Marvin Gaye
News and information about Marvin Gaye on Oprah.com.
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What's Playing in Robin Thicke's Ear?
… are so simple, but the emotions are so pure. They resonate with you no matter what your race, gender, or age." Marvin Gaye , What's Going On (Motown): "I'm a 'Mercy Mercy Me' kind of guy—the tracks he wrote himself are always the …
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Reading Questions for Someday This Will Be Funny by Lynne Tillman
… feel duty-bound to keep? Does loyalty require us to keep secrets? 7. "Later" imagines a conversation between Marvin Gaye and John Lennon. What did the two of them want to learn from each other? What did each of them have to give? Imagine …
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Memorial Day, Plus Musicians Ledisi and Eric Darius
… playing my instrument my parents just is exposed me to. A lot of different styles of music listening to Michael Jackson Marvin Gaye Stevie Wonder when gunfire. I mean Bob Marley. I heard a look at everything just going I just had a natural appreciation …
A lot of different styles of music -- listening to Michael Jackson Marvin Gaye Stevie Wonder when gunfire. I mean Bob Marley. I heard a look at everything just going -- I just had a natural -
8 Things to Do Before Summer Ends
… selected as one of Dove's Go Fresh DJs . If you've got a mixed crowd, stick to feel-good classics, she adds, like Marvin Gaye , Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. Or opt for her favorite summer anthem of 2011, "Last Friday Night," by Katy …
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The O Staff and Friends' Favorite Things 2011
… extremely big and powerful, but it wasn't overstated or understated, just perfectly stated. She reminded me of Aretha or Marvin Gaye , whose power was in the purity of their tone, not in how many ways they could twist a vowel around." —Ben Harper …
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Books That Made a Difference to Jay-Z
… culture, and I was lucky that my mom and pop were huge record collectors. In my house, I had music by Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye , Prince, and the Commodores, and I'm listening to it every single day. Purple Cow By Seth Godin This is straight …
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How You Can Improve Your Sex Life
… simple antique emerald bracelet, and left me to unwind while he took the steamed lobsters out of their shells, put on Marvin Gaye , and sprinkled fresh rose petals over my silk sheets. Après bath he fed me pieces of lobster dipped in melted butter …
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My Best Life: Sheryl Crow
… seventh album, 100 Miles from Memphis, a tribute to the soul and R&B classics she listened to growing up. Best Anthem Marvin Gaye 's "What's Going On" is perfect pop. Like all the greatest songs, it's a marriage of sensuality and social …
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Q&A with American Idol 's Lil Rounds
… artists in particular you hope to emulate and bring back? LR: I am really ready to bring back some of the sounds of Marvin Gaye and some of the sounds of even the Supremes. I feel like now we have kind of gotten off into this genre where all the …
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Up Close with Tracy Morgan
… I'm home, I don't feel the pressure to be funny all the time. I don't have to be," he says. "I'm like Marvin Gaye . I'm funny when I feel like it." When Tracy was first introduced to the world, he said he did feel some pressure …
