Marvin Gaye was a soul musician most popular in the sixties and seventies. He was phenomenally successful, with two certified albums and several others being hits. He had numerous hit singles, two going platinum. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Album What's Going On was placed into the National Recording Registry for preservation by the Library of Congress. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is a member of the R&B Hall of Fame. He provided the counterculture staples Mercy Mercy Me and What's Goin' On. He was a part of the Motown sound of the sixties.
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