Marvin Gaye : Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye

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Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr.

 (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984)

 was an 

American 

R&B

and

 soul singer, 

songwriter, 

musician, 

and

 record producer. 

He helped shape

 the sound of

 Motown in the 1960s,

 first as an

 in-house 

session player 

and later as a 

solo artist 

with a string

 of successes, 

which earned him

 the nicknames

 "Prince of Motown" 

and 

"Prince of Soul",

 and is often 

considered one 

of the greatest 

singers of all time.

Gaye's Motown hits include 

"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"

 (1964),

 "Ain't That Peculiar"

 (1965), 

and

 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 

(1968). 

He also recorded duets

 with 

Mary Wells, 

Kim Weston, 

Tammi Terrell, 

and 

Diana Ross. 

During the 1970s, 

Gaye became one

 of the first 

Motown artists 

to break away

 from the reins of a

 production company 

and recorded the

 landmark albums 

What's Going On

 (1971)

 and

 Let's Get It On

 (1973).

His later recordings 

influenced several 

R&B subgenres, 

such as quiet storm

 and

 neo soul.

 "Sexual Healing", 

released in 1982 

on the album 

Midnight Love, 

won him his first

 two Grammy Awards. 

Gaye's last 

televised appearances 

were at the 

1983 NBA All-Star Game, 

where he sang 

"The Star-Spangled Banner", 

Motown 25: 

Yesterday, Today, Forever

Motown 25: 

Yesterday, Today, Forever

 in 1983, 

and on 

Soul Train.

On April 1, 1984, 

Gaye intervened

 during a fight

 between his parents

 at their home

 in Western Heights, 

Los Angeles. 

Gaye's father, 

Marvin Gay Sr., 

subsequently

shot and killed Gaye;

 it was the eve 

of his 45th birthday. 

Gay Sr.

 later pleaded no contest

 to voluntary manslaughter, 

receiving 

Just a

 six-year 

suspended sentence 

and five years of probation.

 Institutions have

 posthumously 

bestowed Gaye

 with such awards 

and honors as

 the Grammy 

Lifetime Achievement Award; 

a star on the 

Hollywood Walk of Fame; 

and inductions into

 the Rhythm and Blues

 Music Hall of Fame,

 Songwriters Hall of Fame, 

and

 Rock and Roll 

Hall of Fame.

 American music artist 

Marvin Gaye 

released 16 studio albums, 

seven duet albums,

 four live albums, 

one soundtrack album, 

24 compilation albums,

 and 83 singles.

 In 1961 Gaye signed a

 recording contract 

with Tamla Records, 

owned by Motown. 

The first release under

 the label was 

The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye. 

Gaye's first album

 to chart was a 

duet album

 with

 Mary Wells

 titled

 Together, 

peaking at 

number forty-two 

on the Billboard 

pop album chart.

 His 1965 album,

 Moods of Marvin Gaye, 

became his

 first album to reach

 the top ten of the

 R&B album charts

 and spawned 

four hit singles. 

Gaye recorded more

 than thirty hit singles

 for Motown throughout

 the 1960s,

 becoming established as

 "the Prince of Motown". 

Gaye topped the charts

 in 1968 

with his rendition of 

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine", 

while his

 1969 album,

 M.P.G.,

 became his

 first number one

 R&B album. 

Gaye's landmark album, 

1971's 

What's Going On 

became the first album 

by a solo artist 

to launch three

 top ten singles, 

including the title track.

 His 1973 single,

 "Let's Get It On", 

topped the charts 

while its subsequent album 

reached number two

 on the charts becoming

 his most successful 

Motown album to date.

 In 1982, 

after 21 years 

with Motown, 

Gaye signed with 

Columbia Records 

and issued 

Midnight Love, 

which included his 

most successful single 

to date,

 "Sexual Healing". 

Since his death

 in 1984,

 four albums 

have been released 

posthumously, 

along with 

re-issues of some

 of Gaye's

 landmark works.

Gaye recorded

 sixty seven

 charted singles 

on the

 Billboard charts,

 with forty-one

 reaching the top forty, 

eighteen reaching

 the top ten 

and three peaking at 

number one 

on the 

Billboard Hot 100. 

Sixty of his singles

 reached the 

top forty of

 the R&B charts, 

with thirty-eight 

of those reaching

 the top ten

 and thirteen peaking

 at number one. 

Gaye also had success

 in international charts, 

his biggest success 

in sales and 

chart positions

 peaking in the UK 

while achieving modest 

success in other countries.

TRACKLIST

How Sweet It Is 

(To Be Loved By You)

Your Precious Love

(w/ Tammi Terrell)

Ain't That Peculiar

If I Could Build My Whole World Around You

(w/ Tammi Terrell)

That's The Way Love Is

You're All I Need To Get By

(w/ Tammi Terrell)

I'll Be Doggone

I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

What's Going On

Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing

(w/ Tammi Terrell)

Inner City Blues 

(Make Me Wanna Holler)

Mercy Mercy Me 

(The Ecology)

Trouble Man

Let's Get It On

Distant Lover

Got To Give It Up

 (Part 1)

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