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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Marvin Gaye canonical 136
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Marvin Gaye family 1

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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” ⓘ
surface form: 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. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sibling Frankie Gaye ⓘ
spouse Anna Gordy Gaye ⓘ
Janis Hunter ⓘ

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Motown → launchedCareerOf → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Motown Museum → associatedWith → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Justin Timberlake → influencedBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Narada Michael Walden → associatedAct → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Lenny Kravitz → influencedBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Diana Ross → associatedAct → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Tamla → signedArtist → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Martha and the Vandellas → associatedAct → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Roland TR-808 drum machine → usedBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
subject surface form: Roland TR-808
Hitsville U.S.A. → associatedWith → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Studio A → associatedWithArtist → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Sam Cooke → influenced → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Charlie Puth → notableWork → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Gene Page → workedWith → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
The Funk Brothers → backedArtist → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Nickolas Ashford → collaboratedWith → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Nickolas Ashford → wroteFor → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Trouble Man → musicBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Trouble Man → soundtrackBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
I Heard It Through the Grapevine → notableVersionBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
I Heard It Through the Grapevine → performedBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
I Heard It Through the Grapevine → madeFamousBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Doin' It → writer → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Doin' It → sampledArtist → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Nina Cried Power → tributeTo → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Nona Gaye → father → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Nona Gaye → notableFamily → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marvin Gaye family
Sheila E. → associatedAct → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Artists of All Time → includesArtist → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Marvin & Chardonnay → titleReferences → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Frank Wilson → wroteFor → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Norman Whitfield → associatedAct → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Diana & Marvin (album) → artist → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
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Diana & Marvin (album) → performer → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
subject surface form: Diana & Marvin
Diana & Marvin (album) → chronologyOfArtist → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
subject surface form: Diana & Marvin
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” → originalPerformer → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
subject surface form: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” → performer → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
subject surface form: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) → artist → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) → performer → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) → performedBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) → recordedBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Soul music → notableArtist → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Motown: The Musical → featuresMusicBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Motown: The Musical → featuresCharacter → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Steve Perry → influencedBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Allen Stone → influencedBy → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan → associatedWith → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
subject surface form: Hitsville U.S.A.
Nightshift → tributeTo → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Nightshift → lyricalSubject → Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Prince of Motown → refersTo → Marvin Gaye ⓘ