Marvin Gaye! 28 years gone but never forgotten

Today marks 28 years since the passing of Motown legend, Marvin Gaye. I was just nine years old back in 1984 when news broke that the 44 year old singer had been shot by his father. I remember elder family members shocked reaction vividly, just as my daughter will remember my shocked reaction at the news of Michael Jackson passing, Amy Winehouse and even the recent death of Whitney Houston.
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Watch Mr Gaye perform "Let's Get It On" for Soul Train in 1974, the year I was born.

Although I was familiar with the constantly played 1982 Award winning “Sexual Healing” back then as a child. It was in my late teens, early twenties when I became a fan of his earlier stuff. Soul, gospel, blues and that three octave range he had made his music timeless and forever sexy. “Let's Get It On” ? Even young bloods who probably don't know who Marvin Gaye is are making out to that record.

My personal favourites are as follows:

ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN

LET'S GET IT ON

YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY (WITH TAMMI TERREL)

GOT TO GIVE IT UP (PART 1)

HOW SWEET IT IS TO BE LOVED BY YOU

I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPVINE

THE ONION SONG (WITH TAMMI TERREL)

SEXUAL HEALING