Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. Guest commentators are Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone Magazine, Birgitta Johnson - ethnomusicologist Birgitta Johnson at the University of South Carolina, music scholar Hannah Grantham, and music writer and humanities scholar with City Colleges of Chicago, Aaron Cohen. Excerpts from an archival interview with Marvin Gaye are also heard.
THE EMERGENCE OF MARVIN GAYE - E1 of 2 - [1961 - 1971]
The Emergence of Marvin Gaye Hour One
This first of 2 episodes tracks Gaye's career from his first recordings in 1961 to his revered landmark album WHAT'S GOING ON? in 1971. That album was listed as #1 on Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 500 Albums list of All-Time, in 2020.
THE EMERGENCE OF MARVIN GAYE - E 2 of 2 - [1972 - 1984]
The Emergence of Marvin Gaye Hour 2
This second of 2 episodes tracks Gaye's career from his 1972 to his death in 1984, shot by his father during an argument at home.
