Marvin Gaye

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Marvin Gaye
Gaye in 1973
Born
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.

(1939-04-02)April 2, 1939
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedApril 1, 1984(1984-04-01) (aged 44)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of deathGunshot wounds
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Years active1957–1984
Spouse
  • (m. 1963; div. 1977)

    Janis Hunter
    (m. 1977; div. 1982)
Children3, including Nona
Parents
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
  • drums
DiscographyMarvin Gaye discography
Labels

Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (

né Gay; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984)[2] was an American singer and songwriter. He helped shape the sound of Motown
in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of successes, which earned him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul".

Gaye's Motown songs include "Ain't That Peculiar", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)", and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". He also recorded duets with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Tammi Terrell, and Diana Ross. During the 1970s, Gaye recorded the albums What's Going On (1971) and Let's Get It On (1973) and became one of the first artists in Motown to break away from the reins of a production company.

His later recordings influenced several R&B subgenres, such as quiet storm and neo soul.[3] "Sexual Healing", released in 1982 on the album Midnight Love, won him his first two Grammy Awards.[4] Gaye's last televised appearances were at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, where he sang "The Star-Spangled Banner"; and on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever; and Soul Train.[5]

On April 1, 1984, on the day before his 45th birthday, Gaye was

Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[8]

Early life

Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. was born on April 2, 1939, at Freedman's Hospital[9] in Washington, D.C., to church minister Marvin Gay Sr. and domestic worker Alberta Gay (née Cooper). His first home was in a public housing project,[10] the Fairfax Apartments[11] (now demolished) at 1617 1st Street SW in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood.[12] Although one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, with many elegant Federal-style homes, most buildings were small, in extensive disrepair, and lacked both electricity and running water. The alleys were full of one- and two-story shacks, and nearly every dwelling was overcrowded.[13][14][15] Gaye and his friends nicknamed the area "Simple City", owing to it being "half-city, half country".[16][17][a]

Gaye was the second oldest of the couple's four children. He had two sisters, Jeanne and Zeola, and one brother,

Cardozo High School in Columbia Heights, Washington D.C.

Gaye started singing in church when he was four years old; his father often accompanied him on piano.[20][21][22] Gaye and his family were part of a Pentecostal church known as the House of God that took its teachings from Pentecostalism, advocated strict conduct, and adhered to both the Old and New Testaments.[23][24] Gaye developed a love of singing at an early age and was encouraged to pursue a professional music career after a performance at a school play at 11 singing Mario Lanza's "Be My Love".[22] His home life consisted of "brutal whippings" by his father, who struck him for any shortcoming.[25] The young Gaye described living in his father's house as similar to "living with a king, a very peculiar, changeable, cruel, and all powerful king".[16] He felt that had his mother not consoled him and encouraged his singing, he would have committed suicide.[26] His sister later explained that Gaye was beaten often, from age seven well into his teenage years.[27]

Gaye attended Syphax Elementary School[28] and then Randall Junior High School.[29][30] Gaye began to take singing much more seriously in junior high,[31] and he joined and became a singing star with the Randall Junior High Glee Club.[11]

In 1953[10][32][33] or 1954,[9][34][b] the Gays moved into the East Capitol Dwellings public housing project in D.C.'s Capitol View neighborhood.[9][36][c] Their townhouse apartment (Unit 12, 60th Street NE; now demolished) was Marvin's home until 1962.[35][d]

Gaye briefly attended

Airman Basic.[41][42] His early disenchantment with the service was similar to most of his peers who were made to perform menial labor, not working on jet airplanes as hoped. Gaye later said he lost his virginity to a local prostitute while in the Air Force. He feigned mental illness and was given a "General Discharge", with an outgoing performance review from his sergeant remarking "Airman Gay cannot adjust to regimentation nor authority".[43][44]

Career

Early career

A 1959 promotional picture of Harvey and the New Moonglows. Gaye is second from the right behind a seated Fuqua.

