Grammys 2021 tribute to Marv Gaye honors 'What's Gog On'

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• MARV GAYE
• GRAMMYS PREMIERE CEREMONY HONORS MARV GAYE’S ‘MERCY, MERCY ME’ FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY WH TRIBUTE PERFORMANCE
• GRAMMYS 2021 TRIBUTE TO MARV GAYE HONORS ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ CLASSIC
• MARV GAYE

MARV GAYE

Grammys Premiere Ceremony Honors Marv Gaye’s ‘Mercy, Mercy Me’ For 50th Anniversary Wh Tribute Performance.

The Grammys' Premiere Ceremony celebrated mic's biggt day on March 14 by startg wh a tribute to Marv Gaye's "Mercy, Mercy Me" for s 50th anniversary. The 2021 Grammy Awards’ Premiere Ceremony celebrated mic’s biggt day on Sunday (March 14) by kickg off wh a tribute to Marv Gaye‘s h “Mercy, Mercy Me” for s 50th anniversary. A super-sized ensemble of 2021 Grammy nome performed a tribute to Motown master Marv Gaye on Sunday.

GRAMMYS PREMIERE CEREMONY HONORS MARV GAYE’S ‘MERCY, MERCY ME’ FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY WH TRIBUTE PERFORMANCE

The Gaye salute was honor of the 50th anniversary of “Mercy Mercy Me (The Elogy), ” the socially nsc statement om his classic “What’s Gog On” LP that ronat jt as much today as did a half-century ago.

Marv Gaye at the 1983 Grammy Awards.

GRAMMYS 2021 TRIBUTE TO MARV GAYE HONORS ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ CLASSIC

Sadly, this tribute 37 years after Gaye — on the day before his 45th birthday — was murred 1984 by his father while tryg to break up a domtic dispute between his parents. 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.

MARV GAYE

Gaye also enjoyed a seri of succsful duets, most notably wh Tammi Terrell (“A’t Nothg Like the Real Thg” [1968]). 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.