The Power Packed Martha and the Vandellas

The Vandellas were the most aggressive girl group to emerge from Motown in the sixties. Read more

Tammi Terrel - The Shining Star

The beautiful Tammi Terrell, famous for her intensely romantic duets with Marvin Gaye, was a rising star of the 60’s whose ascent was tragically cut short by her premature death at the age of 24. Read more

Marvin Pentz Gay(e) - The Man With The Golden Glow

Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known as Marvin Gaye was born on 2nd April 1939 and walked this earth till 1st April 1984. He was a multi-talented artist who not only wrote songs but also instruments at a vocal range of three octaves. He started his career as a member of The Moonglows which was a doo-wop group in the late 50’s. Later he went on to perform as a solo artist and in 1960 started singing with Tamla which was an auxiliary of Motown Records. Gaye earned fame as the best selling performer of the label in the 60’s after he had worked for a year as a session drummer. He was known for his hits like ‘How Sweet It Is’, ‘Ain’t That Peculiar’, and ‘I Heard It through the Grapevine’. He also delivered certain duet hits with singers like Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell and was recognized as ‘The Prince of Motown’ and ‘The Prince of Soul’

Gaye proved his mettle with hit albums like ‘What’s Going On’ and ‘Let’s Get It On’ and in the process he also inspired his fellow singers like Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. In fact, his album ‘Let’s Get It On’ gave way to the genres of urban contemporary and slow jamming phenomena. Following his self chosen exile Gaye came back to the scenario with his hit ‘Sexual Healing’ which won him the Grammy Award and this was also accompanied by the album named Midnight Love. Following his death he was included to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the year 1987.

The music magazine in America named Rolling Stone rated him 6th on the list of ‘The Greatest Singers of All Time’ and in the list of ‘Greatest Artists of All Time’ he ranked 18 among 100 artists. Marvin also has a half brother named Michael Cooper. His second album with Motown Label was known as The Soulful Moods. This record featured the tunes of R&B ballad numbers like ‘Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide’. Unfortunately this record failed to gain fame after which Marvin produced two more albums which failed as badly.

Gaye’s first hit number was ‘Stubborn Kind of Fellow’. This song went on to become one of the major hits on Hot R&B Songs chart. This was followed by the top 40 singles by Gaye. These songs were ‘Hitch Hike’, ‘Pride and Joy’, ‘Can I Get a Witness’ in the year 1963. Gaye continued with his success story in 1964 as he came up with his hits, ‘You Are a Wonderful One’, ‘Try It Baby’, ‘Baby Don’t You Do It’ and ‘How Sweet It Is’. Gaye also made his contributions in writing ‘Dancing in the Street’ while his tie-up with Smokey Robinson for a 1966 album churned out top 10 hit singles in a row in the form of ‘I’ll Be Doggone’ and ‘Ain’t That Peculiar’. He also became a darling among the various teen shows.

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Frankie Beverly & Maze – Soul Music Model

Frankie Beverly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 6th December 1946 and is a renowned singer, producer, songwriter and founder. He is well known for his contributions as a soul music singer. Read more