Following his discharge from the Air Force, Gaye and his good friend Reese Palmer formed the vocal

OKeh Records after failing to get the group signed to his own label, Chess.[46] The group's sole single, "Wyatt Earp" (co-written by Bo Diddley), failed to chart and the group was soon dropped from the label.[47] Gaye began composing music during this period.[47]

session singers for established acts such as Chuck Berry, singing on the songs "Back in the U.S.A." and "Almost Grown".[citation needed
]

In 1960, the group disbanded. Gaye relocated to Detroit with Fuqua, where he signed with Tri-Phi Records as a session musician, playing drums on several Tri-Phi releases. Gaye performed at Motown president Berry Gordy's house during the holiday season in December 1960. Impressed, Gordy sought Fuqua on his contract with Gaye. Fuqua agreed to sell part of his interest in his contract with Gaye.[50] Shortly afterwards, Gaye signed with Motown subsidiary Tamla.[citation needed]

When Gaye signed with Tamla, he pursued a career as a performer of jazz music and

standards, having no desire to become an R&B performer.[40] Before the release of his first single, Gaye started spelling his surname with added "e", in the same way as did Sam Cooke. Author David Ritz wrote that Gaye did this to silence rumors of his sexuality, and to put more distance between himself and his father.[51]

Gaye released his first single, "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide", in May 1961, with the album The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye, following a month later. Gaye's initial recordings failed commercially and he spent most of 1961 performing session work as a drummer for artists such as The Miracles, The Marvelettes and blues artist Jimmy Reed for $5 (US$49 in 2022 dollars[52]) a week.[53][54] While Gaye took some advice on performing with his eyes open (having been accused of appearing as though he were sleeping) and also got pointers on how to move more gracefully onstage, he refused to attend grooming school courses at the John Robert Powers School for Social Grace in Detroit because of his unwillingness to comply with its orders, something he later regretted.[55][56] Gaye was also one of the few Motown artists who took no dance lessons from Cholly Atkins.[citation needed]

Initial success

In 1962, Gaye found success as co-writer of the Marvelettes track "Beechwood 4-5789", on which he also played drums. His first solo success, "Stubborn Kind of Fellow", was later released that September, reaching No. 8 on the R&B chart and No. 46 on the Billboard Hot 100. Gaye first reached the pop top 40 with the dance song, "Hitch Hike",[57] peaking at No. 30 on the Hot 100. "Pride and Joy" became Gaye's first top ten single after its release in 1963.

The three singles and songs from the 1962 sessions were included on Gaye's second album, That Stubborn Kinda Fellow, released on Tamla in January 1963. Starting in October 1962, Gaye performed as part of the Motortown Revue, a series of concert tours headlined at the north and southeastern coasts of the United States as part of the Chitlin' Circuit, a series of rock shows performed at venues that welcomed predominantly black musicians. A filmed performance of Gaye at the Apollo Theater took place in June 1963. Later that October, Tamla issued the live album, Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage. "Can I Get a Witness" became one of Gaye's early international successes.

Gaye in 1966

In 1964, Gaye recorded a successful duet album with singer

Nat "King" Cole.[58]

After recording "It Takes Two" with Kim Weston, Gaye began working with Tammi Terrell on a series of duets, mostly composed by Ashford & Simpson, including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Your Precious Love", "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "You're All I Need to Get By".

In October 1967, Terrell collapsed in Gaye's arms during a performance in

live performer
, though she continued to record music under careful supervision. Despite the presence of successful singles such as "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "You're All I Need to Get By", Terrell's illness caused problems with recording, and led to multiple operations to remove the tumor. Gaye was reportedly devastated by Terrell's sickness and became disillusioned with the record business.

On October 6, 1968, Gaye sang the national anthem during Game 4 of the 1968 World Series, held at Tiger Stadium, in Detroit, Michigan, between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals.[60]

In late 1968, Gaye's recording of "

The Originals
.

professional football team, the Detroit Lions, where he later befriended Mel Farr and Lem Barney.[66] Barney and Farr had gotten gold records for providing backup vocals for the title track of Gaye's What's Going On album. The Lions played along for the publicity, but ultimately declined an invitation for Gaye to try out, owing to legal liabilities and fears of possible injuries that could have affected his music career.[67][68]

What's Going On and subsequent success

On June 1, 1970, Gaye returned to

anti-war rally in Berkeley.[69] Upon hearing the song, Berry Gordy refused its release due to his feelings of the song being "too political" for radio and feared Gaye would lose his crossover audience.[70] Gaye responded by deciding against releasing any other new material before the label released it.[70] Released in 1971, it reached No. 1 on the R&B charts within a month, staying there for five weeks. It also reached the top spot on Cashbox's pop chart for a week and reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 and the Record World chart, selling over two million copies.[71][72]

After giving an ultimatum to record a full album to win creative control from Motown, Gaye spent ten days recording the

NAACP Image Awards.[75] The album also topped Rolling Stone's year-end list as its album of the year. Billboard magazine named Gaye Trendsetter of the Year following the album's success.

