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Marvin Gaye Profile
Marvin Gaye Profile
Birth Name: Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.
Birth Date: April 2, 1939
Date of Death: April 1, 1984
Genres:
R&B
Soul
Funk
Instruments:
Piano/Keyboards
Synthesizer
Drums
Education:
Cardozo High School
United States Air Force
Parents:
Rev. Marvin Pentz Gay, Sr and Alberta Williams
Spouses:
Jan Gaye (October 1977 - February 1981)
Anna Gordy Gaye (1961 - 1975) (divorced)
Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Debut Album: The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye (1961)
Breakthrough Singles:
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Tammi Terrell) (1968)
"I Heard It through the Grapevine" (1968)
"Let's Get It On" (1973)
"Sexual Healing" (1982)
Associated Acts;
The Rainbows
The Marquees
The Moonglows
Did You Know:
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
His ex-brother in las is Berry Gordy (founder of Motown Records)
His father shot him twice ending his life over a family dispute
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