Gaye

/ ɡeɪ /

noun

1. Marvin. 1939–84, US soul singer and songwriter; recordings include "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1969), What's Going On (1971), and "Sexual Healing" (1982): shot dead by his father

Example Sentences

Marchese asked why Wenner interviewed only white men in the book, and Wenner suggested that women and Black artists — including Joni Mitchell and Marvin Gaye — weren’t sufficiently articulate.

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Born Michael Eugene Archer in Virginia, D’Angelo was an artist in the tradition of the soul greats like Marvin Gaye and Al Green, but also Otis Redding, the Isley Brothers and Sly Stone.

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They played at concerts with chart toppers like the Temptations, the Righteous Brothers, Marvin Gaye and the Rolling Stones.

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Gaye drew inspiration from his disintegrating marriage to Gordy’s sister.

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When Gaye started making money to provide for her, it became another source of resentment between father and son.

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