Divided soul : the life of Marvin Gaye

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Label

Divided soul : the life of Marvin Gaye

Title remainder

the life of Marvin Gaye

Statement of responsibility

David Ritz

Creator

• Ritz, David

Contributor

• hoopla digital
• Graham, Dion

Subject

• Singers -- United States -- Biography

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

In this intimate biography of the Prince of Soul, David Ritz provides a candid look at a star and a friend. Ritz had been collaborating with Marvin Gaye on his story for several years before the singer's tragic death and had conducted a series of extraordinary interviews in which Gaye discussed his deepest secrets. What emerges is a full-scale portrait of a charming but tortured artist, a brilliant singer with a divided soul. Here is Marvin's story, from his early years in the slums of Washington, D.C., to his rise to the top of the Motown industry, his fall from grace, his comeback, and finally his sudden, shocking end at the hands of his own father. But it is also the story of his glorious music and the music of black America over the past fifty years, an epic tale whose cast of characters includes Diana Ross, Berry Gordie, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Cataloging source

Midwest

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

other

PerformerNote

Read by Dion Graham

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable