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MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED
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Marv Gaye, byname of Marv Pentz Gay, Jr., (born April 2, 1939, Washgton, D.C., U.S.—died April 1, 1984, Los Angel, California), Amerin soul sger-songwrer-producer who, to a large extent, hered the era of artist-ntrolled popular mic of the 1970s.Gaye’s father was a storeont preacher; his mother was a domtic worker. Gaye sang his father’s Evangelil church Washgton, D.C., and beme a member of a natnally known doo-wop group, the Moonglows, unr the directn of Harvey Fuqua, one of the genre’s foremost matros, who reloted the group to Chigo. When doo-wop dissipated the late 1950s, Gaye had already absorbed Fuqua’s lsons close harmony.
MARV GAYE’S 30 TOP SONGS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100
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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. 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. It clud the chart-toppg sgl “What’s Gog On,” “Mercy Mercy Me (The Elogy),” and “Inner Cy Blu (Make Me Wanna Holler).”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).Gaye’s growg addictn to e exacerbated his psychologil stggl.