Marvin Gaye Profile

Birth Name: Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.

Birth Date: April 2nd, 1939

Date of Death: April 1st, 1984

Genres:
R&B
Soul
Funk

Instruments:
Piano/Keyboards
Synthesizer
Drums

Education:
Cardozo High School
United States Air Force

Parents:
Rev. Marvin Pentz Gay, Sr and Alberta Williams

Spouses:
Jan Gaye (October 1977 - February 1981)
Anna Gordy Gaye (1961 - 1975) (divorced)

Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)

Debut Album: The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye (1961)

Breakthrough Singles:
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Tammi Terrell) (1968)
"I Heard It through the Grapevine" (1968)
"Let's Get It On" (1973)
"Sexual Healing" (1982)

Associated Acts;
The Rainbows
The Marquees
The Moonglows

Did You Know:
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
His ex-brother in las is Berry Gordy (founder of Motown Records)
His father shot him twice ending his life over a family dispute