When Marvin Gaye addressed pollution in his 1971 single "Mercy Mercy Me," he became one of the first R&B singers to ever address environmental issues in a song. The singer had made a name for himself ...

Forty-nine years after being released, Marvin Gaye’s seminal “What’s Going On?” still resonates. So much so, the beloved 1971 opus has been named No. 1 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “500 ...

The Grammys jumpstart today's festivities with a 50th-anniversary salute to Gaye's masterpiece, What's Going On, featuring Kamasi Washinton, Ledisi, PJ Morton, and more. A broad coalition of musicians ...

“What’s Going On” is just one of countless Marvin Gaye songs that have thrilled, entertained, and inspired listeners since he burst onto the scene in 1961. The D.C.-born singer-songwriter-drummer fell ...

In June 1973, Marvin Gaye cemented his status as one of music's sexual icons with his hit single "Let's Get It On." The years leading up to the single’s release were turbulent for Gaye. After the ...

Marvin Gaye’s classic soul song, “Baby Don’t You Do It”, created a blueprint for future rock legends like The Band and The Who.

DETROIT — Fifty years ago this summer, vibrating with agitation and energy, Marvin Gaye headed down the wood steps into a Detroit studio and made his anthem for the ages. "What's Going On," a poignant ...

*When Zeola Gaye heard October London’s single “Make Me Wanna” for the first time, the artist sounded so much like her late brother Marvin Gaye that it freaked her out. And not in a good way. “It was ...

In 2016, Jan Gaye was invited to dinner with bell hooks, the great humanist intellectual, and asked me along. Jan and I had recently collaborated on her autobiography, “After the Dance,” and hooks was ...

Marvin Gaye had a successful music career and helped bring notoriety to the Motown music scene back in the 1960s. Gaye had countless hits during his career, though his life ended too soon after he was ...