Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., commonly known by his last name Gaye, was an American singer and composer who lived from April 2, 1939, until April 1, 1984.
As an internal session musician in the 1960s and then as a solo artist with a run of triumphs, he contributed to defining the sound of Motown, garnering the titles “Prince of Motown” and “Prince of Soul.”
In this article, we would like to know about his wife.
Who is Marvin Gaye wife Anna Gordy Gaye?
American entrepreneur, composer, and songwriter Anna Ruby Gaye (née Gordy; born January 28, 1922; died January 31, 2014).
She was the older sister of Berry Gordy, the man who founded Motown and worked as a record executive from the middle to the end of the 1950s, distributing music on Checker and Gone Records before establishing the Anna label with Billy Davis and her sister Gwen Gordy Fuqua.
The Originals’ “Baby, I’m for Real” and at least two tracks on Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On album were among the several singles for which Gordy eventually rose to fame. Gaye’s first wife, whose contentious marriage subsequently served as the basis for his fifteenth studio album, Here, My Dear.
