Back in 1966, Motown's Junior Walker and the All Stars re-recorded 'How Sweet It is (To Be Loved by You)', originally ...

Let's get it on. By Brad Wete On April 1, 1984, Marvin Gaye was killed, shot dead by his father Marvin Gay, Sr. in his Los Angeles home. Gaye was one of Motown’s most soulful and socially aware ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years ago, vibrating with agitation and energy, Marvin Gaye headed down the wood steps into a Detroit studio and made his ...

Marvin Gaye actually revealed himself as more than the typical Motown factory drone well before 1971's What's Going On. He just hadn't quite harnessed those ambitions yet. A desire to break the mold, ...

Marvin Gaye died at the hands of his father Rev. Marvin Gay Sr. Julie Tremaine is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Food and Wine, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gaye was shot to death by his father on April 1, 1984, one day before his 45th birthday. (Illustration: Danny Miller) Marvin Gaye, ...

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 famously sang that “war is not the answer” in his signature protest song “What’s Going On.” But for the late Motown legend, football was the answer to help lift him out of a deep ...

Today is the 50 th anniversary of the release of Marvin Gaye’s iconic album, What’s Going On. This 1971 masterpiece is universally regarded as one of the most influential recordings ever made, ...

“What’s Going On: Marvin Gaye’s Anthem for the Ages,” hosted by Don Lemon, debuts Sunday at 8 p.m. EST on CNN. As a child, musician Devon Gilfillian remembers his father, a professional wedding singer ...