Divided Soul

About this title: Marvin Gaye's 1960s persona--his smooth good looks, impeccable dress sense, and magnificent voice--embodied Tamla Motown boss Berry Gordy's vision for the record label as The Sound of Young America. Gaye's '70s bid for artistic freedom, resulting in influential albums such as WHAT'S GOING ON, TROUBLE MAN, and LET'S GET IT ON, paved the way for artists like Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson to create similar seminal works. But he was also a man at war with himself--a terminally insecure cocaine addict who had a viciously combative, and ultimately fatal, relationship with his alcoholic father, ... read more

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