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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Hits List: Marvin Gaye

One of the true giants of the Rock Era, or any era, this amazing singer and performer graced the airwaves from 1962-1991 with some of the most soulful and relevant songs of our lifetime.  He was one of a kind and those who heard him were blessed.  Here is the complete Hits List of the phenomenal Marvin Gaye:

1962:  "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" (#46, #8 R&B)
1963:  "Hitch Hike" (#30, #12 R&B)
            "Pride and Joy" (#10, #2 R&B))
            "Can I Get a Witness" (with the Supremes) (#22, #15 R&B)
            "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby" (#77)
1964:  "You're a Wonderful One" (#15, #15 R&B)
             "What's the Matter With You Baby"  (with Mary Wells) (#17, #17 R&B)
             "Once Upon a Time" (with Mary Wells) ( (#19, #19 R&B)
             "Try It Baby" (with the Temptations) (#15, #15 R&B)
             "Baby Don't You Do It" (#27, #27 R&B)
             "What Good Am I Without You" (with Kim Weston) (#61, #61 R&B)

1965:  "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You" (#6, #4 R&B)
            "I'll Be Doggone" (#8, #1 R&B)
            "Pretty Little Baby" (#25, #16 R&B)
            "Ain't That Peculiar" (#8, #1 R&B)
1966:  "One More Heartache" (#29, #4 R&B)
             "Take This Heart of Mine" (#44, #16 R&B)
             "Little Darling, I Need You" (#47, #10 R&B)

1967:  "It Takes Two" (with Kim Weston) (#14, #4 R&B)
            "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (with Tammi Terrell) (#19, #3 R&B)      
            "Your Unchanging Love" (#33, #7 R&B)
            "Your Precious Love" (with Tammi Terrell" (#5, #2 R&B)

1968:  "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (with Tammi Terrell) (#10, #2 R&B)
            "If This World Were Mine" (with Tammi Terrell) (#68, #27 R&B)
            "You" (#34, #7 R&B)
            "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Tammi Terrell) (#8, #1 R&B)
            "You're All I Need to Get By" (with Tammi Terrell) (#7, #1 R&B)
            "Chained" (#32, #8 R&B)
            "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" (with Tammi Terrell) (#24, #11 R&B)
            "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (#1 for seven weeks, #1 R&B)
1969:  "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" (with Valerie Simpson but credited to Tammi Terrell) (#30, #11 R&B)
            "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" (#4, #1 R&B)
             "That's the Way Love Is" (#7, #2 R&B)
1970:  "What You Gave Me" (with Valerie Simpson but credited to Tammi Terrell) (#49, #6 R&B)
             "How Can I Forget" (#41, #18 R&B)
             "Gonna' Give Her All the Love I've Got" (#67, #26 R&B)
             "The Onion Song" (with Valerie Simpson but credited to Tammi Terrell) (#50, #18 R&B)
             "California Soul" (with Tammi Terrell) (#56)
             "The End of Our Road" (#40, #7 R&B)

1971:  "What's Going On" (#2, #1 R&B)
             "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (#4, #1 R&B)
             "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna' Holler)" (#9, #1 R&B)
1972:  "You're the Man (Part 1)" (#50, #7 R&B)
1973:  "Trouble Man" (#7, #4 R&B)
            "Let's Get It On" (#1, #1 R&B)
            "You're a Special Part of Me" (with Diana Ross) (#12, #4 R&B)
            "Come Get To This" (#21, #3 R&B)
1974:  "You Sure Love To Ball" (#50, #13 R&B)
            "My Mistake (Was To Love You)" (with Diana Ross) (#19, #15 R&B)
            "Don't Knock My Love" (with Diana Ross) (#46, #25 R&B)
            "Distant Lover) (#28, #12 R&B)
1976:  "I Want You" (#15, #1 R&B)
            "After the Dance" (#74, #14 R&B)

1977:  "Got To Give It Up" (#1, #1 R&B)
1979:  "Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father)" (with Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson & Stevie Wonder) (#59, #26 R&B)
             "A Funky Space Reincarnation" (#23 R&B)
             "Ego Tripping Out" (#17 R&B)
1981:  "Praise" (#18 R&B)
            "Heavy Love Affair" (#61)
1982:  "Sexual Healing" (1, #1 R&B)
1983:  "'Til Tomorrow" (#31 R&B)
             "Joy" (#78 R&B)
1985:  "Sanctified Lady" (#2 R&B)
            "It's Madness" (#55 R&B)

1991:  "My Last Chance" (16 R&B)

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