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Inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Michigan Connection
Marvin Gaye was born Marvin Pentz Gay on April 2, 1939 in Washington, D.
C.
Band
Played drums and piano on tour for the Miracles and Marvellettes early in
his career.
Notable
In 1962 he wrote and produced a series of hits for Mary Wells that
included "You Beat Me to the Punch" and "Two Lovers."
Gaye won two Grammy's in 1982 for "Sexual Healing." Gaye entered
Top Forty no less than forty times. Gaye spent twenty years at Motown.
Big Hits
Gaye co-wrote "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." Gladys Knight
and the Pips took it to #2 in 1967 and Marvin Gaye's own version rose to
#1 a year later.
Find out more about
Marvin Gaye and other musical Michiganians in
Makin'
Music: Michigan's
Rock & Roll Legacy. |
