A music icon’s timeless hit has been ranked as the No. 1 Motown Song ever. Motown Records, founded in 1959, produced ...

Marvin Gaye released the classic "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You" in 1964. The song, which is now commonly played at weddings as first dances or parent dances, was a hit that peaked at No. 6 on ...

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, ...

Marvin Gaye's cause of death is one of the most tragic ways the singer could have gone. With hit songs like “How Sweet It Is” ...

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, ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

The song with the silky, layered vocals and an emphatic protest message was topical when Gaye cut it in 1970. It was still relevant when a newly freed Nelson Mandela recited its lyrics for a packed ...

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, ...

Marvin Gaye had a successful music career and helped bring notoriety to the Motown music scene back in the 1960s. Gaye had countless hits during his career, though his life ended too soon after he was ...

“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 ...