LTLE STEVIE WONR, THE SUPREM, THE MARVELETT AND MARTHA AND THE VANLLAS. 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. ITS SUCCS PROMPTED GAYE TO TAKE EVEN MORE RISKS, BOTH MILLY AND POLILLY. 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. DEPARTG OM THE TRIED AND TE MOTOWN FORMULA, GAYE WENT OUT ON HIS OWN ARTISTILLY, PAVG THE WAY FOR OTHER MOTOWN ARTISTS LIKE WONR AND MICHAEL JACKSON TO BRANCH OUT LATER YEARS. BEYOND FLUENCG HIS PEERS, THE ALBUM GARNERED WISPREAD CRIL ACCLAIM, WNG THE ROLLG STONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD.CROSSOVER SUCCSIN 1972, GAYE MOVED TO LOS ANGEL AND SOON MET JANIS HUNTER, WHO WOULD LATER BEE HIS SEND WIFE. INSPIRED PART BY HIS NEWFOUND PENNCE, GAYE RERD ONE OF THE MOST REVERED LOVE ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME, "LET'S GET IT ON." THE SONG BEME HIS SEND NO. 1 BILLBOARD H, CEMENTG HIS CROSSOVER APPEAL ONCE AND FOR ALL. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, MOTOWN PHED GAYE TO TOURG TO PALIZE ON HIS MOST RECENT SUCCS; RELUCTANTLY THE SGER-SONGWRER RETURNED TO THE STAGE. THROUGH MOST OF THE MID-1970S, GAYE WAS TOURG, LLABORATG OR PRODUCG. WORKG WH DIANA ROSS AND THE MIRACL, HE PUT OFF RELEASG ANOTHER SOLO ALBUM UNTIL 1976. HE NTUED TOURG AFTER THE RELEASE OF I WANT YOU (1976) AND, AFTER SRG A NO. 1 H 1977 WH THE DANCE SGLE "GOT TO GIVE IT UP," RELEASED HIS LAST ALBUM FOR MOTOWN RERDS (HERE, MY DEAR) 1978. (DES LATER, "GOT TO GIVE IT UP" WOULD BEE THE CENTER OF A BIG NTROVERSY. IN 2013, GAYE'S TATE ASSERTED THAT PRODUCER/SONGWRER PHARRELL WILLIAMS AND SGER/SONGWRER ROB THICKE HAD MTED PYRIGHT GEMENT BY TAKG MAJOR MIL ELEMENTS OM THE DIS TRACK FOR THE MEGA-H "BLURRED L." AFTER A SE WHICH THICKE TTIFIED THAT HE'D HAD LTLE TO DO WH THE WRG OF THE SONG, THE JURY LED FAVOR OF GAYE'S FAY, WHO WERE AWARD $7.3 LN DAMAG AND PROF SHAR. THE JURY ALSO LED THAT NEHER WILLIAMS OR THICKE HAD PURPOSELY MTED GEMENT.) AFTER TWO S AT MOTOWN, GAYE SIGNED WH CBS'S COLUMBIA RERDS 1982 AND BEGAN TO WORK ON HIS LAST ALBUM, MIDNIGHT LOVE. THE LEAD SGLE OM THAT ALBUM, "SEXUAL HEALG," BEME A HUGE EBACK H FOR THE R&B STAR AND EARNED HIM HIS FIRST TWO GRAMMY AWARDS AND AN AMERIN MIC AWARD FOR FAVORE SOUL SGLE.PERSONAL LIFEIN 1975, GAYE'S WIFE ANNA GORDY—BERRY GORDY'S SISTER—FILED FOR DIVORCE, AND TWO YEARS LATER GAYE MARRIED HUNTER, WHO HAD BY THEN GIVEN BIRTH TO THEIR