Motown wasn’t really known for its politically conscious music. Then came “What’s Going On.” Released on May 21, 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Marvin Gaye’s album became a monster, spawning ...

*The July 25th announcement by community activist Najee Ali – that President Trump signed a bill into law to have a Los Angeles post office renamed after the late great Marvin Gaye Jr. – reminded me ...

Matt Manuel grew up around the corner from Hitsville, Motown's first headquarters in Detroit, but he was raised on gospel, not the new sound sensation. He wasn't even born until eight years after ...

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Marvin Gaye famously sang that “war is not the answer” in his signature protest song “What’s Going On.” But for the late Motown legend, football was the answer to help lift him out of a deep ...

Motown wasn’t really known for its politically conscious music. Then came “What’s Going On.” Released on May 21, 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Marvin Gaye’s album became a monster, spawning ...

Motown’s ultimate love god, the complex and fascinating Marvin Gaye, is profiled in a new PBS “American Masters” documentary, “Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On,” that airs at 9 tonight. “One of the most ...

Four days before legendary music icon Marvin Gaye would have turned 80, and three days before the anniversary of his death, Motown/Universal Music Enterprises will release a lost album that he ...

The Motown Historical Museum is celebrating the life and times, as well as the moves and grooves, of Marvin Gaye. The Detroit museum, located in the original home of Motown Records Corp., has unveiled ...

Fifty years ago this Friday, the canon of popular music got one of its most significant works — straight from Detroit. On May 21, 1971, Motown Records released Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” album, ...

Jan Gaye attends the 47th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Awards Gala in New York City in 2016. (Charles Sykes / Invision / Associated Press) Janis Hunter Gaye, the second wife ...