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Marvin Gaye (1939–1984)

Author of What's Going On [sound recording]

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Includes the names: Marvin Gay, Marvin Gaye

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Series

Works by Marvin Gaye

What's Going On [sound recording] (1971) 99 copies, 1 review
Let's Get It On [sound recording] (2003) 38 copies, 1 review
Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits (1986) 26 copies, 1 review
Midnight Love (2000) 19 copies
Here, My Dear (1994) 14 copies
I Want You (1998) 11 copies
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (2001) 5 copies
Gold [2 CD] (2005) 4 copies
Icon: Marvin Gaye (2010) 4 copies
In Our Lifetime (1981) 4 copies, 1 review
Last Concert Tour (1991) 4 copies
Number 1's (2009) 4 copies
In Concert (1998) 4 copies
...marvin gaye (disk 386) (1996) 4 copies
Sexual Healing (2007) 3 copies
Soul Legend (2014) 3 copies
Gold[2 CD] 3 copies
Super Hits (2001) 3 copies
Live! (1998) 3 copies
Vulnerable 3 copies
Early Classics (1999) 2 copies
You're The Man (2019) 2 copies
Whats Going On 2 copies
Essential Collection (2007) 2 copies
Love Songs 2 copies
In Concert in 80's (1998) 2 copies
Moods of Marvin Gaye (2014) 2 copies
Marvin Gaye & Friends (2001) 2 copies
Marvin Gaye 2 copies
(Untitled) 2 copies
Night Life 1 copy
United [1967 album] (1967) 1 copy
ProdName (2001) 1 copy
Here, My Dear (1978) 1 copy
Gold: Greatest Hits (2004) 1 copy
What's Going On (2008) 1 copy
Icon 1 copy
I Want You 1 copy
Live Series 1 copy
Recorded Live on Stage (2013) 1 copy
What's Going On (1970) 1 copy
What's Going On (2010) 1 copy
[Data Missing] (1987) 1 copy
That's the Way Love Is (2014) 1 copy
Songbook (2009) 1 copy
Collection 1 copy
The Master 1 copy
Romantically Yours (1985) 1 copy
Pride and Joy 1 copy, 1 review
Ballads (2013) 1 copy

Associated Works

American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (2008) — Contributor — 459 copies, 1 review
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature {2nd edition} (2003) — Contributor, some editions — 283 copies, 2 reviews
The Big Chill: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983) — Contributor — 98 copies, 2 reviews
Pure Disco [1996 album] (1996) — Performer — 20 copies, 1 review
The Big Chill: More Songs From The Original Soundtrack (1998) — Contributor — 19 copies, 1 review
Charlie's Angels: Original 2000 Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000) — Contributor — 19 copies
Boogie Nights: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1997) — Contributor — 17 copies
Totally 80's [1994 Compilation album] (1994) — Contributor — 7 copies
Legends: Pluggin' In (2004) — Contributor — 6 copies
Together (1968) — Songwriter — 3 copies
The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1963 Still Rockin' (1988) — Artist — 3 copies
Can You Dig It?: Music & Politics Of Black Action (2009) — Contributor — 3 copies
Music of the Millennium II [2000 album] (2000) — Contributor — 2 copies, 1 review
Chrome and Hot Leather [1971 Film] (1971) — Actor — 2 copies
The Definitive Collection — Performer — 2 copies, 1 review
The Ballad of Andy Crocker [1969 TV movie] (1969) — Actor — 1 copy, 1 review
60 Number One Hits of the '60s Volume 2 [2000 album] (2000) — Contributor — 1 copy
Soul Tribute to the Beatles (2003) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Reviews

8 reviews
Gaye's first album, singing jazz standards.

1/4 (Bad).

Apart from a couple out-of-place r&b tracks near the end, this is more like some sort of vanity project than a professional album. He even "plays" the drums himself. It's hard to listen to.
½
Tracklist
1-1 Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
Backing Vocals [Vocal Accompaniment By] – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Written-By – George Gordy, Marvin Gaye
Written-By, Producer – William Stevenson
2:44
1-2 Hitch Hike
Backing Vocals [Vocal Accompaniment By] – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Written-By – Clarence Paul, Marvin Gaye
Written-By, Producer – William Stevenson
2:32
1-3 Pride And Joy
Written-By – Marvin Gaye, Norman Whitfield
Written-By, Producer – William Stevenson

