"What's Goin' On?"
Happy Birthday to Marvin Gaye
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Hans Christian Andersen, Beethoven’s 1st Symphony (1800), Giacomo Casanova, Charlemagne, Walter Chrysler, tap dancer Honi Coles, Larry Coryell, Billy Dean, Dr. Demento, Buddy Ebsen, Michael Fassbinder, Serge Gainsbourg, Alec Guinness, Emmylou Harris, Håkan Hellström, Chris Janson, artist & singer-songwriter Ben Kaplan, Rodney King, music curator Kevin Marhanka, trumpeter David Mason (“Penny Lane”), Christopher Meloni, Herbert Mills (Mills Brothers), Lou Monte, agent John Regna, David Robinson (The Cars), Leon Russell, the 1968 film 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, Joe Vitale, Jack Webb, Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Kurt Winter (Guess Who), Émile Zola, and the multi-talented groundbreaking singer-songwriter Marvin Gaye—one of the pioneers of “soul music” who opened up the genre to orchestral, jazz, and pop expressions while baring his raw soul in song. He was a prolific, very creative, and tormented soul who spoke to so many and gave a voice to many more. Here's an acoustic (unedited board tape) "coffee house version" I did of his evergreen song "What's Goin' On." HB Marvin, and hopefully you found peace beyond your mortal coil.
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