*On May 21, 1971, 50-years ago, Motown Records (Tamla) released Marvin Gaye’s iconic album “What’s Going On.” Yet, when it was released, many at Motown – including the label’s chief architect Berry ...

Marvin Gaye released his debut LP, The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye, which also stands as just the second full-length album ...

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 ...

Marvin Gaye released his landmark album What's Going On 50 years ago today. We hear from artists and activists who were deeply inspired by the album's music and its messages. NPR is celebrating 50 ...

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 ...

Marvin Gaye had already established his career as an incredibly popular recording artist prior to the release of his eleventh studio album on May 21, 1971. The soul singer landed his first No. 1 hit ...

R&B upstart Jac Ross has released an official cover of "What's Going On" in honor of the date. "I would rank What's Going On as one of the best pieces I've ever heard," he said in a release. "It holds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the beginning of the 1970s, mainstream Black music was a massive singles scene. A handful of Motown acts, including the ...

Today is the 50 th anniversary of the release of Marvin Gaye’s iconic album, What’s Going On. This 1971 masterpiece is universally regarded as one of the most influential recordings ever made, ...

Before revealing the No. 1 pick, here's how the Top 5 shakes out: What's Going On by Marvin Gaye was ranked the greatest album of the 1970s, praised as "the moment pop music became high art." Released ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Marvin Gaye's maligned 1978 album "Here, My Dear," which chronicled his divorce from Anna Gordy, will be reissued on January 15 with a bonus disc of reworked material. Disc one ...