"I'll Never Stop Loving You Baby" 1968 (You're All I Need)...Marvin Gaye's Journey to Tammi Terrell
In this episode I share how its contents are out of sequence in the song-by-song order that I encountered Marvin's music. Yet, due to info I've come across recently thru my research; making an episode on the music Marvin made with Tammi Terrell has become necessary to produce now, before I can move forward into discussing upcoming songs that Marvin recorded after his albums with her. I take us through Marvin's early career and share how there was a sensible reason that he recorded his first duet album with Mary Wells, and later his duet album with Kim Weston. I address the fact that, in my opinion, there has inadvertently been a folklore and sensationalism that surrounds Marvin and Tammi. Yet, I sift thru all of that to offer my take on the true nature and essence of Marvin and Tammi's "musical soul-mates" experience they shared with each other. The impact this experience had on Marvin is described by others, as having made him: one person when Tammi was in his life, and another person once she was no longer in his life. That is such a paramount statement, that I have been able to agree with, and therefore made it necessary that I release this episode NOW, so that songs I will later discuss will be able to be understood from the correct vantage point.
Keywords from this episode include: Duets, Mary Wells, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Supremes, Jr. Walker, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Jazz, Motown Sound, Broadway, Greatest Hits, Kim Weston, Jan Gaye, Documentary, Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Hollywood, Musicals, Singin' In the Rain, Ashford & Simpson, Soulmates
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