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Marvin Gaye is a Actor and Sound American born on 2 april 1939 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Gaye helped to shape the sound of Motown Records in the 1960s with a string of hits including "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and duet recordings with Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell, later earning the titles "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul". During the 1970s, he recorded the concept albums What's Going On and Let's Get It On and became among the first artists in Motown to break away from the reins of its production company. Gaye's later recordings influenced several R&B subgenres such as quiet storm and neo-soul.
Following a period in Europe as a tax exile in the early 1980s, Gaye released the 1982 Grammy Award-winning hit "Sexual Healing" and the Midnight Love album. Since his death in 1984, Gaye has been posthumously honored by many institutions, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Marvin Gaye
Birth name Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 2 april 1939 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Death 1 april 1984 (at 44 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Nationality USA
Birth 2 april 1939 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Death 1 april 1984 (at 44 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Gaye helped to shape the sound of Motown Records in the 1960s with a string of hits including "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and duet recordings with Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell, later earning the titles "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul". During the 1970s, he recorded the concept albums What's Going On and Let's Get It On and became among the first artists in Motown to break away from the reins of its production company. Gaye's later recordings influenced several R&B subgenres such as quiet storm and neo-soul.
Following a period in Europe as a tax exile in the early 1980s, Gaye released the 1982 Grammy Award-winning hit "Sexual Healing" and the Midnight Love album. Since his death in 1984, Gaye has been posthumously honored by many institutions, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Filmography of Marvin Gaye (5 films)
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Save the Children (1973)
, 2h3Directed by Stan Lathan
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Sammy Davis Jr., Isaac Hayes, Melvin Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Cuba Gooding, Sr., Michael Jackson
Rating80%
Chrome and Hot Leather (1971)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors William Smith, Tony Young, Peter Brown, Larry Bishop, Marvin Gaye, Cheryl Ladd
Roles Jim
Rating50%
When the fiancee of a US Special Forces Vietnam Veteran sergeant is killed by bikers, he and three fellow Green Berets ride out for revenge.
The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969)
, 1h14Directed by George McCowan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Lee Majors, Joey Heatherton, Jimmy Dean, Agnes Moorehead, Pat Hingle, Marvin Gaye
Rating57%
Lee Majors, in his first lead acting role, stars as Andy Crocker, a soldier who is wounded in a firefight in Vietnam and awarded the Purple Heart. After leaving his best friend David (Marvin Gaye), he meets a young hippie girl (Jill Haworth) who invites him to a party. The men at the party (Peter Haskell, Stuart Margolin) do not want him present; Crocker leaves and returns their hospitality by stealing one of their motorcycles that he rides home to Dallas, Texas where he reunites with his parents (played by Pat Hingle and Claudia Bryar). Crocker says that all that kept him going during the trials of Vietnam was his dreams of running a motorcycle racing track and repair shop and marrying his sweetheart, Lisa (Joey Heatherton).
The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)
, 2h3Directed by Steve Binder
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Marvin Gaye, Glen Campbell, Mick Jagger, Darlene Love, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross
Rating81%
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Trouble Man (1972)
, 1h39Directed by Ivan Dixon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield, Paula Kelly, Ralph Waite, Bill Henderson, Gordon Jump
Rating66%
Dans ce drame urbain, un homme de la ville cherche à fuir à la fois les flics et des escrocs dans ce drame urbain. T (Robert Hooks) est la combinaison d'un requin de piscine, d'un détective privé et d'un homme à tout faire du ghetto, menant ses affaires depuis un club de billard dans le centre-sud de Los Angeles.