Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye - Softcover

Turner, Steve

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9780718141127: Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye

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ISBN 10: 0718141121 ISBN 13: 9780718141127

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 1998

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Marvin Gaye was a musical revolutionary, overthrowing people's expectations of what black music could and should address. He rose to fame as 'the Love Man', a singer of sweet soul music, but became politically activated in the late sixties, a conversion that resulted in the classic 'What's Going On' - an album that touched on war, ecology, racism, violence and deprivation and which captured the spirit of the times. Since his death, murdered by his father, his stature has increased rather than diminished. Based on new and exhaustive research, this is the definitive story of the turbulent life of a legendary American singer.

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Synopsis:

A biography on one of America's greatest black singers. Marvin Gaye made his name at a time when black music was fighting for survival, rose to fame as the great romantic, but then became politically activated and began singing about ecology, war, violence and deprivation. With his classic album "What's Going On" he captured the spirit of the times. More than ten years after his death, Gaye's stature as an artist has increased rather than diminished. A new generation of artists is claiming him as an influence. This study of Marvin Gaye presents an in-depth study of the man, his success, art, sex, religion, drugs - and murder.

About the Author:

Steve Turner is the author of a number of music biographies including ERIC CLAPTON, U2, VAN MORRISON, and CLIFF RICHARD. He lives in London.

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