Marvin Gaye

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1980:  Photo of Marvin Gaye  (Photo by Jim Britt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Jim Britt/Michael Ochs Archives

One of the most gifted, visionary, and enduring talents ever launched into orbit by the Motown hit machine, Marvin Gaye blazed the trail for the continued evolution of popular black music. Moving from lean, powerful R&B to stylish, sophisticated soul to finally arrive at an intensely political and personal form of artistic self-expression, his work not only redefined soul music as a... Read More

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worldwise1

worldwise1

June 21, 2009 - 09:41 AM GMT

I consider Marvin Gaye the ultimate singer and I have most of the songs that he recorded!