' Forever Changes ' unlocked a new musical palette for African American musicians to utilize, which paved the way for future song cycles like Marvin Gaye's ' What's Going On ' and Sly Stone's ' There's a Riot Going On ,' classics by other African Americans that also chronicled the increasingly despondent state of the American dream.

Examples include Bob Dylan's " Masters of War " ( which contains the lines " I hope that you die / And your death'll come soon ") and " What's Going On " by Marvin Gaye.

Prospector Jake Whippany is waiting to save enough money to send for Cherry and her Fandango girls (" Rumson "), while Jennifer senses the tension building in town (" What's Going On Here ?").

Although the album was not as commercially successful as its predecessor was, it contained three high-charting singles, including the title track, " True Colors " which became Lauper's second song to hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, " Change of Heart " ( No. 3 ) and a cover of Marvin Gaye's " What's Going On " ( No. 12 ) followed.

#" What's Going On " ( club version by Shep Pettibone ) ( Renaldo " Obie " Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye )

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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.

What's Going On and its 1973 follow-up, Let's Get It On became among the first concept albums in R & B music.

Hitsville U. S. A., where Marvin and The Funk Brothers recorded much of What's Going On at, the first album in which the Funk Brothers earned credit on a Motown album.

On June 10, 1970, Gaye returned to the Hitsville U. S. A. studios where he recorded his new composition, " What's Going On ", inspired by an idea from Renaldo " Obie " Benson of the Four Tops after he witnessed an act of police brutality at an anti-war rally in Berkeley.

Emboldened by its success, Gaye spent ten days recording the What's Going On album after Gordy gave him an ultimatum of completing the album by the end of that March.

During Gaye's 1971-1972 What's Going On period, JET magazine once named him the " inner city's musical poet ".

Gaye had a total of 13 number-one hits in his career (" I'll Be Doggone ", " Ain't That Peculiar ", " Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing ", " You're All I Need to Get By ", " I Heard It Through the Grapevine ", " Too Busy Thinking About My Baby ", " What's Going On ", " Mercy Mercy Me ( The Ecology )", " Inner City Blues ( Make Me Wanna Holler )", " Let's Get It On ", " I Want You ", " Got to Give It Up " and " Sexual Healing ") as well as many other top ten hits.

The Rock & Roll Hall has listed at least three of Gaye's songs in its list of 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll including " I Heard It Through the Grapevine ", " What's Going On " and " Sexual Healing ".

Three of Gaye's albums are listed on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time including What's Going On (# 6 ), Let's Get It On (# 165 ) and Here, My Dear (# 456 ) while four of his hit singles made it to the magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time including " Sexual Healing " (# 233 ), " Let's Get It On " (# 168 ), " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " (# 81 ) and " What's Going On " (# 4 ).

" What's Going On " was listed on Detroit's Metro Times list at # 1 on its list of 100 Greatest Detroit Songs of All Time.

In a MusicRadar poll, " I Heard It Through the Grapevine ", one of his most famous songs, was voted No. 1 and greatest Motown song and his " What's Going On " made the top five.

A documentary about Gaye – What's Going On: The Marvin Gaye Story – was a UK / PBS co-production, directed by Jeremy Marre and was first broadcast in 2006 ; two years later, the special re-aired with a different production and newer interviews after it was re-broadcast as an American Masters special.

Bowman further wrote that the recording of the " What's Going On " single was " the first single to utilize all three as Marvin developed a radical approach to constructing his recordings by layering a series of contraptunal background vocal lines on different tracks, each one conceived and sung in isolation by Marvin himself.

Gaye's first recordings involving social commentary occurred a couple years before working on What's Going On, including " Abraham, Martin & John " and " The Onion Song ", two songs of which gave Gaye hit success in Europe where it charted mainly in the United Kingdom pop chart.

On September 14, 1958 Sullivan appeared on What's My Line?

* What's Goin ' On Here?

On television he was a frequent contributor to the 1973-1974 revival of What's My Line ?, hosted the weekly entertainment show International Cabaret and was a reader for the children's story-reading series Jackanory on BBC1.

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On October 1, 2006, only What's My Line?

On December 31, GSN reinstated the Black and White Overnight to 7 days a week from 3: 00-4: 00 AM, showcasing What's My Line?

covered " Strange " on their album Document, while their song " What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

* " Resolution " ( song ), a 2006 song by Nick Lachey from What's Left of Me

* " Closure " ( song ), a 2003 song by Chevelle's album Wonder What's Next

The song, " What's on Your Mind ( Pure Energy )" ( released in 1988 ), reached No. 3 on the US Pop charts, and No. 1 on Dance charts.

" What's the New Mary Jane " was a song written by John Lennon ( but credited to Lennon – McCartney ) and performed by The Beatles.

* The soundtrack to Austin Powers in Goldmember ( in which Michael Caine appears ) contains a song entitled " Alfie ( What's it All About Austin )".

The Funk is described on the very first song (" Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?

* by Lil Wayne on the song " What's Wrong With Them " featuring Nicki Minaj on his album, I Am Not a Human Being.

What's Going On also provided another first in Motown and R & B music: Gaye and his engineers had composed the album in a song cycle, segueing previous songs into other songs giving the album a more cohesive feel as opposed to R & B albums that traditionally included filler tracks to complete the album.

Around this period, Oasis guitarist and friend of Ashcroft, Noel Gallagher, dedicated the song " Cast No Shadow " on the album ( What's the Story ) Morning Glory?

The song " What's Golden " from Power In Numbers was featured in ATV Offroad Fury 2.

* April 19 – Johnny Logan wins the 25th Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland, with the song " What's Another Year ".

Australian-born Johnny Logan representing Ireland was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, " What's Another Year ".

:* The song " Don't Look Back in Anger " from ( What's the Story ) Morning Glory ( 1995 ) features a piano line near-identical to that of John Lennon's solo hit " Imagine ", as well as a bridge section instrumentally reminiscent of " Octopus's Garden " and featuring a Lennon quote in the lyric (' so I start a revolution from my bed ').

The B-Side song was You're What's Happening Baby.

In 2001, their song " What's the Five 0 " was featured in the music video game FreQuency.

Musical artist Jewel contributed vocals to the score with her song What's Simple Is True, from her 1998 album Spirit.

Owens even helped write one Judas Priest song, " What's My Name?

:: song: " What's New for Fall "