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Marvin Gaye Thesis

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The “Prince of Soul”

“ Let’s Marvin Gaye and get it on” is a number one hit from the song “ Marvin Gaye” by Charlie Puth featuring Megan Trainer, which is how many of people know the name Marvin Gaye. Also, some may know Marvin Gaye for his song “ Heard it through the Grapevine” which is a number one hit. Even though he had multiple low points and wasn't persistent, Marvin Gaye is one of the best musicians of his time, I know he was one of the best musicians of his time because he had multiple awards and had five top 10 songs.
Marvin Gaye was a great musician, but he wasn’t always a multiple award winning singer. Marvin Gaye was born on April 2, 1939, started as a young child; singing, dancing, and performing in his church choir. Marvin Gaye …show more content…

Marvin Gaye had given the black community hope (R&B Gospel Soul and Blues, 2002). He did this by showing them that they can do anything that anyone else can (Stambler, 1974). If Marvin Gaye was never born, music today would not be the same. He showed people that music didn’t have to fit other people's standards, they just had to fit your own (Wallenfeldt, 2013). His music combined rhythm and blues (R&B) and gospel music. Gaye did not agree with the way Motown did things and decided to become his own producer (Stambler, …show more content…

Many people know Marvin Gaye by his nickname, the “Prince of Soul”(Marvin Gaye, 2016). However, for many years, Gaye was an example of obsolescence, this happened because the disco era had brought most of the other kinds of music out of style (Stambler, 1974). Another reason why Gaye was no longer popular at one point was because a very close friend of his had died (Wallenfeldt, 2013). When all of this grief had been struck upon Gaye, he started to do cocaine. Marvin Gaye realized that he was addicted, he fled the country (Stambler, 1974). Even though Marvin Gaye was put to test multiple times in his life, he always came back (Wallenfeldt,

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