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Did singer marvin gaye ever live in detroit ,mi sometime in his life?


Did singer marvin gaye ever live in detroit ,mi sometime in his life?

from reading this:
After dropping out of the Air Forces in 1957, Gaye began his music career in several doo wop groups, settling on The Marquees, a popular D.C. group. With Bo Diddley, The Marquees released a single, "Wyatt Earp", in 1958 on Okeh Records and were then recruited by Harvey Fuqua to become The Moonglows. "Mama Loocie", released in 1959 on Chess Records, was Gaye's first single with the Moonglows and his first recorded lead. After a concert in Detroit, the "new" Moonglows disbanded and Fuqua introduced Gaye to Motown Records president Berry Gordy. He signed Gaye first as a session drummer for acts such as The Miracles, The Contours, Martha and the Vandellas, The Marvelettes and others, most notably playing drums on The Marvelettes' 1961 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" and Little Stevie Wonder's live version of 1963 hit, "Fingertips Pt. 2", both singles reached the number one spot of the pop singles chart.

After starting his recording career at Motown, he changed his name from Marvin Gay to Marvin Gaye, adding the 'e' to separate himself from his father's name, to stop ongoing gossip about his sexuality, and to imitate his idol, Sam Cooke, who also added an 'e' to his last name. Marvin had wanted to record for the label but Motown president Berry Gordy had apprehensions about recording for the singer due to the fact that Marvin was not used to following orders on what the label wanted for him to do. According to a VH-1 documentary, Marvin's then-girlfriend and Berry's sister Anna Gordy, convinced Berry to sign Marvin after Berry agreed to let him record a contemporary pop record of jazz-styled ballads and standards.

Motown was started and based in Detroit
so I would assume that Marvin Gaye at one time lived in or near Detroit to be a member of the Motown gang and be able to date Barrys sister

He first moved there in 1960, not sure how long he lived there.

Yes he did he lived on the westside of the city around Clairmount Street. I forget which block, and Stievie Wonder lived here too

Marvin Gaye used to live on W. Outer Dr. west of Livernois. He had such a beautiful house.

Yep, It says so in the Hard Rock Cafe downtown Detroit. It has a lot of cool stuff from artists from/ who lived in the D. :)

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