Q 01/05

In which U.S. city was Marvin Gaye born and raised?

A) Baltimore

B) Washington, D.C.

C) New York City

D) Philadelphia

Answer · why

B) Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.: he was born at Freedman's Hospital and grew up in public housing in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood, which he and his friends ...

Q 02/05

Which Motown subsidiary label released Marvin Gaye's music?

A) Tamla

B) Gordy

C) V.I.P.

D) Soul

Answer · why

A) Tamla

Tamla: Gaye joined the Tamla imprint soon after moving to Detroit, and it issued his first single, 'Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide', in May 1961.

Q 03/05

Marvin Gaye's first Billboard Hot 100 number one, in December 1968, was his recording of which song?

A) Ain't That Peculiar

B) Let's Get It On

C) I Heard It Through the Grapevine

D) How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)

Answer · why

C) I Heard It Through the Grapevine

I Heard It Through the Grapevine topped the Hot 100 for seven weeks from December 1968 and sold more than four million copies, yet lost the R&B Grammy...

Q 04/05

Which duet partner collapsed in Marvin Gaye's arms on stage in October 1967?

A) Diana Ross

B) Mary Wells

C) Kim Weston

D) Tammi Terrell

Answer · why

D) Tammi Terrell

Tammi Terrell collapsed into Gaye's arms during a show at Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, on October 14, 1967; a malignant brain tumor was found, an...

Q 05/05

Which Four Tops member brought Marvin Gaye the idea for 'What's Going On' after a Berkeley rally?

A) Lawrence Payton

B) Abdul 'Duke' Fakir

C) Renaldo 'Obie' Benson

D) Levi Stubbs

Answer · why

C) Renaldo 'Obie' Benson

Renaldo 'Obie' Benson had watched police beat protesters in Berkeley's People's Park in 1969 and wrote the song with Al Cleveland; Gaye reworked it, a...