The ‘Blurred L’ of Marv Gaye’s ‘Here, My Dear’: Mic as a Communitn Tort and Divorce Narrative | School of Law | Case Wtern Rerve Universy

Contents:

• ANNA GORDY GAYE, EX-WIFE OF MARV GAYE, DEAD AT 92
• MEET MARV GAYE’S 3 KIDS INCLUDG SON OM HIS WIFE ANNA’S UNRAGE NIECE DENISE GORDY
• ANNA GORDY GAYE DEAD: MARV GAYE'S EX-WIFE DI AT 92
• MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER
• ANNA GORDY GAYE
• JANIS HUNTER GAYE, SEND WIFE OF MARV GAYE, AD AT 66
• THE DARK SI OF MARV GAYE’S 1ST MARRIAGE INVOLVED HIS WIFE’S 15-YEAR-OLD NIECE
• WHERE ARE MARV GAYE’S CHILDREN NOW? AHEAD OF GRAMMYS' ‘MERCY, MERCY ME’ TRIBUTE, A LOOK AT SOUL LEGEND'S FAY
• THE ‘BLURRED L’ OF MARV GAYE’S ‘HERE, MY DEAR’: MIC AS A COMMUNITN TORT AND DIVORCE NARRATIVE
• MARV GAYE III

ANNA GORDY GAYE, EX-WIFE OF MARV GAYE, DEAD AT 92

Anna Gordy Gaye, olr sister of Motown founr Berry Gordy and ex-wife of Marv Gaye, died today at age 92, a Motown reprentative nfirmed. Gordy Gaye played a key role Marv Gaye’s life, both personally and profsnally.

Early his reer, Gaye worked as a dmmer for Anna Rerds, a rerd label found by Anna and her sister Gwen wh songwrer Roquel “Billy” Davis. The Spir, the Flh and Marv Gaye. Gordy Gaye herself wrote three of Marv’s songs: “God Is Love” and “Fly’ High (In the Friendly Sky)” om 1971’s landmark album What’s Gog On and “Jt to Keep You Satisfied” om 1973’s Let’s Get It On.

MEET MARV GAYE’S 3 KIDS INCLUDG SON OM HIS WIFE ANNA’S UNRAGE NIECE DENISE GORDY

Gordy Gaye’s marriage to Marv was one of the most turbulent mic, marked by equent fightg and fily. (Gaye fell love wh 17-year-old Janis Hunter durg the rerdg of Let’s Get It On).

Wh ltle sh to pay for back tax and Anna’s divorce settlement, Gaye agreed to pay Anna $600, 000, wh the first $307, 000 g om an advance agast royalti off his next album and the remag $293, 000 to be paid om any future royalti. Gaye began work on Here, My Dear, a btally hont tobgraphil acunt of his relatnship wh Anna; s tl –”When Did You Stop Lovg Me, When Did I Stop Lovg You, ” “You Can Leave, But It’s Gog to Cost You” – exemplified the album’s personal them.

ANNA GORDY GAYE DEAD: MARV GAYE'S EX-WIFE DI AT 92

Here, My Dear told specific stori about the duo’s past, g Anna to nsir a $5 ln vasn-of-privacy su agast Gaye. Crilly maligned upon s 1978 release (dis fans did not want to hear a double-album about breakups and heartache), Here, My Dear has sce beme an sential album Gaye’s talog and is often ced as one of his bt works.

Gordy Gaye and Gaye renciled the early 1980s, wh Anna by Marv’s si at the 1983 Grammy Awards.

Anna Gordy Gaye is survived by her brothers, Berry and Robert, her son, Marv Gaye III, and two grandsons, Marv IV and Dillon.

MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER

R&B soul sger, Marv Gaye, was a great artist. He was also signed to GAYE IIIWhen he troduced his son Marv Gaye III to the world, there were many speculatns around the child's birth.

The great sger would later reveal shortly before his ath that the boy was adopted, a revelatn that was later proven to be Gaye on stage at De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, July 1, 1980. | Photo: Getty ImagWhen qutns about the blogil parents of Marv Gaye III arose, the late star found a way to get around . Notwhstandg the mors around his birth, Marv Gaye III had nothg but love for his father.

