“What’s Going On” is just one of countless Marvin Gaye songs that have thrilled, entertained, and inspired listeners since he burst onto the scene in 1961. The D.C.-born singer-songwriter-drummer fell ...

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 ...

I bet you'd give anything to go back to the year 1970 and hear these euphoric songs for the very first time again.

In the summer of 1971, Marvin Gaye’s album "What’s Going On" spoke directly to a country in crisis. Over nine interconnected tracks, the album pleaded for America to heal its many wounds: the war in ...

When Marvin Gaye began recording his eleventh album, What's Going On, in June of 1970, Americans were steeped in chaos and disillusionment at home and abroad. In late April, the Vietnam War had ...

Very few musicians and performers have what many in the music business refer to as "the gift." This gift is the rare ability to express emotion through the music they make, forcing the listener to ...

It is difficult to think of a more impossible task than attempting to rate the 60 all-time greatest Motown songs. Founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy, not only has the label — originally a small ...

In the mid-60s, honey-voiced singer Tammi Terrell was one of music’s hottest superstars. Not only were her duets with Marvin Gaye instant classics, her glamour girl looks were copied by an entire ...

If music was Motown legend Marvin Gaye's pulpit, then "What's Going On" was his ultimate sermon. The landmark album, named the greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone last September, was released ...

Fifty years ago this summer, vibrating with agitation and energy, Marvin Gaye headed down the wood steps into a Detroit studio and made his anthem for the ages. “What’s Going On,” a poignant musical ...