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Marvin Gaye * 2. April 1939 in Washington, D.C.; † 1. April 1984 in Los Angeles war ein US-amerikanischer Soul- und R&B-Sänger der 1960er und -70er Jahre. Leben Gaye wurde als "Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr." geboren und fügte das "e" zu seinem Nachnamen hinzu, um Sam Cooke zu imitieren, der dasselbe getan hatte. Da er als Sohn eines Priesters der konservativ-christlichen Sekte "House of God" zur Welt kam, sollte auch kein falscher Eindruck entstehen, da die Bedeutung des Wortes "gay" sich in dieser Zeit von "fröhlich/ausgelassen" zu "schwul" änderte - damals ein No-Go. Er sang im Schulchor und lernte später...

MARVIN (there are several bands called Marvin) - this bio is for the french band : Marvin is a power-trio from Montpellier (FR). With only drums, guitar and korg ms20 synth they play a high-energy instrumental noise music tending to psyche or even krautrock. To summarize, Marvin is in the no man's land between Shellac and Kraftwerk ! They released a split LP with the French noise band DOPPLER. In 2007 they released their first album, totally autoproduced and very acclaimed by the critics. Marvin is also a sludge-punk band from Pensacola, FL that records with Forsythe Productions. Marvin is...

An exciting, serpentine solo maker in the mold of Don Cherry -- Peterson has chops but leaves precision to the wind in favor of spontaneous eruptions of melody. Peterson has a more well-rounded technique than Cherry, however, and plays with greater force. Unlike many contemporary free jazz players, Peterson is adept at older styles; he's played under such adventurous yet tradition-bound bandleaders as Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Gil Evans, and Elvin Jones, and with such dyed-in-the-wool avant-gardists as Roswell Rudd, Ken McIntyre, and Deidre Murray. As a youth, Peterson learned drums and cornet. He attended North Texas State University from 1967-1969...

Marvin Winans was born the third of 10 children to David and Delores Winans. Marvin Winans sang in the 1980s and 1990s with his brothers Ronald, Carvin and Michael as a member of The Winans. The Winans, who were discovered by Andrae Crouch, released their first album, entitled Introducing The Winans, in 1981. He also played keyboards, wrote songs, and produced for The Winans records, for solo projects from family members, and on other gospel releases. For his vocals on the 1985 song "Bring Back the Days of Yea and Nay", Winans was awarded a Grammy for Best Male Soul...