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Motown Records artists such as Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson contributed to the evolution of soul music, although their recordings were considered more in a pop music vein than those of Redding, Franklin and Carr.
Gaye's vocal style changed in the late 1960s in which he was told to incorporate a sharper raspy voice especially in Norman Whitfield's recordings, which Gaye initially profoundly disliked, considered it out of his range, but said he was " into being produce-able ".
The single, co-written by William " Mickey " Stevenson, Gaye and Norman Whitfield, and produced by Stevenson, was considered to be a tribute to Gaye's then-girlfriend, Anna Gordy.
Aur Kahan ?, Johny Mera Naam ( 1970 ), Victoria No. 203, Zanjeer ( 1973 ), Chori Mera Kaam ( 1975 ), Hatyara ( 1977 ), Chor Ke Ghar Chor ( 1978 ), Don ( 1978 ), Maan Gaye Ustaad ( 1981 ) and Duniya ( 1984 ) are considered to be among his best performances.
When rumors escalated that the exes had considered remarriage, Gaye would tell reporters that he and Anna were happy enough to " remain friends ".

Gaye and Frank
* Uncredited cast members include Hooper Atchley, James Donlan, Don Douglas, Billy Engle, Robert Fiske, James Flavin, Byron Foulger, Gregory Gaye, Fay Holden, Mary Howard, Gladden James, Cyril Ring, Henry Roquemore, Syd Saylor, Frank Sully, Phillip Terry and Richard Tucker.
Following his signing to Motown's Tamla label, Gaye having been inspired by such singers like Nat King Cole, Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra to perform standards, figuring the move would make him a crossover success, rather than perform the usual R & B performed on Motown, bringing him to conflict with the label.
These singer-songwriters included Bob Dylan, Jackie DeShannon, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Wilson, Tom Waits, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Tom Rush, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Arlo Guthrie, John Denver, Jackson Browne, John Prine, Grace Slick, Dave Mason, Jim Croce, Fred Neil, Roger McGuinn, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, David Crosby, Donovan, Stephen Stills, Randy Newman, Steve Goodman, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Brady, Jesse Winchester, Johnny Tillotson, Sylvia Tyson, Ian Tyson, Nick Drake, Tim Hardin, Laura Nyro, Carly Simon, John Fogerty, Eric Andersen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joan Armatrading, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Cat Stevens, Bruce Cockburn, Harry Chapin, James Taylor, Jerry Jeff Walker, Lou Reed, Gram Parsons, Nick Gravenites, Rick Nelson, Richard Fariña, Tuli Kupferberg Mark Spoelstra, Don Mclean, Patrick Sky, Jimmy Buffett, Mickey Newbury, Janis Ian, Dan Fogelberg, Dave Van Ronk, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, and Frank Zappa.
The 1969 album Beginnings, released under the name Ambrose Slade, featured many musical influences with covers of songs by Steppenwolf, Ted Nugent, Frank Zappa, The Moody Blues, The Beatles and Marvin Gaye.
Nevertheless, Motown producers such as Norman Whitfield, Frank Wilson, Marvin Gaye, and Smokey Robinson steadfastly continued to record in Detroit.
Nora and Gaye try to convince Frank to make a break for safety once he is outside the hotel, but he agrees to take the men to Cuba.
Gaye appears to make a last-ditch attempt to convince Rocco to take her with him and uses the embrace to steal Rocco's gun, which she passes to Frank surreptitiously.
Three of Paget's siblings, Mareta (" Judith Gibson ", " Teala Loring "), Lezlie (" Lisa Gaye "), and Frank (" Ruell Shayne ") all entered show business.
The song was conceived after Gaye reluctantly agreed to perform in the same R & B-rooted productions of his fellow Motown label mates rather than try to be " the Black Frank Sinatra ".

Gaye and Sinatra
Based in the offices of Joe Cocker's manager, he started off by representing Sinatra, Cocker, Paul and Barry Ryan, Don Partridge, and Marvin Gaye.

