Doo-wop

watch Marvin get beat by their father for no reason but it was nothing she could do because she was young and had no power and they were under their father’s roof. Gaye went to Cardozo high school and the little time he was there, he joined several doo-wop vocal groups such as the

Their 1995 collection Peace in the Valley, on Blackberry Records, attributed vocals to Pinkney, Cockerham, Richard Knight Dunbar, (Vernon Young), and Greg Johnson. They showed up on the 2001 PBS exceptional Doo Wop 51 with Pinkney, Dunbar, Johnson, and Bobby Hendricks. The lineup in the mid 2000s was Pinkney, Cockerham, Dunbar, Young, and Ronald Jackson, the child of vocalist Ruth Brown. Treadwell claimed the rights to the name "Drifters", and still had a year

Lets Get it on Marvin Gaye vs Juelz Santana Marvin Gaye and Juelz Santana took the phrase “lets get it on “to reach two different audiences.  Musicians often use metaphors or sayings when they are trying to get a point across. Depending on how we use them, the message we are trying to deliver can be straight forward or indirect. Sometimes a phrase can have several meanings. For instance the phrase “lets get it on “ what are we trying to say, are we challenging an opponent, accepting an opponents

“Just the Way You Are” the lead digital single from Doo-Wops & Hooligans, the 2010 studio album of singer-songwriter, voice actor, and music producer Bruno Mars. The Smeezingtons, Needlz, and Khalil Walton were the composer of the song. It is a love story about a male who loves his girlfriend very much. He thinks she does not need any make-up to make her look more gorgeous because she already is. Also, he thinks she is so attractive that the whole world would stop and stare at her. This beautiful

When looking at the social changes in American culture at the turn of the century, we see extraordinary differences in the accepted behaviours and thoughts of American citizens. The century saw a major shift in the way that people lived, with changes in politics, society, culture, economics, and technology. At the beginning of the century, discrimination based on race and sex was significant, but by the end of the 20th century, women had the same legal rights as men and racism had come to be

Marvin Gaye Jr. was born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., later he officially added the “e” to his last name. Playing tribute to one of his favorite artist Sam Cooke (Mix, 2002), and also to avoid the constant rumors about his sexuality. Marvin Gaye was born in 1939, in Washington, D.C. Marvin Gaye father was a minister of the House of God. Gaye grew up in a poor and segregated section of Washington on First Street. That particular section of the neighborhood was known as “Simple City”. Marvin Gaye Jr. started

Known for their sleek guitar sounds, and captivating harmonies, the group labeled the Beach Boys, dominated the up and coming surf culture of the early 60s. The Beach Boys are a famous boy band, formed straight out of Hawthorne, California, a surfer’s paradise. Parents Murray and Audree Wilson, raised their three sons, Brian, Carter, and Dennis, to be largely influenced by sports as well as music. Growing up with a songwriter as a father, the children came together and began playing around with various

Love is a feeling coming from someone’s heart to another person’s soul; as gospel speaks from your soul to another’s heart. Gospel songs and love songs are always be compared to one another, despite they’re actually one in the same. Music itself, are placed under a category by listeners, not just by the label of whom makes the songs; all according to who you are singing to and what you are trying to relay your partner, friends, or family through that music. What’s the difference between the two and

Temptations were most famous during the Motown Era along with the Jackson 5, and The Supremes. They traveled all across America to spread feel good music. The Temptations were generally an R&B group but they touched genres of all kinds like Funk, Doo-Wop, and Soul. The members of The Temptations were raised in Detroit, and started making their music right in their home city. The Temptations definitely had a significant influence on

The unopposed king of funk music is no other than George Clinton. Born in Kannapolis, North Carolina on July 22, 1941, Clinton became interested in doo-wop while living in New Jersey during the early '50s. When he found acid rock and protest music in the late 1960s, he combined cosmological rants with the already booming bass sound to form a new style of afrocentric funk. Clinton was the mastermind of