Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing

Marvin Gaye

Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, an American singer-songwriter and musician with a four-octave vocal range. He started his career as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, then ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960, signing with the Tamla Records subsidiary of Motown Records. He started off as a session drummer, but later ranked as the label’s top-selling solo artist during the sixties. He was crowned “The Prince of Motown” and “The Prince of Soul”. because of solo hits such as “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)”, “Ain’t That Peculiar”, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” and his duet singles with singers such as Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell His work in the early and mid-1970s included the albums What’s Going On, Let’s Get It On, and I Want You, which helped influence the quiet storm, urban adult contemporary, and slow jam genres.

Sexual Healing

This version isn’t here and since I have it I might as well share this beautiful song.

Includes extended instrumental break from Side B of the original 45RPM single.

Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing – Extended Version