music · 02 April 1939 · 86 years ago
birth Marvin Gaye, singer, songwriter who had a 1968 US No.1 & 1969 UK No.1 single with I Heard It Through The Grapevine and a 1982 US No.3 & UK No.4 single with Sexual Healing. Gaye was a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late 1950s, and then signed with Motown Records subsidiary, Tamla. He started off as a session drummer, but later ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the 1960s. He was crowned "The Prince of Motown" and "The Prince of Soul". He was shot dead by his father on April 1st 1984.
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