Text Sources
Billboard. “Chart History: Marvin Gaye.” Billboard.com. Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, n.d. Web.
Dyson, Michael Eric. Mercy, mercy me: The art, loves and demons of Marvin Gaye. Hachette UK, 2008.
Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. “Marvin Gaye: Biography & History.” AllMusic, www.allmusic.com/artist/marvin-gaye-mn0000316834/biography.
Gaye, Jan, and David Ritz. After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye. Harper Collins, 2015.
History.com. “This Day in History: March 16.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, 16 November 2009. Web.
Horton-Stallings, LaMonda. Funk the Erotic: Transaesthetics and Black Sexual Cultures. Univ. of Illinois Press, 2015.
Jackson, Blair. “Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”.” Mix, vol. 26, no. 1, 01, 2002, pp. 172. ProQuest, http://newman.richmond.edu:2048/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/196862215?accountid=14731.
Landau, Jon. “Let’s Get It On.” Rolling Stone Magazine, 6 December 1973, https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/lets-get-it-on-200439/.
“Marvin Gaye.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 28 Oct. 2019, www.biography.com/musician/marvin-gaye.
“Marvin Gaye – Motown Sound Featured Artist.” Motown Museum, www.motownmuseum.org/motown-sound/the-artists/marvin-gaye/.
McClary, Susan. Feminine endings: Music, gender, and sexuality. U of Minnesota Press, 1991.
Mercer, Kobena. “Monster metaphors: notes on Michael Jackson’s Thriller.” Sound and vision: The music video reader, edited by Simon Frith, Andrew Goodwin and Lawrence Grossberg. Routledge, 1993.
Nadar, Sarojini, and Johnathan Jodamus. “‘Sanctifying sex’: exploring’indecent’sexual imagery in pentecostal liturgical practices.” Journal for the Study of Religion 32.1 (2019): 1-20.
Neal, Mark Anthony. “Trouble man: The art and politics of Marvin Gaye.” Western Journal of Black Studies 22.4 (1998): 252.
Neal, Mark Anthony. “The Tortured Soul of Marvin Gaye and R Kelly.” Da Capo Best Music Writing 2004, edited by Mickey Hart and Paul Bresnick (2004): 222 – 229.
Proctor, Brittnay L. “Funk the Erotic: Transaesthetics and Black Sexual CulturesThe Sound of Culture: Diaspora and Black Technopoetics.” American Literature, vol. 91, no. 2, Jan. 2019, pp. 429–431.
Ritz, David. “Marvin Gaye.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 29 Mar. 2020, www.britannica.com/biography/Marvin-Gaye.
Singersroom. “Marvin’s Room: 5 Artists Influenced by Marvin Gaye.” Singersroom.com. Singersroom, 20 July 2011. Web.
What’s Going On: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye. Dir. Jeremy Marre. Eagle Rock, 2005. DVD.
Multimedia Sources
Audio & Video
Anderson, Sean, Kanye West, and Jeffrey Johnson. “Marvin & Chardonnay.” Written by Sean Anderson, Kanye West, Jeffrey Johnson, and Andrew Wansel. Produced by Andrew Wansel and Mike Dean. GOOD Music/Def Jam, July 2011.
Gaye, Marvin. “Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get it On.” YouTube, uploaded by Lovely Nights, 17 November 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vAiESu5wrA.
Gaye, Marvin. “Let’s Get It On” b/w “I Wish It Would Rain.” Written by Edward Townsend and Marvin Gaye. Rec. 22 March 1973. Tamala 54201, June 1973
Gaye, Marvin. “Let’s Get It On (Demo).” Let’s Get It On [Deluxe Edition]. Written by Edward Townsend and Marvin Gaye. Rec. 13 March 1973. Tamala Motown, September 2001.
Kelly, Micheal, and Tony Oller. “Classic.” Written by Evan Bogart, Andrew Goldstein, Emanuel Kiriakou and Lindy Robbins. Produced by Emanuel Kiriakou and Evan Bogart. Columbia Records, June 2013.
Puth, Charlie and Meghan Trainor. “Marvin Gaye.” Written by Charlie Puth, Julie Frost, Jacob Luttrell and Nick Seely. Atlantic, February 2015.
Images
(in order of appearance)
Cover Images (L to R):
Unknown (1973). “Let’s Get It On Record Sleeve.” UDiscoverMusic.com. https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/marvin-gaye-gets/
Britt, Jim (1973). “Soul singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye at Golden West Studios in 1973 in Los Angeles, California.” Getty Images. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/soul-singer-and-songwriter-marvin-gaye-at-golden-west-news-photo/76016431?adppopup=true
Britt, Jim. (1974). “Soul singer Marvin Gaye plays piano as he records in a studio in circa 1974.” Getty Images. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/soul-singer-marvin-gaye-plays-piano-as-he-records-in-a-news-photo/76016439
Introduction
Britt, Jim. (1974). “Soul singer Marvin Gaye plays piano as he records in a studio in circa 1974.” Getty Images. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/soul-singer-marvin-gaye-plays-piano-as-he-records-in-a-news-photo/76016439
Growing Up Gaye
Davis, Elsworth. (1972). “Marvin Gaye with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Marvin Gaye Sr., on “Marvin Gaye Day” in front of the District Building.” Getty Images. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/marvin-gaye-with-his-parents-rev-and-mrs-marvin-gaye-sr-on-news-photo/14099794
Prince of Motown
Unknown. (1967). “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Vinyl Cover.” Smule. https://c-sf.smule.com/sf/s24/arr/cd/63/2c7523fd-268c-4f96-8e98-4cfff2854554_1024.jpg
Randolph, PoPsie. (1963). “Composer, songwriter and Motown executive Anna Gordy (sister of Berry Gordy and first wife of Marvin Gaye) poses for a portrait on June 6, 1963 in New York City, New York.” Getty Images. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/composer-songwriter-and-motown-executive-anna-gordy-poses-news-photo/154805268?adppopup=true
Unknown. (n.d.). “Marvin and Jan.” New York Post. https://nypost.com/2015/05/03/marvin-gayes-wife-revealed-how-he-tortured-her/
Vocal composition
Petard, Giles. (1958). “Ed Townsend, studio portrait, USA, 1958.” Getty Images. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/ed-townsend-studio-portrait-usa-1958-news-photo/144656565?adppopup=true
Townsend, Winslow. (2011). “Bishop Brian Green sings during a church service at Pentecostal Tabernacle in Cambridge, Mass.” San Diego Tribune. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-immigrant-students-revive-mass-pentecostal-church-2011mar06-story.html
Billboard. “Chart History: Marvin Gaye.” Billboard.com. Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, n.d. Web.
Marvin’s Lasting Legacy
Petard, Gilles. (1967). “Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, portrait, United States, 1967.” Getty Images. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/marvin-gaye-and-tammi-terrell-portrait-united-states-1967-news-photo/579919811?adppopup=true
Unknown. (1971). “What’s Going On Album Cover.” One Music API. http://www.onemusicapi.com/artists/album-covers/Marvin-Gaye.html
Unknown. (1972). “Trouble Man Album Cover.” One Music API. http://www.onemusicapi.com/artists/album-covers/Marvin-Gaye.html
Unknown. (1973). “Let’s Get It On Album Cover.” One Music API. http://www.onemusicapi.com/artists/album-covers/Marvin-Gaye.html
Salangsang, John. (n.d.). “Unknown.” Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/drake-dad-beef-896668/