As Benson reflected for Ben Edmonds’ 2001 book, “Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On,” an indispensable account of the song and ...

Fifty years on from its initial release, Marvin ... on numb. What’s Going On is also profoundly introspective. It imagines peace while mainlining pain. The flow of the album also disguises ...

This might just be one of Marvin Gaye’s most memorable hits. Those opening three wah-wah guitar notes have permeated the ...

After a five-year hiatus from the stage, the singer’s live return at the Oakland Coliseum cemented his unmatched resonance as a soul icon.

One night in 1971, Marvin Gaye called Berry ... the social conscience of What’s Going On and the brazen carnality of 1973’s Let’s Get It On, the biggest-selling album of Gaye’s career ...