DGHTER, NONA (BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1974) AND THEIR SON FRANKIE (BORN NOVEMBER 16, 1975). GAYE ALSO HAD AN ADOPTED SON (MARV PENTZ GAYE III) OM HIS PREV MARRIAGE. THE SGER'S MARRIAGE TO HUNTER PROVED SHORT LIVED AND TUMULTUO, ENDG DIVORCE 1981.DEATH AND LEGACYDPE HIS SUCCSFUL EBACK THE EARLY 1980S, GAYE STGGLED BADLY WH THE SUBSTANCE ABE AND BOUTS OF PRSN THAT HAD PLAGUED HIM FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. AFTER HIS LAST TOUR, HE MOVED TO HIS PARENTS' HOE. THERE HE AND HIS FATHER FELL TO A PATTERN OF VLENT FIGHTS AND QUARRELS THAT RELLED NFLICTS THAT HAD HNTED THE FAY FOR S. ON APRIL 1, 1984, MARV GAYE SR. SHOT AND KILLED HIS SON AFTER A PHYSIL ALTERTN; THE FATHER CLAIMED HE ACTED SELF-FENSE BUT WOULD LATER BE NVICTED OF VOLUNTARY MANSLGHTER. THREE YEARS AFTER HIS ATH, GAYE WAS DUCTED TO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. CREATG BETIFUL ART OM A TROUBLED LIFE, GAYE AGA AND AGA BROUGHT HIS VISN, RANGE AND ARTISTRY TO THE WORLD STAGE. AT THE END OF HIS REER, HE ADMTED HE NO LONGER MA MIC FOR PLEASURE; STEAD, HE SAID, "I RERD SO THAT I N FEED PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT THEY FEEL. HOPEFULLY, I RERD SO THAT I N HELP SOMEONE OVERE A BAD TIME."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;MARG:0.9375REM 0 0 0.625REM;PADDG:0 0 0 1.25REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:0.9375REM 0;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} LI{PADDG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} LI::MARKER{LOR:#323232;}NAME: MARV GAYEBIRTH YEAR: 1939BIRTH DATE: APRIL 2, 1939BIRTH CY: WASHGTON, D. C.BIRTH COUNTRY: UNED STATGENR: MALEBT KNOWN FOR: MARV GAYE WAS A SOUL SGER-SONGWRER WH MOTOWN THE 1960S AND 1970S. HE PRODUCED HIS OWN RERDS AND OFTEN ADDRSED NTROVERSIAL THEM.INDTRIPOPASTROLOGIL SIGN: ARIINTERTG FACTSBEFORE MAKG AS A SOLO ARTIST, MARV GAYE PLAYED DMS FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS STEVIE WONR AND THE SUPREM.DEATH YEAR: 1984DEATH DATE: APRIL 1, 1984DEATH STATE: CALIFORNIADEATH CY: LOS ANGELDEATH COUNTRY: UNED STATFACT CHECKWE STRIVE FOR ACCURACY AND YOU SEE SOMETHG THAT DON'T LOOK RIGHT,NTACT !CITATION INFORMATIONARTICLE TLE: MARV GAYE BGRAPHYAUTHOR: EDORSWEBSE NAME: THE WEBSEURL: ACCS DATE: PUBLISHER: A&E; TELEVISN NETWORKSLAST UPDATED: APRIL 19, 2021ORIGAL PUBLISHED DATE: APRIL 2, 2014QUOTES

