Marv Gaye, Amerin soul sger-songwrer-producer who, to a large extent, hered the era of artist-ntrolled popular mic of the 1970s. Among his h songs were ‘I Heard It Through the Grapeve,’ ‘A’t Nothg Like the Real Thg,’ ‘What’s Gog On,’ ‘Let’s Get It On,’ and ‘Sexual Healg.’
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- MARV GAYE
- ‘I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE’: HOW MARV GAYE CLAIMED A SOUL CLASSIC
- I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVEMARV GAYETRACK 4 ON IN THE GROOVE/I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE PRODUCED BYNORMAN WHFIELD“I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE” WAS ORIGALLY A SONG WRTEN BY NORMAN WHFIELD AND BARRETT STRONG FOR MOTOWN RERDS 1966, AND MA FAMO BY MARV GAYE A… READ MORE AUG. 26, 19681 VIEWER147.7K VIEWS39 CONTRIBUTORSI HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE LYRICS[VERSE 1]OOH-OOH, I BET YOU'RE WONRG HOW I KNEW'BOUT YOUR PLANS TO MAKE ME BLUEWH SOME OTHER GUY YOU KNEW BEFOREBETWEEN THE TWO OF GUYSYOU KNOW I LOVE YOU MOREIT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE, I MT SAYWHEN I FOUND OUT YTERDAYDON'T YOU KNOW THAT[CHOS]I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVENOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MEOH, I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVEOH, I'M JT ABOUT TO LOSE MY MDHONEY, HONEY, YEAH (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)[VERSE 2]I KNOW A MAN A'T SUPPOSED TO CRYBUT THE TEARS, I N'T HOLD SILOSG YOU WOULD END MY LIFE, YOU SEE'CSE YOU MEAN THAT MUCH TO MEYOU ULD HAVE TOLD ME YOURSELFTHAT YOU LOVE SOMEONE ELSEINSTEADYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVENOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MEOH, I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVEAND I'M JT ABOUT TO LOSE MY MDHONEY, HONEY, YEAH (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)[VERSE 3]PEOPLE SAY BELIEVE HALF OF WHAT YOU SEESON, AND NONE OF WHAT YOU HEARBUT I N'T HELP BEG NFEDIF 'S TE PLEASE TELL ME, ARDO YOU PLAN TO LET ME GOFOR THE OTHER GUY YOU LOVED BEFORE?DON'T YOU KNOW[CHOS]I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVENOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE ME, BABYI HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVEOOH, I'M JT ABOUT TO LOSE MY MDHONEY, HONEY, YEAH (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)[OUTRO](YEAH, YEAH, YEAH)HONEY, HONEY, I KNOW (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)THAT YOU'RE LETTG ME GO (YEAH, YEAH, YEAH)SAID I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)OOH, HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE (YEAH, YEAH, YEAH)8EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
MARV GAYE
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Marv Gaye, byname of Marv Pentz Gay, Jr., (born April 2, 1939, Washgton, D. Gaye sang his father’s Evangelil church Washgton, D. When doo-wop dissipated the late 1950s, Gaye had already absorbed Fuqua’s lsons close harmony.
After disbandg the Moonglows, Fuqua took the 20-year-old Gaye to Detro, where Berry Gordy, Jr., was formg Motown Rerds. Gaye, who also played dms and piano, bucked the Motown system and s emphasis on teen hs.
‘I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE’: HOW MARV GAYE CLAIMED A SOUL CLASSIC
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Gaye also enjoyed a seri of succsful duets, most notably wh Tammi Terrell (“A’t Nothg Like the Real Thg” [1968]).
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVEMARV GAYETRACK 4 ON IN THE GROOVE/I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE PRODUCED BYNORMAN WHFIELD“I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE” WAS ORIGALLY A SONG WRTEN BY NORMAN WHFIELD AND BARRETT STRONG FOR MOTOWN RERDS 1966, AND MA FAMO BY MARV GAYE A… READ MORE AUG. 26, 19681 VIEWER147.7K VIEWS39 CONTRIBUTORSI HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE LYRICS[VERSE 1]OOH-OOH, I BET YOU'RE WONRG HOW I KNEW'BOUT YOUR PLANS TO MAKE ME BLUEWH SOME OTHER GUY YOU KNEW BEFOREBETWEEN THE TWO OF GUYSYOU KNOW I LOVE YOU MOREIT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE, I MT SAYWHEN I FOUND OUT YTERDAYDON'T YOU KNOW THAT[CHOS]I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVENOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MEOH, I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVEOH, I'M JT ABOUT TO LOSE MY MDHONEY, HONEY, YEAH (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)[VERSE 2]I KNOW A MAN A'T SUPPOSED TO CRYBUT THE TEARS, I N'T HOLD SILOSG YOU WOULD END MY LIFE, YOU SEE'CSE YOU MEAN THAT MUCH TO MEYOU ULD HAVE TOLD ME YOURSELFTHAT YOU LOVE SOMEONE ELSEINSTEADYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVENOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MEOH, I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVEAND I'M JT ABOUT TO LOSE MY MDHONEY, HONEY, YEAH (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)[VERSE 3]PEOPLE SAY BELIEVE HALF OF WHAT YOU SEESON, AND NONE OF WHAT YOU HEARBUT I N'T HELP BEG NFEDIF 'S TE PLEASE TELL ME, ARDO YOU PLAN TO LET ME GOFOR THE OTHER GUY YOU LOVED BEFORE?DON'T YOU KNOW[CHOS]I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVENOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE ME, BABYI HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVEOOH, I'M JT ABOUT TO LOSE MY MDHONEY, HONEY, YEAH (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)[OUTRO](YEAH, YEAH, YEAH)HONEY, HONEY, I KNOW (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)THAT YOU'RE LETTG ME GO (YEAH, YEAH, YEAH)SAID I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)OOH, HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE (YEAH, YEAH, YEAH)8EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
Blsed wh an exceptnally wi range that enpassed three distct vol styl—a piercg falsetto, a smooth mid-range tenor, and a ep gospel growl—Gaye bed great technil prows wh rare mil dividualy. Gaye also displayed dazzlg virtuosy by overdubbg (buildg sound track by track onto a sgle tape) his own voice three or four tim to provi his own rich harmony, a technique he would employ for the rt of his reer.
”Other major artists—most importantly Stevie Wonr—followed Gaye’s lead and acted as producer of their own efforts. In 1972 Gaye wrote the soundtrack for the film Trouble Man, wh lyrics that mirrored his own sense of secury. Let’s Get It On, released 1973, displayed Gaye’s sensuo si.
Here, My Dear (1979) brilliantly alt wh Gaye’s divorce om Gordy’s sister Anna (the first of the sger’s two tumultuo divorc)’s growg addictn to e exacerbated his psychologil stggl.