Episode 103: “Hitch-Hike” by Marvin Gaye
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Marvin Gaye and Barry Gordy
Marvin Gaye and Barry Gordy had different ideas about where his career should go. Marvin saw himself becoming a singer in the same style as Nat King Cole or Jesse Belvin, while Gordy wanted him to be an Arvin B singer like everyone else at Motown. The soulful moods of Marvin Gaye was only the second album released by Motown,. But neither it, nor the single Barry wrote, let your conscience be your guide, had any commercial success.
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