"What's Going On" is the No.1 album of all-time. That's according to Rolling Stone's new ranking of the 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time, published Tuesday. Marvin Gaye's 1971 masterpiece dethrones the Beatles' "Sgt.
Influential R&B singer Marvin Gaye's estate has an estimated value of $5 million. He was a fantastic singer as well as a songwriter.
Gaye was shot three times following an altercation with his father after he intervened in an argument between his parents. The wounds were fatal and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the California Hospital Medical Center. Gaye's father later pleaded no contest to a charge of voluntary manslaughter.
Marvin Gaye was one of the greatest soul singers of all time, but his life and career were cut tragically short in 1984, aged just 44. In what would have been his 82nd year, we take a look back at the great man, and exactly what happened with Marvin Gaye and his father.
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| Marvin Gay Sr. |
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| Occupation | Minister |
| Criminal charge(s) | Voluntary manslaughter |
| Criminal penalty | Six-year suspended sentence, five years of probation |
| Spouse(s) | Alberta Cooper ​ ​ ( m. 1935; div. 1984)​ |
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The mother of slain soul singer Marvin Gaye, who tried to stop the 1984 argument that led to her son's death and her husband's arrest, died Friday of bone cancer at St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank at age 74.
"Rarely has a musician had as great an impact on American culture as music legend Marvin Gaye," CBS noted. He was a trailblazer, leading the way as musicians became protestors and music became protest. Gaye fought an uphill battle most of his life: As a child in Washington, D.C., his father beat him nearly every day.
Notable Motown artists have included Mary Wells, the Supremes, Four Tops, the Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Boyz II Men, Commodores, Lionel Richie, Dazz Band, Brian McKnight, 98 Degrees, and Erykah Badu. Motown Records slogan: "The Sound of Young America".
Marvin Gaye was born on April 2, 1939 in Washington D.C. During his high school years, he joined a few different singing groups, until he dropped out of school in 1956. Marvin moved into a house on Appoline Street in Detroit - eight miles away from the Motown studios - during his early/60s Motown years.
What's Going On is the eleventh studio album by American soul singer, songwriter, and producer Marvin Gaye. It was released on May 21, 1971, by the Motown Records-subsidiary label Tamla. Gaye's introspective lyrics explore themes of drug abuse, poverty, and the Vietnam War.
It was Motown's and Gaye's best-selling album to that date - until he released Let's Get It On in 1973. The title track, which had been released in January 1971 as the lead single to promote the album, sold over 200,000 copies within its first week and two-and-a-half-million units by the end of the year.
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Steve Rogers (Captain America) meeting Sam Wilson (Falcon) while out for a run is one of my favorite parts Captain America: The Winter Soldier. During this scene, Falcon suggests Cap check out some music to get him caught up. What struck me as odd is that he recommends Marvin Gaye's Trouble Man soundtrack.
