Marvin Gaye

Lenny Kravitz To Play Marvin Gaye In Biopic

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

A number of years ago, Jesse L. Martin left his long running role on Law and Order to make a biopic of Marvin Gaye.

Tagged as: Freddy Coussaert, Janice Gaye, Jesse L. Martin, Julien Temple, Lenny Kravitz, Marvin Gaye

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Motown The Musical Is Coming To Broadway

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The story of Motown is coming to Broadway with a book by Berry Gordy and the music that made Detroit famous.

Tagged as: Berry Gordy, Broadway, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Motown Records, Motown The Musical, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson Five, The Temptations

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Bob Babbitt Of The Funk Brothers Dead At 74

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Bob Babbitt, whose bass work can be heard on the majority of Motown hits of the late 60’s and early 70’s, passed away on Monday at a Nashville Hospice after suffering from brain cancer. He was 74.

Tagged as: Bob Babbitt, Marvin Gaye, motown, Smokey Robinson, The Funk Brothers

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