Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gaye was shot to death by his father on April 1, 1984, one day before his 45th birthday. (Illustration: Danny Miller) Marvin Gaye, ...

In June 1973, Marvin Gaye cemented his status as one of music's sexual icons with his hit single "Let's Get It On." The years leading up to the single’s release were turbulent for Gaye. After the ...

Feeling a bit of déjà vu every time you hear “Blurred Lines,” the ubiquitous smash from earlier this year by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams? That means you probably lived through the disco era and ...

Marvin Gaye actually revealed himself as more than the typical Motown factory drone well before 1971's What's Going On. He just hadn't quite harnessed those ambitions yet. A desire to break the mold, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. August 1973 photo of Marvin Gaye in Los Angeles. (Marianna Diamos / Los Angeles Times) By the time 44-year-old Marvin Gaye moved ...

The 1970s was a rich decade for singer/songwriters, and many of its records still wind up on lists of the all-time greatest albums. Many could even lay claim to the #1 spot on lists like those. Bob ...

Jan Gaye is either the luckiest woman in the world, having married Motown heartthrob Marvin Gaye, or she's a woman who's led a very challenging life. Actually, after you read Gaye's memoir "After the ...

It can be hard to not engage in a mental game of "What if?" when it comes to artists who died well before their time. Would Kurt Cobain have released more albums as zeitgeist-defining and powerful as ...

It was 1984. It might have been a period of triumph for the vocalist known as the King of Sensual Soul. The year before, he had finally won two Grammy Awards after decades of nominations. At the NBA ...