Gaye in 1973

In 1971, Gaye signed a new deal with Motown worth $1 million (US$7,225,965 in 2022 dollars

which?] Gordy, who was considered a moderate, feared Gaye's left-leaning political views would alienate Motown's moderately liberal audiences. As a result, Gaye shelved the project and substituted it for Trouble Man. In 2019, Universal Music Group released the album on what would've been Gaye's 80th birthday.[77]
In between the releases of What's Going On and Trouble Man, Gaye and his family relocated to Los Angeles, making Marvin one of the final Motown artists to move there despite early protests urging him to stay in Detroit.

In August 1973, Gaye released the Let's Get It On album. Its title track became Gaye's second No. 1 single on the Hot 100. The album was later hailed as "a record unparalleled in its sheer sensuality and carnal energy".[78] Other singles from the album included "Come Get to This", which recalled Gaye's early Motown soul sound of the previous decade, while the suggestive "You Sure Love to Ball" reached modest success on the R&B charts, while also managing to make the pop top 50, its success halted by radio refusing to play the sexually explicit song.[79]

In the 1970s, Gaye's sister-in-law turned her attention to Frankie Beverly, the founder of Maze. Marvin took them on his tours and featured them as the opening acts of his concerts and persuaded Beverly to change the band's name from Raw Soul to Maze.

Marvin's final duet project,

Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum on January 4, 1974.[81] The performance received critical acclaim and resulted in the release of the live album, Marvin Gaye Live! and its single, a live version of "Distant Lover
", an album track from Let's Get It On.

The tour helped to enhance Gaye's reputation as a live performer.

custom-made recording studio
.

In October 1975, Gaye gave a performance at a

Shirley Temple Black and Kurt Waldheim.[83][84] Gaye's next studio album, I Want You, followed in March 1976 with the title track "I Want You" reaching No. 1 on the R&B charts. The album would go on to sell over one million copies. That spring, Gaye embarked on his first European tour in a decade, starting off in Belgium. In early 1977, Gaye released the live album, Live at the London Palladium, which sold over two million copies thanks to the success of its studio song, "Got to Give It Up", which charted at No. 1. In September 1977, Gaye opened Radio City Music Hall's New York Pop Arts Festival.[85]

Last Motown recordings and European exile

In December 1978, Gaye released Here, My Dear, inspired by the fallout from his first marriage to Anna Gordy. Recorded with the intention of remitting a portion of its royalties to her as alimony payments, it performed poorly on the charts.[86] During that period, Gaye's cocaine addiction intensified while he was dealing with several financial issues with the IRS. These issues led him to move to Maui, where he struggled to record a disco-influenced album titled Love Man, with a probable release date for February 1980, though he would later shelve the project.[87] That year, Gaye went on a European tour, his first in four years.[88] By the time the tour stopped, he had relocated to London when he feared imprisonment for failure to pay back taxes, which had now reached upwards of $4.5 million (US$15,982,633 in 2022 dollars[52]).[88][89]

Gaye then reworked Love Man from its original disco concept to another socially-conscious album invoking religion and the possible

In the fall of that year, someone stole a master tape of a rough draft of the album from one of Gaye's traveling musicians, Frank Blair, taking the master tape to Motown's Hollywood headquarters.[92] Motown remixed the album and released it on January 15, 1981.[93] When Gaye learned of its release, he accused Motown of editing and remixing the album without his consent, allowing the release of an unfinished production ("Far Cry"), altering the album art of his request and removing the album title's question mark, muting its irony.[94] He also accused the label of rush-releasing the album, comparing his unfinished album to an unfinished Pablo Picasso painting.[94] Gaye then vowed not to record any more music for Motown.[95]

