Marvin Gaye was born 74 years ago today in Washington, DC. He is in Detroit in this 1971 photo shooting the cover for his iconic “What’s Going On” album. Photo: Jim Hendin
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Marvin Gaye looking as smooth as ever in 1966. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.
Marvin Gaye, amazingly enough, would have turned 73 today.
Marvin Gaye, amazingly enough, would have turned 73 today.
I’ll be Doggone! It’s Marvin Gaye and Tina Turner singing live in 1965 on the short-lived 1960s TV-show “Shindig.”
Marvin Gaye, slaying…
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Remember the clips of the Marvin Gaye documentary in Belgium I posted? Well, here is a gift, via a tweet from @questlove - the entire film!
Twenty-seven years ago today, we lost Marvin Gaye. Here, he sings the only ever decent version of the terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad U.S. national anthem (Can we replace it with ‘America the Beautiful’ already? Thanks) at the NBA All-Star Game in 1983.
R.I.P.
Marvin Gaye singing the “Star Spangled Banner” at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game. #classic
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Remembering Marvin Gaye 27 years later. He would have been 72 tomorrow.
- Marvin Gaye | “Sad Tomorrows” (1971)
- Produced by: Marvin Gaye
- Written by: Marvin Gaye, Fuller B. Gordy, and Delores Wilkinson
- Background Vocals by: The Originals (Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Hank Dixon, and C.P. Spencer)
- Arranged by: Paul Riser
Marvin Gaye. “Sad Tomorrows” 1971.
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Marvin Gaye. Part II in Ostend, Belgium, 1981: I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Praise, I Want You.
Notice how Marvin is literally lounging as he kills “I Want You.” Please pass this on to the young’uns. Thank you in advance…
Marvin Gaye in Ostend, Belgium in 1981, culled from Marvin Gaye: Transit Ostend. Part I: Come Get To This, Distant Lover.
