Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
American Singer-Songwriter
American Singer-Songwriter
1939-1984
1939-1984
Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.
Marvin Gaye was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of hits, earning him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul".