From love songs to material that tackled such weighty subjects as war, peace, racism, violence, addictions and the environment, Gaye continuously grew and pushed boundaries throughout his ...

Marvin Gaye's masterpiece What's Going On turns 40 on Saturday. Click the link above to hear Gaye biographer David Ritz evaluate the album and its legacy on Weekend Edition Saturday.

Club owner Michael "Eppy" Epstein says that before powerful songs like "What's Going On" hit the charts, "It was all love songs. We were in la-la land." Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr.

While Gaye III alleges copying on four songs, like his siblings, he’s only bringing copyright claims on “Blurred Lines” and “Love After War.” ...

Posted: Feb 12, 2022 / 09:16 PM EST / Updated: Feb 12, 2022 / 09:16 PM EST (CNN) — The music of Motown’s Marvin Gaye is legendary for getting folks in the mood for some “Sexual Healing.” ...

Fifty years after Marvin Gaye's masterpiece dropped on May 21, 1971, the groundbreaking LP, which remains Motown's best-selling album, is more relevant than ever. We go inside the making of the ...

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the 101 greatest Motown songs from 1960-1994. See if your favorite songs or artists made the list!

Marvin charted 3 more top 40 singles in 1963, and "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" was released in 1964, becoming Gaye's most popular record.

Marvin Gaye’s Children Use Audio Mashup to Prove ‘Blurred Lines’ Is Infringing In a court submission, the vocal material of "Blurred Lines" plays over the instrumental of "Got to Give It Up ...

Soul singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye at Golden West Studios in 1973 in Los Angeles, California. | Jim Britt/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images Born in 1939, Gaye had a true rags-to-riches story.

From Prince to Marvin Gaye: Music Biopics We’re Still Waiting For Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Janet Jackson, Marvin Gaye and Prince are some of the artists whose lives and music would make ...

Marvin Gaye steered in the opposite direction for the proper follow-up to 1971's sociopolitical 'What's Going On.' (The 1972 soundtrack to the blaxploitation movie 'Trouble Man' was mostly ...