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Episode 1437 - Smokey Robinson

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

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The Difference Between Marvin Gaye and Harvey Fuqua

When Marvin Gaye first came to Motown, he wanted... He said he was going to be the Black Frank Sinatra. But then we had a guy named Mickey Stevenson who was our first A&R director there. So they got together and wrote this song, Stu Minh Kinda Fellow. And then it was a hit. I got my mic. so Marvin started to become Marvin Gaye at that point.

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