On February 14, 1981, under the advice of music promoter Freddy Cousaert, Gaye relocated to Cousaert's apartment in Ostend, Belgium.[96] While there, Gaye shied away from heavy drug use and began exercising and attending a local Ostend church, regaining personal confidence.[97][98] Following several months of recovery, Gaye sought a comeback onstage, starting the short-lived Heavy Love Affair tour in England and Ostend in June–July 1981.[99] Gaye's personal attorney Curtis Shaw would later describe Gaye's Ostend period as "the best thing that ever happened to Marvin". When word got around that Gaye was planning a musical comeback and an exit from Motown, CBS Urban president Larkin Arnold eventually was able to convince Gaye to sign with CBS Records. On March 23, 1982, Motown and CBS negotiated Gaye's release from Motown. The details of the contract were not revealed due to a possible negative effect on Gaye's settlement to creditors from the IRS and to stop a possible bidding war by competing labels.[100]

Midnight Love

Assigned to CBS's

New Zealand and Canada and reaching the top ten on the United Kingdom's OCC singles chart, Australia and Belgium, later selling over two million copies in the U.S. alone, becoming Gaye's most successful single to date. The video for the song was shot at Ostend's Casino-Kursaal.[101]

"Sexual Healing" won Gaye his first two

American Music Award in the R&B-soul category. People magazine called it "America's hottest musical turn-on since Olivia Newton-John demanded we get Physical". Midnight Love was released to stores less than a month after the single's release, and was equally successful, peaking at the top ten of the Billboard 200 and becoming Gaye's eighth No. 1 album on the Top Black Albums
chart, eventually selling three million alone in the U.S.

I don't make records for pleasure. I did when I was a younger artist, but I don't today. I record so that I can feed people what they need, what they feel. Hopefully, I record so that I can help someone overcome a bad time.

— NME, December 1982[102]

On February 13, 1983, Gaye sang "

The Forum in Inglewood, California—accompanied by Gordon Banks, who played the studio tape from the stands.[5] The following month, Gaye performed at the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever special. This and a May appearance on Soul Train (his third appearance on the show) became Gaye's final television performances. Gaye embarked on his final concert tour, titled the Sexual Healing Tour, on April 18, 1983, at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay in San Diego.[103] The tour, which had 51 dates in total and included a then-record six sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, ended on August 14, 1983, at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California but was plagued by cocaine-triggered paranoia
and illness. Following the concert's end, he moved into his parents' house in Los Angeles. In early 1984, Midnight Love was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Male R&B Vocal Performance category, his 12th and final nomination.

Personal life

In June 1963, Gaye married

Anna Gordy, sister to Berry Gordy
. The couple separated in 1973, and Gordy filed for divorce in November 1975. The couple officially divorced in 1977. Gaye later married Janis Hunter in October 1977. The couple separated in 1979 and officially divorced in November 1982.

Gaye was the father of three children: Marvin III, Nona, and Frankie. Marvin III was the biological son of Anna's niece, Denise Gordy, who was 16 at the time of the birth. Nona and Frankie were born to Gaye's second wife, Janis. At the time of his death, Gaye was survived by his three children, mother, father and five siblings.

Death

Gaye's death certificate

In the early afternoon of April 1, 1984, Gaye intervened in a fight between his parents in the family house in the West Adams neighborhood of Western Heights[6] in Los Angeles. He became involved in a physical altercation with his father, Marvin Gay Sr.,[104] who shot Gaye twice, once in the chest, piercing his heart, and then into Gaye's shoulder.[104] The shooting took place in Gaye's bedroom at 12:38 p.m. The first shot proved fatal; Gaye was pronounced dead at 1:01 p.m. after his body arrived at California Hospital Medical Center, a day shy of his 45th birthday.[104][105]

After Gaye's funeral, his body was cremated at Forest Lawn Memorial Park–Hollywood Hills, and his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.[106][107] Gay Sr. was initially charged with first-degree murder, but the charges were reduced to voluntary manslaughter following a diagnosis of a brain tumor.[108] He was given a suspended six-year sentence and probation. He died at a nursing home in 1998.[109]

Musicianship

Equipment

Starting off his musicianship as a drummer doing session work during his tenure with Harvey Fuqua, and his early Motown years, Gaye's musicianship evolved to include piano, keyboards, synthesizers, and organ. Gaye also used percussion instruments, such as

