Easy is an album recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell,and released by Motown Records on September 16,1969 under the Tamla Records label. One song on the album,"Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By",was a hit single and remains popular to this day.
Kim Weston is an American soul singer,and Motown alumna. In the 1960s,Weston scored hits with the songs "Love Me All the Way" and "Take Me in Your Arms ",and with her duet with Marvin Gaye,"It Takes Two".
"It Takes Two" is a hit single recorded in late 1965 by American singer-songwriter Marvin Gaye and American soul singer Kim Weston for Motown's Tamla label.
William "Mickey" Stevenson is an American former songwriter and record producer for the Motown group of labels from the early days of Berry Gordy's company until 1967.
United is a studio album by soul musicians Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell,released August 29,1967 on the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol produced all of the tracks on the album,with the exception of "You Got What It Takes" and "Oh How I'd Miss You". Fuqua and Bristol produced "Hold Me Oh My Darling" and "Two Can Have a Party" as Tammi Terrell solo tracks in 1965 and 1966,and had Gaye overdub his vocals to them in order to create duet versions of the songs.
You're All I Need is the second studio album by soul musicians Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell,released in August 1968 on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. Highlighted by three hit singles written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson,You're All I Need was recorded throughout 1966 and 1967 and features two Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits,"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "You're All I Need to Get By". It peaked at #60 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Album Chart. You're All I Need was the two singers' final collaboration effort,as Terrell would become ill following recording,before succumbing to a brain tumor in 1970.
Together is the first and only studio album released by the duo team of American Motown artists Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells. It was released on the Motown label on April 15,1964. The album brought Gaye together with Wells,an established star with a number-one pop hit to her name,singing mostly standards and show tunes,in the hopes that Gaye would benefit from the exposure.
That Stubborn Kinda Fellow is the second studio album by Marvin Gaye,released on the Tamla label in 1963. The second LP Gaye released on the label,it also produced his first batch of successful singles for the label and established Gaye as one of the label's first hit-making acts in its early years.
Diana &Marvin is a duets album by American soul musicians Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye,released October 26,1973 on Motown. Recording sessions for the album took place between 1971 and 1973 at Motown Recording Studios in Hollywood,California. Gaye and Ross were widely recognized at the time as two of the top pop music performers.
In the Groove is the eighth studio album by soul musician Marvin Gaye,released on August 26,1968 on the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. It was the first solo studio album Gaye released in two years,in which during that interim,the singer had emerged as a successful duet partner with female R&B singers such as Kim Weston and Tammi Terrell. In the Groove was reissued and retitled as I Heard It Through the Grapevine after the unexpected success of Gaye's recording of the same name,which had been released as a single from the original album.
That's the Way Love Is is the tenth studio album by soul musician Marvin Gaye,released on January 8,1970,on the Tamla (Motown) label. Built on the success of the title track originally taken from M.P.G.,and much like Gaye's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" after its success,was released with intent to sell albums based on the success of one particular single. Gaye was showing signs of disillusionment from the label's powers-that-be mentality but it didn't affect the singer's performance as he gave a powerful vocal in the title track and was especially impressive with his version of The Beatles' "Yesterday". He achieved some success with a cover version of "How Can I Forget?",which just missed out on the US Pop Top 40,making #41,and reached #18 on the R&B Charts. Its B-side,a cover of Jimmy Ruffin's "Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got",made a separate chart entry,and peaked at #67 and #27 on the Pop and Soul Charts respectively. Gaye also recorded a version of Ruffin's "Don't You Miss Me a Little Bit Baby" for the album. The LP also features Gaye's rendition of the socially conscious tune "Abraham,Martin &John",which became a hit in the UK,peaking at #9 in June 1970. The single is widely regarded as a hint of what would follow a year later with his What's Going On. He also covered The Temptations' hits "I Wish It Would Rain" and "Cloud Nine".
How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You is the fifth studio album released by American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye,released in 1965. The album features the successful title track,which at the time was his best-selling single and was famously covered by James Taylor in 1975. Other hits include "Try It Baby" and "Baby Don't You Do It" . Inspired by Jackie Gleason’s trademark expression.
Sylvia Rose Moy was an American songwriter and record producer,formerly associated with the Motown Records group. The first woman at the Detroit-based music label to write and produce for Motown acts,she is probably best known for her songs written with and for Stevie Wonder.
The Magnificent 7 is a collaborative album combining Motown's premier vocal groups,The Supremes and The Four Tops. Issued by Motown in 1970,it followed two collaborative albums The Supremes did with The Temptations in the late 1960s. The album featured their hit cover of Ike &Tina Turner's "River Deep –Mountain High",which reached number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In the UK,the album peaked at number 6. In December 1971,Billboard reported UK album sales of 30,000 copies.
Marvin Gaye and His Girls is a 1969 compilation album of duets recorded by Marvin Gaye and various female singers on the Tamla label. Among the ladies Gaye sung with were Mary Wells,Kim Weston and Tammi Terrell. It was the original album release of "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By," which later appeared on Easy. His solo album M.P.G.,was released simultaneously,on Gaye's thirtieth birthday.
The Complete Duets is a two-disc compilation album of duet recordings by Motown Records artists Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell,recorded between 1965 and 1969. The set compiles all of the tracks from the duo's three albums - United,You're All I Need and Easy - as well as several of Tammi Terrell's solo recordings and other previously unissued material.
"Your Unchanging Love" is a 1967 single released by American soul singer Marvin Gaye on the Tamla label.
Marvin Gaye:The Love Songs is a 2000 compilation album recorded by Motown singer Marvin Gaye. Included are his UK hits,"Abraham,Martin &John",his two duets with Diana Ross:"You Are Everything" and "Stop,Look,Listen " and his international hits including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine","What's Going On" and "Sexual Healing". The album was only released in the United Kingdom,where it peaked at number eight on the UK albums chart.
"What Good Am I Without You" is a Motown duet between singers Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston. The song was released as a single in late 1964 and became the first duet Marvin and Kim recorded,a couple of years before the duo recorded the breakthrough hit,"It Takes Two". The song came after the departure of Mary Wells,who had left Motown that year shortly after releasing a successful duet album with Gaye. The single was featured on Gaye and Weston's only LP together,Take Two and peaked at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released. The single was co-written and produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson. The b-side,"I Want You 'Round",was also included on Take Two.
Love Starved Heart:Rare and Unreleased is a compilation album by Marvin Gaye. Released in 1994 on Motown Records,the collection features some rarities from the soul singer's catalog during his formative years in the label between his breakthrough year as an R&B star in 1963 to around the time of his late-1960s hits including "I Heard It through the Grapevine". Covering material he worked on with figures such as Holland-Dozier-Holland,Smokey Robinson and William "Mickey" Stevenson,the disc showcases Gaye's growth as a vocalist. In 1999,an expanded version was released under the title Lost and Found:Love Starved Heart,including bonus tracks and a rare interview.
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