Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye got his start in music in the family's church, but he began singing professionally in the 1950s. In 19958, he joined his first musical group called The Marquees. He met Berry Gordy and later married Gordy's sister, Anna Gordy and became an artist at Motown Records, which Gordy had founded.
During his time at Motown, Gaye was popular as a solo artist and as a duet partner with Tammi Terrell. He and Terrell recorded several hit songs for Motown, including How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)". Terrell died suddenly of a brain tumor in 1967 and Gaye was hit hard by her death, refusing to perform for five years.http://rockhall.com/inductees/marvin-gaye/bio/
Gaye returned as a solo artist and wrote several more hit songs, including socially conscious melodies such as "Mercy Mercy Me" and "Inner City Blues". His music also became more erotic with songs such as "Let's Get It On" and "I Want You".http://rockhall.com/inductees/marvin-gaye/bio/ After his divorce, his addiction to cocaine became worse and he took an extended break from recording.http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/gaye_marvin/bio.jhtml
He staged a comeback with the song "Sexual Healing in 1982 which earned Gaye his first Grammy Award.http://www.biography.com/articles/Marvin-Gaye-9307988?part=1 In Rolling Stone magazine, Marvin Gaye was ranked as number 6 on the list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.http://classic.motown.com ...
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The Contours
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The Marvelettes
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Aaron Neville
- "When I went to the movies and heard cowboys like Roy Rogers and Gene Autry yodeling when I came out of the movie I was that guy."
- "These songs have always been with me. They have helped me through some rough times. When I felt like I had nothing, I still had these songs."
- "At dances when I was a little kid, Art would be up there singing while I'd be dancing with some girl a foot taller than me."
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Four Tops
All of the group's original members knew one another from high school. After recording for smaller companies, they signed with Motown in 1963.http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-four-tops/bio/ They released their first hit in 1964 with the song "Baby I Need Your Lovin'". It went to number 11 on the charts. The next year, the Four Tops had several more hits including: Ask the Lonely", "Same Old Song", and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)". In 1966, the group had another hit song with "Reach Out I'll Be There".http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thefourtops/biography
Success continued for the Four Tops in 1967 with the hits, "Bernadette" and "Seven Rooms of Gloom". When the group left Motown in 1972, they kept making popular songs, including "Ain't No Woman Like the One I've Got" in 1973 and "I Believe in You and Me in 1992.http://new.music.yahoo.com/four-tops/tracks/i-believe-in-you-and-me--578993
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Aretha Franklin
“Trying to grow up is hurting, you know. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.”—Aretha Franklinhttp://thinkexist.com/quotes/aretha_franklin/
“I'm a big woman. I need big hair.”—Aretha Franklinhttp://thinkexist.com/quotes/aretha_franklin/
"“Music is my way of communicating that part of me I can get out front and share. It’s what I have to give; my way of saying let’s find one another.”—Aretha Franklinhttp://rockhall.com/inductees/aretha-franklin/bio/
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