Marvin Gaye was a gifted singer-songwriter who embodied all the turbulent changes that soul music underwent from the 1950s through the 1980s. He was born on , in Washington, D.C. His father was a charismatic preacher in the Apostolic Church, and from an early age Marvin sang gospel in the choir. At the age of 18, Gaye joined Harvey Fuqua's Moonglows group and eventually made his way to Detroit, where he signed a contract with Berry Gordy...