Marvin GAYE: The Soul of Soul (R.I.P)

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Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr. (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960 signing with the Tamla subsidiary of Motown Records. After starting off as a session drummer, Gaye ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the sixties.

Because of solo hits such as "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)", "Ain't That Peculiar", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and his duet singles with singers such as Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell, he was crowned "The Prince of Motown" and "The Prince of Soul".

His mid-1970s work including the What's Going On, Let's Get It On and I Want You albums helped influence the quiet storm, urban adult contemporary and slow jam genres. After a self-imposed European exile in the early eighties, Gaye returned on the 1982 Grammy-winning hit, "Sexual Healing" and the Midnight Love album before his death. Gaye was tragically shot dead by his father on April 1, 1984. He was posthumously inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

In 2008, the American music magazine Rolling Stone ranked Gaye #6 on its list of The Greatest Singers of All Time, and ranked #18 on 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.


* Discography:


- Studio albums:

1961: The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye
1962: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
1964: When I'm Alone I Cry
1964: Hello Broadway
1965: How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You
1965: A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole
1966: Moods of Marvin Gaye
1968: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1969: M.P.G.
1970: That's the Way Love Is
1971: What's Going On (#6 U.S.)
1972: Trouble Man
1973: Let's Get It On (#2 U.S.)
1976: I Want You (#4 U.S.)
1978: Here, My Dear
1981: In Our Lifetime
1982: Midnight Love (#7 U.S.; #10 UK)
1985: Dream of a Lifetime (posthumous)
1985: Romantically Yours (posthumous)


- Duet albums:

1964: Together (with Mary Wells)
1966: Take Two (with Kim Weston)
1967: United (with Tammi Terrell)
1968: You're All I Need (with Tammi Terrell)
1969: Easy (with Tammi Terrell)
1973: Diana & Marvin (with Diana Ross) [edit]
U.S. and UK Top Ten singles
1963: "Pride and Joy" (US #10)
1964: "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" (US #6)
1965: "I'll Be Doggone" (US #8)
1965: "Ain't That Peculiar" (US #8)
1967: "Your Precious Love" (US #5)
1967: "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (US #10)
1968: "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (US #8)
1968: "You're All I Need to Get By" (US #7)
1968: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (US #1; UK #1)
1969: "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" (US #4; UK #5)
1969: "The Onion Song" (UK #9)
1969: "That's The Way Love Is" (US #7)
1970: "Abraham, Martin & John" (UK #9)
1971: "What's Going On" (US #2)
1971: "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (US #4)
1971: "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (US #9)
1972: "Trouble Man" (US #7)
1973: "Let's Get It On" (US #1)
1974: "You Are Everything" (UK #5)
1977: "Got to Give It Up" (US #1; UK #7)
1982: "Sexual Healing" (US #3; UK #4)
1985: "Sanctified Lady" (US #2; US R&B)
1986: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine (UK re-release)" (UK #8)