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THE ALBUM, ORIGALLY RERD 1991 WH L.A. REID AND BABYFACE DURG THE DANGERO SSNS, MATAED MJ’S VOLS WHILE RPORATG MORN POP SOUNDS BY WAY OF SUPER PRODUCERS RODNEY JERKS AND TIMBALAND. IT RECEIVED MANY RAVE REVIEWS, WAS PARED TO THE LIK OF THRILLER, AND HAS SO FAR SOLD 309,000 PI SCE S MAY 13 RELEASE, ACRDG TO NIELSEN REMEMBERANCE OF MJ'S LEGACY, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE BT POSTHUMO ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. — INTRO BY DOMIQUE ZONYEé, REPORTG BY ALEX GALE(PHOTO: PHIL WALTER/GETTY IMAG){WIDTH:920PX;HEIGHT:919PX;}2 / 26JIMI HENDRIX, LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST - DRAWG OM THE SAME GAME-CHANGG LIVE PERFORMANC AS THE 1970 BAND OF GYPSI LP, THIS ALBUM, RELEASED 1999, PTUR JIMI AND BLU MASTERS BUDDY MIL AND BILLY COX TEARG DOWN THE FAMO SAN FRAN VENUE WH AMAZG RENDNS OF "WILD THG," "POWER OF SOUL" AND "MACHE GUN."  (PHOTO:  MCA RERDS){WIDTH:1400PX;HEIGHT:1380PX;}3 / 26OTIS REDDG, THE DOCK OF THE BAY - RELEASED A YEAR AFTER THE PLANE CRASH THAT TOOK HIS LIFE, THE DOCK OF THE BAY SHOWS REDDG'S GUT-WRENCHGLY GRTY VOICE, VERSATILY AND LOST POTENTIAL — THE UNFETTABLE TLE TRACK, A CREATIVE QUANTUM LEAP FOR THE IN-TO-BE, WAS RERD JT DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH.  (PHOTO: ATLANTIC RERDS){WIDTH:600PX;HEIGHT:520PX;}4 / 26SELENA, DREAMG OF YOU - DREAMG OF YOU IS A HARD LISTEN AT TIM. RERD THE MONTHS BEFORE SELENA WAS GUNNED DOWN BY THE PRINT OF HER FAN CLUB AT THE AGE OF 23, 'S A HEARTBREAKG TTAMENT TO A YOUNG TALENT ON THE VERGE OF SUPERSTARDOM.  (PHOTO: EMI){WIDTH:1024PX;HEIGHT:1016PX;}5 / 26BIG PUN, YEEEAH BABY - WH CLUB CLASSICS ("100%") AND DART-THROWG CLICS ("LEATHERFACE"), PUN PROV HE'S ONE OF THE MOST NIMBLE, FORCEFUL MCS OF ALL TIME ON HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM, WHICH DROPPED TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS FATAL HEART ATTACK.   (PHOTO: TERROR SQUAD ENTERTAMENT){MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:1464PX;HEIGHT:1500PX;}6 / 26RAY CHARL, GENI LOV COMPANY - THIS IS THE LAST ALBUM RAY CHARL RERD BEFORE HIS 2004 ATH, AND 'S ONE OF HIS BT S, WH SIMPLE RETRO PRODUCTN AND AN AMAZG ST OF LLABORATORS (NORAH JON, ELTON JOHN, B.B KG).   (PHOTO: CONRD RERDS){WIDTH:500PX;HEIGHT:500PX;}7 / 26BIG L, THE BIG PICTURE - BACKED BY PRODUCTN HEAVYWEIGHTS LIKE DJ PREMIER AND PETE ROCK, THIS ALBUM, WHICH ARRIVED A YEAR AFTER BIG L'S 1999 MURR, IS A FTG EXHIBN OF THE PUNCHLE MASTERY AND SLICG LIVERY THAT MA HIM AN UNRGROUND LEGEND.  (PHOTO:  RAWK RERDS){WIDTH:953PX;HEIGHT:953PX;}8 / 262PAC, BETTER DAYZ - PAC'S FIFTH POSTHUMO RELEASE IS ARGUABLY HIS BT. MALY PRISED OF UNRELEASED ORIGALS GRACEFULLY REMIXED BY JAZZE PHA, NTY AND OTHERS, THE ALBUM STANDS UP TO THE BT, MOST REFLECTIVE, MOST CHARISMATIC WORK OM HIS PROPER ALBUMS. (PHOTO: COURTY DEATH ROW RERDS){WIDTH:1600PX;HEIGHT:1579PX;}9 / 26JIMI HENDRIX, FIRST RAYS OF THE RISG SUN - POSTHUMO RENSTCTNS OF AN ARTIST'S UNFISHED WORKS ARE NORMALLY DICEY AFFAIRS, BUT THIS 1997 JIMI HENDRIX ALBUM IS AN EXCG LOOK AT A GENI' CREATIVE PROCS, WH SOME OF HIS PRETTIT PSYCHELI AND HIS FIRST RERD FORAYS TO FUNK AND R&B.  (PHOTO: MCA RERDS){WIDTH:1410PX;HEIGHT:1425PX;}10 / 262PAC, R U STILL DOWN? - THIS 1997 DOUBLE ALBUM, PRISED OF UNRELEASED MATERIAL RERD BETWEEN 1992 AND 1994, BRIDG THE GAP PAC'S ARTISTIC EVOLUTN OM DIGAL UNRGROUND SIMAN TO GANGSTA-RAP TOUR FORCE.  (PHOTO:  JIVE RERDS)ADVERTISEMENT11 / 26MARV GAYE, VULNERABLE - A LLECTN OF CLASSIC POP AND JAZZ STANDARDS THAT MARV GAYE RERD AND OBSSED OVER FOR YEARS, VULNERABLE WAS FALLY RELEASED 1997. WH LH ARRANGEMENTS AND HIS VOICE AS GEO AS EVER, 'S WELL WORTH THE WA.   (PHOTO: MOTOWN RERDS)

