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