Marvin gaye street

The revolution is still going on. Two of Gaye's relatives attended Saturday's renaming ceremony, Antwaun Gay, Marvin's youngest brother, and Dylan Holley, his grandson, along with dozens of local and state officials, including Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and U.

Brenda Lawrence. Fifty years after his landmark "What's Going On" album was released, legendary Motown soul singer Marvin Gaye now has a street named after him in Detroit. Motown executives worried about Gaye, known for singing love songs, releasing a protest album.

They settled on shooting the album cover in Gaye's backyard in the snow. As a cover was pulled from the new street sign Saturday, fans — many wearing Marvin Gaye shirts — cheered and clapped.

Detroiters gather to celebrate

" Dancing in the Street " is a song written by Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, and Ivy Jo Hunter for Martha and the Vandellas inwhose version reached Gaye. 2 on the Billboard Hot chart for two weeks, behind "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann.

To shoot the album art for "What's Going On," Barker said Gaye and photographer Jim Henson spent three days looking for the street place. She lives nearby in Detroit's Green Acres neighborhood. Saturday's renaming — held on Juneteenth, now a federal holiday that marks the end of slavery — was the latest in a series of events held through the year by the Motown Museum to mark the 50th anniversary of "What's Going On," both the single and album.

Former teacher Gwen Burton came to see the new sign and snap a picture. Gaye lived with Anna, Berry Gordy's sister, in the light brown brick ranch at Outer Drive and Monica for roughly seven years, from the mids to the early s when he relocated to California.

On Saturday, the Motown Museum and Detroit City Councilman Roy McCalister hosted an event honoring the newly named street. He said Gaye's album came out in the aftermath of the Detroit's riots in and the Vietnam War. I realized later that people, all walks of life, all around the world thought he wrote that song for them.

Rolling Stone named "What's Going On" the greatest album of all time last year. More than one marvin people stood in the rain Saturday to watch as a portion of Outer Drive at Monica Street on the city's northwest side was renamed Marvin Gaye Drive.

It moved my heart. Fifty years later, the street where his old home used to sit now has a new name, Marvin Gaye Drive. Duggan said the new street sign is a reminder that Motown stars were a part of Detroit's community. Antwaun Gay said he was only 1 when "What's Going On" was created but he remembers listening to it when he was 8.

Gretchen Whitmer named Jan. It includes images relevant to Gaye's album. Once it got to radio, it became history. More than one hundred people stood in the. It didn't matter what nationality or what religion you were.

Fifty years after his landmark "What's Going On" album was released, legendary Motown soul singer Marvin Gaye now has a street named after him in Detroit. Members of Gaye’s family, former Motown employees and city officials were all in attendance for this occasion.

He was a teen when "What's Going On" was released and remembers going by Gaye's home all the time on his way to high school. The intersection is just yards from the home where Gaye lived with his first wife, Anna, for seven years and where the album art for "What's Going On" was taken.