Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.) (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and performer who gained international fame as an artist on the Motown label in the 1960s and 1970s.Beginning his career at Motown in 1961, Gaye quickly became Motown's top solo male artist and scored numerous hits during the 1960s, among them "Stubborn Kind of Fellow", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", and several hit duets with Tammi Terrell, including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "You're All I Need to Get By", before moving on to his own form of musical self-expression. Gaye is notable for fighting the hit-making, but creatively restrictive, Motown record-making process, in which performers and songwriters and record producers were generally kept in separate camps. With his successful 1971 album What's Going On and subsequent releases including Trouble Man and Let's Get It On, Gaye, who was a part-time songwriter for Motown artists during his early years with the label, proved that he could write and produce his own singles without having to rely on the Motown system. This achievement (along with those of contemporaries, Curtis Mayfield and George Clinton), would pave the way for the successes of later self-sufficient singer-songwriter-producers in African American music, such as Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, and Babyface.
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Marvin Gaye était un chanteur de soul américain né le à Washington, D.C. et mort le  1984 à Los Angeles.
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Marvin Gaye (* 2. April 1939 in Washington D.C.; † 1. April 1984 in Los Angeles)
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Marvin Gaye (ur. 2 kwietnia 1939 Waszyngton, D.C., zm. 1 kwietnia 1984 Los Angeles) - amerykański piosenkarz popowy. Jeden z najwybitniejszych przedstawicieli Motown, który ostatecznie wyrósł daleko poza normalny standard tej grupy twórczej i jako jeden z pierwszych osiągnął status czarnego muzyka kultowego. W swym społeczno-politycznym zaangażowaniu i muzycznych eksperymentach dał podwaliny pod styl czarnej muzyki urban.
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Ottenne fama internazionale a cavallo tra gli anni sessanta e settanta presso la celeberrima casa discografica Motown. Ancora oggi i suoi dischi sono molto richiesti sul mercato e influenzano anche le generazioni più giovani grazie al suono fresco, sinuoso ma allo stesso tempo complesso e dotato di una profondità che richiede un ascolto prolungato per essere colta. Ciò che rende l'artista ancora attuale è la forza dei suoi testi intrisi di temi caldi inerenti la politica, l'economia, l'ambiente, l'amore e i conflitti internazionali. Per il suo impegno, le sue lotte contro il sistema e il forte richiamo alle radici della musica afro-americana, da sempre detentrice di una funzione di denuncia dei soprusi e delle ingiustizie, è considerato uno degli artisti più importanti della sua era.
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