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“SEXUAL HEALING”
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(born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr)
(‘2 april 1939’ – ‘1 april 1984’)
(murdered by his father @ ‘age 44’)
‘marvin gay senior’
(‘junior’ aded the extraneous ‘e’ to punctuate ‘gay’)
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(“Marvin Gaye” was an American singer, songwriter, session drummer and record producer)
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(‘Gaye’ helped to 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 hits, including “Ain’t That Peculiar”, “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”, and duet recordings with ‘Mary Wells’, ‘Kim Weston’, ‘Diana Ross’, 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 the first artist in ‘Motown’ (followed by ‘Stevie Wonder’) to break away from the reins of their production company)
(Gaye’s later recordings influenced several contemporary 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 its parent album “Midnight Love”)
(on 1 april 1984, Gaye’s father, “Marvin Gay Senior”, fatally shot him at their house in the ‘West Adams’ district of ‘Los Angeles’)
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(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’, the ‘Songwriters Hall of Fame’ and the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’)
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