Amerin Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage at the Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, June 10, Marv Gaye pos for a portra cir 1964 New York Cy, New Jacksons, the Temptatns, and Marv Gaye playg basketball, September 30, 1972. Gaye ridg a motorcycle, Gaye performg at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK 25 January 1980. Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, Gaye and Tammi Terrell, portra, Uned Stat, 1967.

Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, Gaye, Caso, Oosten, Belgium, Gaye performs on stage at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1st July Marv Gaye performs on the NBC TV mic show 'Hullabaloo' Febary 1965 New York Cy, New Gaye performs on stage at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1st July Gaye, 1960.

MARV GAYE

Portra of Marv Gaye, 1962. Amerin sger, songwrer and rerd producer Marv Gaye performs live on stage durg a Kool Jazz Ftival ncert performance the Uned... Amerin sger, songwrer, and rerd producer Marv Gaye performg on stage, UK, 29th September Gaye wearg a sailor hat and leang on a r, 1961.

Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, Gaye, Gaye sgg on stage, Gaye at the piano, 1970. Amerin sger, songwrer and rerd producer Marv Gaye performs live on stage at the Royal Albert Hall London on 27th September Gaye performg at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK 25 January Wonr, Marv Gaye, Diana Ross, Hotter Than July Mic Piic tour, 6 September 1980 Wembley ArenaAmerin sger, songwrer, and rerd producer Marv Gaye and Florence Lyl performg on stage, UK, 29th September 1976. Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, sger Marv Gaye performs at Rad Cy Mic Hall May, 1983 New York Cy, New York.

Amerin sger, songwrer, and rerd producer Marv Gaye rehearsg on stage, UK, 29th September Gaye, Gaye wearg su, 1961. Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, sger Marv Gaye plays piano as he rerds a stud cir Gaye, Caso, Oosten, Belgium, sger and songwrer Marv Gaye at Goln Wt Studs 1973 Los Angel, Gaye, Gaye wearg a tuxedo walkg on stage, San Francis, California, 1980.

THE LIFE OF MARV GAYE IN PHOTOS

Amerin R&B, Funk, and Soul mician Marv Gaye performs onstage durg the 'Sexual Healg' tour at Rad Cy Mic Hall, New York, New York, Gaye, Caso, Oosten, Belgium, Gaye, Marv Gaye performs durg the Benef for Qucey Jon at the Shre Audorium, Los Angel, CA 1974.

(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.

58 MARV GAYE PARK STOCK PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR

" Gaye was killed 1984 durg a domtic dispute wh his LifeSger Marv Pentz Gaye, Jr., also known as the "Prce of Soul, " was born Washgton, D. Gaye was raised unr the strict ntrol of his father, Reverend Marv Gay Sr.

8 FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MARV GAYE STOCK PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR

—Marv Gaye Jr. Throughout his childhood, Gaye often found peace mic, masterg the piano and dms at a young age. In the late 1950s, Gaye joed a vol group lled The New Moonglows.

It wasn't long before Gaye and Fuqua both me to the attentn of Detro mic imprar Berry Gordy Jr. And were signed to Gordy's legendary 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.