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Marvin Gaye

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Biography

The son of a minister, Gaye was raised on church music and first made his mark singing backing vocals on records by Chuck Berry and Etta James. He also worked as a session drummer, playing on the Number 1 hits Please Mr Postman (Marvelettes) and Fingertips Pt 2 (Stevie Wonder), signing to Motown as a solo act in 1961. Initially covering standards, he had hit first hit with the self-written Stubborn Kind Of Fellow in 1962, going on to form successful duo acts with Tammi Terrell and Kim Weston. The death of Tammi Terrell from a brain tumour in 1970 forced him to re-evaluate his career and he broke the Motown mould with his passionate, political concept album What's Going On. The first black act to take control of his own musical direction, he took soul music to a new level with classics like Sexual Healing. However, his behaviour was increasingly erratic and in 1984 he was shot dead by his own father.
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Top Tracks

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  2.   What's Going On
  3.   Got To Give It Up
  4.   Let's Get It On
  5.   Sexual Healing by The Delfonics
  6.   Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
  7.   Ain't No Mountain High Enough featuring Tammi Terrell
  8.   I heard it through the grapevine
  9.   Trouble Man
  10.   Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
  11.   Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing featuring James Jamerson
  12.   Can I Get A Witness
  13.   How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
  14.   It Takes Two by Kim Weston
  15.   You're All I Need To Get By featuring Tammi Terrell
  16.   Your Precious Love by Tammi Terrell
  17.   After The Dance
  18.   If I Could Build My Whole World Around You by Tammi Terrell
  19.   Distant Lover
  20.   Pride And Joy
  21.   I'll Be Doggone
  22.   Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
  23.   Where Are We Going?
  24.   Sexual Healing
  25.   Just To Keep You Satisfied
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