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Monday, February 14, 2011
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. (1939-1984) was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a four-octave vocal range, better known as Marvin Gaye. 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 Records subsidiary of Motown Records. After starting off as a session drummer, Gaye ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the sixties.
On April 1, 1984, Gaye's father fatally shot him after an argument that started after his parents squabbled over misplaced business documents. Gaye attempted to intervene, and was killed by his father using a gun that Marvin Jr. had given him four months before. Marvin Gaye would have turned 45 the next day.
He was posthumously inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked Gaye at number 6 on its list of The Greatest Singers of All Time, and he ranked at number 18 on 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
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Smelly Dog
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