TR-808, a drum machine that became prominent in the early '80s, making use of its sounds for production of his Midnight Love album. The piano was his primary instrument when performing on stage, with occasional drumming.[110]

Influences

As a child, Gaye's main influence was his minister father, something he later acknowledged to biographer

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame page lists the Capris' song, "God Only Knows" as "critical to his musical awakening".[111] Of the Capris' song, Gaye said, "It fell from the heavens and hit me between the eyes. So much soul, so much hurt. I related to the story, to the way that no one except the Lord really can read the heart of lonely kids in love."[112] Gaye's main musical influences were Rudy West of The Five Keys, Clyde McPhatter, Ray Charles and Little Willie John.[113] Gaye considered Frank Sinatra a major influence in what he wanted to be.[114] He also was influenced by the vocal styles of Billy Eckstine and Nat King Cole.[115]

As his Motown career developed, Gaye took inspiration from fellow label mates such as

That's the Way Love Is". Later in his life, Gaye reflected on the influence of Ruffin and Stubbs, stating: "I had heard something in their voices something my own voice lacked."[116] He further explained, "the Tempts and Tops' music made me remember that when a lot of women listen to music, they want to feel the power of a real man."[116]

Vocal style

Gaye had a four-octave vocal range.[117] From his earlier recordings as member of the Marquees and Harvey and the New Moonglows, and in his first several recordings with Motown, Gaye recorded mainly in the baritone and tenor ranges. He changed his tone to a rasp for his gospel-inspired early hits such as "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" and "Hitch Hike". As writer Eddie Holland explained, "He was the only singer I have ever heard known to take a song of that nature, that was so far removed from his natural voice where he liked singing, and do whatever it took to sell that song."[118]

In songs such as "Pride and Joy", Gaye used three different vocal ranges—singing in his baritone range at the beginning, bringing a lighter tenor in the verses before reaching a gospel mode in the chorus. Holland further stated of Gaye's voice that it was "one of the sweetest and prettiest voices you ever wanted to hear".[119] And while he noted that ballads and jazz was "his basic soul", he stated Gaye "had the ability to take a roughhouse, rock and roll, blues, R&B, any kind of song and make it his own", later saying that Gaye was the most versatile vocalist he had ever worked with.[119]

Gaye changed his vocal style in the late 1960s, when he was advised to use a sharper, raspy voice—especially in Norman Whitfield's recordings. Gaye initially disliked the new style, considering it out of his range, but said he was "into being produce-able".[120] After listening to David Ruffin and Levi Stubbs, Gaye said he started to develop what he called his "tough man voice"—saying, "I developed a growl."[116] In the liner notes of his DVD set, Marvin Gaye: The Real Thing in Performance 1964–1981, Rob Bowman said that by the early 1970s, Gaye had developed "three distinct voices: his smooth, sweet tenor; a growling rasp; and an unreal falsetto."[121] Bowman further wrote that the recording of the What's Going On single was "...the first single to use all three as Marvin developed a radical approach to constructing his recordings by layering a series of contrapuntal background vocal lines on different tracks, each one conceived and sung in isolation by Marvin himself."[121] Bowman found that Gaye's multi-tracking of his tenor voice and other vocal styles "summon[ed] up what might be termed the ancient art of weaving".[121]

Social commentary and concept albums

Prior to recording the

protest music, Gordy told him: "Marvin, don't be ridiculous. That's taking things too far."[73]

Gaye was inspired by the

Once Gaye presented Gordy with the What's Going On album, Gordy feared Gaye was risking the ruination of his image as a sex symbol.[70] Following the album's success, Gaye tried a follow-up album, You're the Man. The title track only produced modest success, however, and Gaye and Motown shelved the album. Several of Gaye's unreleased songs of social commentary, including "The World Is Rated X", would be issued on posthumous compilation albums. What's Going On would later be described by an AllMusic writer as an album that "not only redefined soul music as a creative force but also expanded its impact as an agent for social change".[125] You're the Man was finally released on March 29, 2019, through Motown, Universal Music Enterprises, and Universal Music Group.[126]

The What's Going On album also provided another first in both Motown and R&B music: Gaye and his engineers had composed the album in a

filler tracks to complete the album. This style of music would influence recordings by artists such as Stevie Wonder and Barry White
making the concept album format a part of 1970s R&B music. Concept albums are usually based on either one theme or a series of themes in connection to the original thesis of the album's concept. Let's Get It On repeated the suite-form arrangement of What's Going On, as would Gaye's later albums such as I Want You, Here, My Dear and In Our Lifetime.

