Marvin Gaye

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R&B musician human record producer singer songwriter soul musician

Marvin Gaye was an influential American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and producer known for classic albums like "What's Going On" and hits such as "Sexual Healing" and "Let's Get It On."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	R&B musician → human → record producer → singer → songwriter → soul musician →
album	Here, My Dear → I Want You → In the Groove → Let's Get It On → M.P.G. → Midnight Love → That Stubborn Kinda Fellow → What's Going On →
alsoKnownAs	Prince of Motown → Prince of Soul →
associatedAct	Diana Ross → Kim Weston → Mary Wells → Tammi Terrell →
birthName	Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. →
causeOfDeath	gunshot wound → homicide →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1939-04-02 →
dateOfDeath	1984-04-01 →
fullName	Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. →
gender	male →
genre	R&B → funk → pop → psychedelic soul → soul →
hallOfFameInduction	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame → Songwriters Hall of Fame →
influenced	D'Angelo → John Legend → Prince → R. Kelly → Robin Thicke → Stevie Wonder → Usher →
instrument	drums → piano → vocals →
killedBy	Marvin Gay Sr. →
notableAward	Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance → Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award →
notableWork	Ain't No Mountain High Enough → Got to Give It Up → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) → I Heard It Through the Grapevine → Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) → Let's Get It On → Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) → Sexual Healing → What's Going On →
occupation	record producer → singer → songwriter →
parent	Alberta Gay → Marvin Gay Sr. →
placeOfBirth	Washington, D.C., United States →
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States →
recordLabel	Columbia Records → Motown → Tamla →
religion	Christianity →
sibling	Frankie Gaye →
spouse	Anna Gordy Gaye → Janis Hunter →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Diana Ross → Martha and the Vandellas → Narada Michael Walden →	associatedAct
Hitsville U.S.A. → Motown Museum →	associatedWith
Justin Timberlake → Lenny Kravitz →	influencedBy
Studio A →	associatedWithArtist
Motown →	launchedCareerOf
Tamla →	signedArtist
Roland TR-808 →	usedBy