ANNA GORDY GAYE

"Soul sger Marv Gaye hugs his children, Nona Gaye and Frankie Chirstian Gaye at an event cir 1981 | Photo: Getty ImagThe picture showed Marv Gaye III's three sons and his two dghters huddled together and sg wh a picture of himself and his wife photoshopped to Gaye III is also a mician, jt like his father; he released a track tled "Can't Take My Ey Off You" 2013 and posted a picture of the track ver on Twter wh a lk to watch the vio letter talked about how their father would handle the GAYEThe late Marv Gaye also had two more children, asis om his son Marv Gaye III. She ptned :"This is Nona Gaye, Marv Gaye's talented is Marvs birthday and he was honored by a postage stamp. FRANKIE GAYEAlthough not much is known about his third child Frankie Gaye, he once joed his siblgs to pen down a letter to clear misnceptns about the succsful lawsus agast Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams's h song "Blurred L.

"Acrdg to the lawsu, Thicke and Williams were alleged to have pied Gaye‘s 1977 h song "Got to Give It Up" for their song, "Blurred L. " The letter also talked about how their late father would have reacted to the said if he were alive, he would embrace the technology available to artists, but he would also be vigilant about protectg artist's rights and givg cred where is IS MARVIN GAYETheir late father, Marv Gaye, was a talented sger and is known for his ol jazz mic and his ntroversial lyrics.

Anna Gordy Gaye, the sister of Motown founr Berry Gordy and ex-wife of the late sger Marv Gaye, has died.

JANIS HUNTER GAYE, SEND WIFE OF MARV GAYE, AD AT 66

Acrdg to TMZ, sourc close to the fay revealed that Gordy Gaye died at her Los Angel home om natural and was disvered by fay members at around 3 a.

Followg a 14-year unn wh the inic crooner, Anna divorced Marv Gaye 1977. The public spl spired the rerdg of Gaye’s double album "Here, My Dear" -- an album whose existence was mandated by the terms of the divorce settlement, which also required Marv to pay royalti om the project toward Anna's alimony.

THE DARK SI OF MARV GAYE’S 1ST MARRIAGE INVOLVED HIS WIFE’S 15-YEAR-OLD NIECE

"I do believe the fact that I was married to Berry Gordy's sister saved me om gettg my ntract ripped up several tim, ” Gaye said.

"In recent years, Anna Gordy Gaye reportedly suffered om mentia, heart disease, high blood prsure and diabet. In 2005, she moved away om Marv's former Hollywood Hills home due to alleged dg e on the part of her adopted son, Marv Gaye III. In 2007, tste for Anna forced Gaye III out of the rince an effort to sell the home, acrdg to ABC Gordy Gaye is survived by her brother Berry and her adopted son You GoNotable People We've Lost In 2014Popular the CommunyYou May Like.

Janis Hunter was a mother of two her early 20s when her longtime lover, father of her children and one of the world’s most lted-after soul sgers, Marv Gaye, suggted an amoro liaison wh another uple.

WHERE ARE MARV GAYE’S CHILDREN NOW? AHEAD OF GRAMMYS' ‘MERCY, MERCY ME’ TRIBUTE, A LOOK AT SOUL LEGEND'S FAY

The four had been smokg weed and snortg e when Gaye noticed the pair sizg her up. After, Gaye projected his joy at the event onto Hunter. The next night, when the other uple returned for more, Gaye’s enthiasm had bee somethg else.

She refed, the uple left and Gaye told her how he really felt about the fantasy that his proddg had ma real.

THE ‘BLURRED L’ OF MARV GAYE’S ‘HERE, MY DEAR’: MIC AS A COMMUNITN TORT AND DIVORCE NARRATIVE

Marv and Jan GayeCourty of Jan Gaye. “After the Dance, ” a memoir by Gaye’s mistrs-turned-wife Jan Gaye, wrten wh David Rz, rells a love affair propelled by jt the sorts of md gam.

Marv Gaye’s immense, unniable talent for sgg and songwrg, and his equally impossible-to-dismiss sex appeal, were acpanied by creasgly heavy dg e — eebasg e eventually did him — and erratic moods, a nstant tug of war between thrills, love, lt and terror. Janis Hunter met Marv Gaye when she was 17. Her mother, Barbara, was iends wh Ed Townsend, Gaye’s producer, and he brought her to the stud to watch Gaye rerd.

MARV GAYE III

Hunter rells her first time seeg Gaye person.