Although Gaye was not politically active outside of his music, he became a public figure for social change and inspired/educated many people through his work.[124]

Legacy

Gaye has been called "the number-one purveyor of soul music".

neo-soul.[3]

Artists including Barry White, Stevie Wonder, Frankie Beverly and many others admitted to being heavily influenced by Gaye's musicianship. For his Oscar-nominated role as James "Thunder" Ealy in the film, Dreamgirls, Eddie Murphy replicated Gaye's 1970s clothing style in the film.

According to David Ritz in a 1991 revision of

Marvin Gaye", a duet with Meghan Trainor
. Marvin is also referred to in the 1983 Spandau Ballet hit "True", which mentions "Listening to Marvin all night long...".

Awards and honors

The

R&B voice that was edged with grit yet tempered with sweetness". The page further states that Gaye "projected an air of soulful authority driven by fervid conviction and heartbroken vulnerability".[111] A year after his death, then-mayor of D.C., Marion Barry declared April 2 as "Marvin Gaye Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund Day" in the city.[135] Since then, a non-profit organization has helped to organize annual Marvin Gaye Day Celebrations in the city of Washington.[136]

A year later, Gaye's mother founded the Marvin P. Gaye Jr. Memorial Foundation in dedication to her son to help those suffering from

NAACP Hall of Fame. In 1990, Gaye received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[139][140] In 1996, Gaye posthumously received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listed three Gaye recordings, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "What's Going On" and "Sexual Healing", among its list of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.[141] American music magazine Rolling Stone ranked Gaye No. 18 on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time",[142] sixth on their list of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time"[143] and number 82 on their list of the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time".[144] Q magazine ranked Gaye sixth on their list of the "100 Greatest Singers".[145]

Three of Gaye's albums –

500 Greatest Songs of All Time
.

In 2005, Gaye was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.[148]

Karen Bass and Gaye's family at the dedication of the Marvin Gaye Post Office in Los Angeles in 2019.

In 2006, Watts Branch Park, a park in Washington that Gaye frequented as a teenager, was renamed Marvin Gaye Park.

Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in its second class.[151] In October 2015, the Songwriters Hall of Fame announced Gaye as a nominee for induction to the Hall's 2016 class after posthumous nominations were included.[152][153] Gaye was named as a posthumous inductee to that hall on March 2, 2016.[154][155] Gaye was subsequently inducted to the Songwriters Hall on June 9, 2016.[156] In July 2018, a bill by California politician Karen Bass to rename a post office in South Los Angeles after Gaye was signed into law by President Donald Trump.[157]

Gaye was ranked number 20 on Rolling Stone's "The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time" published in January 2023.[158]

In popular culture

His

Tenth Inning
documentary on the game of baseball.

The 1985 Commodores song "Nightshift" was a tribute to Gaye and Jackie Wilson, who both died in 1984. One verse mentions Gaye's song "What's Going On".

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" was played in a

California Raisins ad campaign.[162] The song was later used for chewing gum commercials in Finland and to promote a brand of Lucky Strike cigarettes in Germany.[163][164]

Gaye's music has also been used in numerous

film soundtracks including Four Brothers and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, both of which featured Gaye's music from his Trouble Man soundtrack. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" was used in the opening credits of the film, The Big Chill.[165][166][167]

In 2007, his song "A Funky Space Reincarnation" was used in the Charlize Theron–starred ad for Dior J'Adore perfume. A documentary about Gaye—What's Going On: The Marvin Gaye Story—was a UK/PBS co-production, directed by Jeremy Marre and was first broadcast in 2006. Two years later, the special re-aired with a different production and newer interviews after it was re-broadcast as an American Masters special. Another documentary, focusing on his 1981 documentary, Transit Ostend, titled Remember Marvin, aired in 2006.

