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Reflective … Marvin Gaye, c.1980.

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Marvin Gaye – 10 of the best

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Marvin Gaye, 1978:

Marvin with his mother and brother Frankie.

“She was slicing up a big turkey.

She was just happy to see her boys

and they were happy to be there.

To think that that was the house

where his father shot him six years later “

Photograph: Bruce Talamon

Behind the scenes with the biggest soul stars of the 70s

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Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is an R&B/soul song

written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966

for the Tamla Motown label.

The composition was first successful

as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell,

becoming a hit again in 1970 when recorded by Diana Ross.

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Marvin Gaye   1939-1984

born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.

Marvin Gaye

(...)

blended the soul music

of the urban scene

with the beat of the old- time

gospel singer

and became an influential force

in pop music

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