Gaye

British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

Take “Luther,” a soulful hip-hop slow jam built on a prominent sample of Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn’s 1982 rendition of a love song Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell recorded in the late 1960s — an intricate piece of lineage-making meant to bridge multiple generations.

From Los Angeles Times

Christine said her mum loved music and singing and was a Marvin Gaye fan.

From BBC

A big backer of the coalition government, who even belted out Marvin Gaye on the Lib Dem conference stage and attempted to stand in the leafy south-west London constituency of Richmond Park.

From BBC

"Istanbulites are animal lovers," says 57-year-old Gaye Koselerden, adding, "They can even curl up on the most expensive duvet. No one would say a word."

From Barron's

Yet with “Luther,” which prominently samples Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn’s rendition of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s “If This World Were Mine,” Lamar and SZA have precisely the kind of intergenerational hit that Grammy voters love.

From Los Angeles Times