Earnings

In 2008, Gaye's estate earned $3.5 million (US$4,757,187 in 2022 dollars[52]). As a result, Gaye took 13th place in "Top-Earning Dead Celebrities" in Forbes magazine.[168]

On March 11, 2015, Gaye's family was awarded $7.4 million in damages following a decision by an eight-member jury in Los Angeles that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams had breached copyright by incorporating part of Gaye's song "Got to Give It Up" into their hit "Blurred Lines", but U.S. District Judge John Kronstadt reduced the sum to $5.3 million, while adding royalties.[169] In January 2016, the Gaye family requested that a California judge give $2.66 million in attorneys' fees and $777,000 in legal expenses.[170]

As of 2018, Gaye's estate was managed by Geffen Management Group and his legacy is protected through Creative Rights Group, both founded by talent manager Jeremy Geffen.[171]

Attempted biopics

There have been several attempts to adapt Gaye's life story into a feature film. In February 2006, it was reported that Jesse L. Martin was to portray Gaye in a biopic titled Sexual Healing, named after Gaye's 1982 song of the same name. The film was to have been directed by Lauren Goodman and produced by James Gandolfini and Alexandra Ryan. The film was to depict the final three years of Gaye's life.[172][173][174][175][176] Years later, other producers such as Jean-Luc Van Damme, Frederick Bestall and Jimmy De Brabant, came aboard and Goodman was replaced by Julien Temple. Lenny Kravitz was almost slated to play Gaye. The script was to be written by Matthew Broughton. The film was to have been distributed by Focus Features and released on April 1, 2014, the thirtieth anniversary of Gaye's death.[177][178][179][180][181][182][183] This never came to fruition and it was announced that Focus Features no longer has involvement with the Gaye biopic as of June 2013.[184][185]

In June 2008, it was announced that

What's Going On and on up to his death.[186][187]

Sony presentation with Scott Rudin as producer. Both Will Smith and Terrence Howard were considered for the role of Gaye. Crowe later confirmed in August 2011 that he abandoned the project: "We were working on the Marvin Gaye movie which is called My Name is Marvin, but the time just wasn't right for that movie."[188][189][190][191][192]

Members of Gaye's family, such as his ex-wife Janis and his son Marvin III, have expressed opposition to a biopic.[193][194]

In July 2016, it was announced that a feature film documentary on Gaye would be released the following year delving into his life and the making of his 1971 album

Berry Gordy, Jr.[197]

On June 18, 2018, it was reported that American rapper Dr. Dre was in talks to produce a biopic about Gaye.[198] In June 2021, it was announced that the film Dre would be producing was greenlighted by Warner Bros. Pictures and would be directed by Allen Hughes for a projected 2023 release.[199]

Acting

Gaye acted in two movies, featuring as a Vietnam veteran in both roles. His first performance was in the 1969 George McCowan film The Ballad of Andy Crocker, which starred Lee Majors. The film was about a war veteran returning to find that his expectations have not been met and he feels betrayed. Gaye had a prominent role in the film as David Owens.[200] His other performance was in 1971. He had a role in the Lee Frost-directed biker-exploitation film Chrome and Hot Leather, about a group of Vietnam veterans taking on a bike gang. The film starred William Smith; Gaye played the part of Jim, one of the veterans.[201][202] Gaye did have acting aspirations and had signed with the William Morris Agency but that only lasted a year as Gaye was not satisfied with the support he was getting from the agency. In his interview with David Ritz, Gaye admitted being interested in show business particularly when he was hired to compose the soundtrack for Trouble Man. "No doubt I could have been a movie star, but it was something my subconscious rejected. Not that I didn't want it, I most certainly did. I just didn't have the fortitude to play the Hollywood game: to put myself out there, knowing they would eat my rear end like a piece of meat.” [203]

Discography

Solo studio albums

Collaborative albums

Posthumous albums

Live albums

Filmography

Videography

See also

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ This area should not be confused with the present-day Benning Terrace public housing complex in the Benning Ridge neighborhood, which today is also nicknamed "Simple City".[18]
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  4. ^ Some sources suggest the family first moved to the Benning Ridge neighborhood after leaving Southwest. According to Zeola Gay[37] and The Washington Post reporter Roger Catlin,[9] the Gay family moved to the Benning Terrace public housing project in the early 1950s. This is not possible, as the Benning Terrace apartments did not begin construction until late 1956,[38] a full year after Marvin Gaye had left home for the military.

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