#TBT Urban Legends - Rare Marvin Gaye Footage

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Mar 5, 2015
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(WWETV) Throwback Thursday with legendary Marvin Gaye includes classic Here, My Dear album commercial in 1978 and his last appearance ever in Boston in 1984. Marvin Gaye was born Marvin April 2, 1939 and passed away April 1, 1984 and is considered one of the greatest soul singers in history.

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Gaye with his stirring voice helped Motown Records become the voice of young America in the 1960s hit after hit which included How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) and I Heard It Through the Grapevine, and duet recordings with Mary Wells, Kim Weston and Tammi Terrell, later earning the titles Prince of Motown and Prince of Soul. During the 1970s, he recorded the concept albums What's Going On and Let's Get It On and became one of the first artists in Motown to break away from the reins of his production company.

Gaye's later recordings influenced several R&B subgenres, such as quiet storm and neo-soul. Following a period in Europe as a tax exile in the early 1980s, Gaye released the 1982 Grammy Award-winning hit Sexual Healing and the Midnight Love album. On April 1, 1984, Gaye's father, Marvin Gay Sr., fatally shot him at their house in the West Adams district of Los Angeles. Since his death, many institutions have posthumously bestowed Gaye with awards and other honors—including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

ALSO CHECK OUT THE URBAN LEGENDS SECTION In December 1978, Gaye issued Here, My Dear, inspired by the fallout of his first marriage to Anna Gordy. Recorded as an intent for Gaye to remit a portion of its royalties to her to receive alimony payments, it flopped on the charts.

In early 1984, Midnight Love was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Male R&B Vocal Performance category, his fourteenth and final nomination.