Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye: The Life of Marvin Gaye
Jan 2010 · Omnibus Press
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The Life of Marvin Gaye: Divided Soul is the definitive biography of an enormously gifted and sensitive musician.
David Ritz presents his uniquely candid and intimate account of the tumultuous life of the Prince of Soul music, Marvin Gaye.
Assembling years of conversations and interviews from his life as a close friend and lyricist to the gifted Soul sensation, Ritz tells the Marvin Gaye story with fly-on-the-wall accuracy and detail. From his early years as an abused child in the slums of Washington DC, through his rise to the very peaks of the Motown phenomenon, his fall from grace and subsequent comeback, to his untimely death at the hands of his father, Marvin's story is the stuff of legends.
The cast of characters includes the Jacksons, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and countless other icons of the world of soul music.
David Ritz presents his uniquely candid and intimate account of the tumultuous life of the Prince of Soul music, Marvin Gaye.
Assembling years of conversations and interviews from his life as a close friend and lyricist to the gifted Soul sensation, Ritz tells the Marvin Gaye story with fly-on-the-wall accuracy and detail. From his early years as an abused child in the slums of Washington DC, through his rise to the very peaks of the Motown phenomenon, his fall from grace and subsequent comeback, to his untimely death at the hands of his father, Marvin's story is the stuff of legends.
The cast of characters includes the Jacksons, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and countless other icons of the world of soul music.
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4.4
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May 11, 2019
I recall growing up with Marvin's music playing every Sunday almost as loud as the spirituals. A beautiful time to be alive when music was music. He is missed but no longer suffering. RIP
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Cantave Daniels
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October 27, 2016
Superb
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Michael Daqwon Fullwood
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July 22, 2014
Marvin Gaye is only and dunm
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