Gaye and be
Gaye branched out into secular music as a teenager, joining the doo-wop group The Marquees, after returning from an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows.
Following the death of Tammi Terrell in 1970, Gaye went into seclusion, emerging the following year with " What's Going On " and its subsequent album, which helped to make him one of the first artists in Motown to break away from the reins of Motown's production company to be his own artist.
Gaye and his siblings would often be told to observe an extended Sabbath, which started every Saturday, and to recite Biblical passages he taught them, striking them if they answered the passages wrong.
Gaye had aspired to be a Perry Como-styled performer that did not have to resort to " shaking ass onstage ", rather, just sit on a stool and croon.
It was eventually decided that Gaye wouldn't be allowed to perform a tryout due to fears of injuries could have on his music career.
In October of 1975, Gaye gave a performance at a UNESCO benefit concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall to support UNESCO's African literacy drive, resulting in him to be commended at the United Nations by then-Ambassador of Ghana Shirley Temple Black and Kurt Waldheim.
In March 1982, Motown and CBS Records negotiated for Gaye to be released from Motown, but didn't release the contents of their contract fearing a negative effect on Gaye's settlement to pay his creditors.
In 1979, Gaye attempted suicide a second time by ingesting an ounce of cocaine while in Hawaii, later stating, " I just wanted to be alone and blow my brains on high-octane toot.
" When Gaye called Gordy in the Bahamas about wanting to do a protest record, Gordy cautioned him, " Marvin, don't be ridiculous.
Between 1962 and 1966, Robinson would also be one of the in-demand songwriters and producers for Motown, penning several hit singles such as " The One Who Really Loves You ", " You Beat Me to the Punch " and " My Guy " for Mary Wells, " The Way You Do The Things You Do ", " My Girl ", " Since I Lost My Baby " and " Get Ready " for The Temptations, " When I'm Gone " and " Operator " for Brenda Holloway, " Don't Mess With Bill ", " The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game " and " My Baby Must Be a Magician " for The Marvelettes and " I'll Be Doggone " and " Ain't That Peculiar " for Marvin Gaye.
The TR-808 would later be further popularized in 1982, with the release of the mainstream American hits " Sexual Healing " by Marvin Gaye and " Planet Rock " by Afrika Bambaataa.
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Kravitz's other musical influences at the time included Fela Kuti, Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye and Miles Davis ; John Lennon and Bob Marley proved later to be influential as well.
Fuqua would later be credited for bringing Marvin Gaye to the label, which signed Gaye in 1960.
Wells and Robinson also recorded a duet titled " I Want You ' Round ", which would be re-recorded by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston.
According to Terrell's fiancé, Dr. Garrett, who knew Gaye, Terrell's mother allowed just Gaye at the funeral but told him that Terrell's other Motown colleagues would not be allowed in.
Together, Strong and Whitfield wrote some of the most successful and critically acclaimed soul songs ever to be released by Motown, including " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " by both Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips ; " War " by Edwin Starr ; " Smiling Faces Sometimes " by The Undisputed Truth ; and the long line of " psychedelic soul " records by The Temptations, including " Cloud Nine ", " I Can't Get Next to You ", " Psychedelic Shack ", " Ball of Confusion ( That's What the World Is Today )", and " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone ", amongst others.
Before the book could be finished, Gaye died of complications following a heart attack at the age of 60.
Motown struggled to get Gaye in the studio as Gaye focused on work on an album ( which would later be released as Here, My Dear, dedicated to Gaye's troubled first marriage ).

Gaye and real
The label was pleased with the success, although Gaye, depressed because of issues such as the illness of singing partner Tammi Terrell ( which would kill her less than a year later ), was quoted as saying that his success " didn't seem real " and that he " didn't deserve it ".
And ... you see as Gaye realize that that's exactly her real life situation.

Gaye and major
By the middle of the 1960s, D. C. had begun to produce some major stars, like soul singer Marvin Gaye.
By the early 60s figures like Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder were dominating the R & B charts and breaking through into the main pop charts, helping to accelerate their desegregation, while Motown and Stax / Volt Records were becoming major forces in the record industry.
Their sales of units to major U. S. studios resulted in Chamberlins being heard on many pop records of the 1960s including recordings by The Lettermen, Marvin Gaye, Bobby Goldsboro (" Honey "), The Beach Boys, and educator Edmond S. Bordeaux.
The single was historic in many ways for the Washington, D. C .- bred singer and former Moonglows member, for it was the first major hit record for the singer on Motown after three failed singles and an album that had Gaye performing jazz standards.
Gordy's biggest success as a songwriter came in the late 1960s and early 1970s, co-writing two major hits for Motown group The Originals, alongside her then-husband Marvin Gaye, including " Baby, I'm For Real " and " The Bells ", which also featured Anna's niece Iris, as a co-writer.
The songs on That Stubborn Kinda Fellow incorporated elements of R & B, blues and doo-wop music, while also incorporating a then-nascent subgenre of R & B titled soul music, which Gaye would become one of the genre's major contributors and popularizers.

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