2:05
1-4 Can I Get A show more Witness
Producer – Holland & Dozier
Written-By – Holland-Dozier-Holland
2:44
1-5 You're A Wonderful One
Producer – Holland & Dozier
Written-By – Holland-Dozier-Holland

2:45
1-6 How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Producer – Holland & Dozier
Written-By – Holland-Dozier-Holland
2:57
1-7 I'll Be Doggone
Producer – Smokey Robinson
Written-By – Marvin Tarplin, Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore
2:50
1-8 Ain't That Peculiar
Producer – Smokey Robinson
Written-By – Marvin Tarplin, Ronald White, Smokey Robinson
2:57
1-9 It Takes Two
Producer – Henry Cosby
Vocals [Duet With] – Kim Weston
Written-By – Sylvia Moy
Written-By, Producer – William Stevenson
2:57
1-10 Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Producer – Fuqua & Bristol
Vocals [Duet With] – Tammi Terrell
Written-By – Ashford & Simpson
2:28
1-11 Your Precious Love
Producer – Fuqua & Bristol
Vocals [Duet With] – Tammi Terrell
Written-By – Ashford & Simpson
2:59
1-12 If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
Producer – Fuqua & Bristol
Vocals [Duet With] – Tammi Terrell
Written-By – Fuqua & Bristol, Vernon Bullock
2:22
1-13 Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
Producer – Ashford & Simpson
Vocals [Duet With] – Tammi Terrell
Written-By, Producer – Ashford & Simpson
2:16
1-14 You're All I Need To Get By
Producer – Ashford & Simpson
Vocals [Duet With] – Tammi Terrell
Written-By – Ashford & Simpson
2:38
1-15 You
Written-By – Jack Alan Goga, Jeffrey Bowen
Written-By, Producer – Ivy Jo Hunter
1-16 I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Written-By – Barrett Strong
Written-By, Producer – Norman Whitfield
3:13
1-17 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
Written-By – Barrett Strong, Janie Bradford
Written-By, Producer – Norman Whitfield
2:55
1-18 That's The Way Love Is
Orchestrated By [Orchestration Direction] – Paul Riser, Wade Marcus
Written-By – Barrett Strong
Written-By, Producer – Norman Whitfield
3:35
1-19 His Eye Is On The Sparrow (Stereo Mix)
Arranged By – Harvey Fuqua
Written-By – Traditional
3:47
2-1 What's Going On
Arranged By – David Van De Pitte*
Written-By – Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson
Written-By, Producer – Marvin Gaye
3:51
2-2 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Arranged By – David Van De Pitte*
Written-By, Producer – Marvin Gaye
2-3 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Arranged By – David Van De Pitte*
Written-By – James Nyx
Written-By, Producer – Marvin Gaye
5:27
2-4 You're The Man − Pts. I & II
Written-By – Kenny Stover
Written-By, Producer – Marvin Gaye
5:45
2-5 Where Are We Going?
Mixed By [Mix Produced By] – Harry Weinger
Producer – Freddie Perren
Producer, Trumpet – Fonce Mizell
Written-By – Edward Gordon*, Larry Mizell
3:48
2-6 Trouble Man
Arranged By – Dale Oehler
Written-By, Producer – Marvin Gaye
3:49
2-7 Let's Get It On
Arranged By – Rene Hall
Written-By, Producer – Ed Townsend, Marvin Gaye
4:50
2-8 Come Get To This
Arranged By – David Van De Pitte*, Gene Page
Written-By, Producer – Marvin Gaye
2:41
2-9 Distant Lover (Live)
Conductor – Gene Page
Written-By – Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Sandra Greene
Written-By, Producer – Marvin Gaye
6:20
2-10 I Want You
Arranged By – Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Executive Producer – Berry Gordy, Marvin Gaye
Written-By, Producer – Arthur Ross, Leon Ware
4:32
2-11 Got To Give It Up
Producer – Art Stewart
Written-By – Marvin Gaye
11:48
2-12 Anger
Written-By – Delta Ashby, Ed Townsend
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Marvin Gaye
4:04
2-13 Ego Tripping Out
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Marvin Gaye
7:16
2-14 Praise
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Marvin Gaye
3:52
2-15 Sexual Healing
Advisor [Production Advisor] – Harvey Fuqua
Executive-Producer – Larkin Arnold
Written-By – David Ritz, Odell Brown
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By – Marvin Gaye
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Works
182
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Members
590
Popularity
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Rating
3.9
Reviews
8
ISBNs
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