Mercy Mercy Me

She's who he sang "I Want You" for. She was 16, he was 33.


They got married, and then they got coked out.


That's Berry Gordy. Marvin married Berry's sister first.


Anna was 43 years old, and Marvin was 20 .


Mavin was married to Ana when he began living with Janis. When recording "I Want You" he used to make Janis stand in front of the sound booth while he sang directly to her. She also was the inspiration behind "Let's Get it On" and "If I Should Die Tonight". They had two children, Frankie and Nona.



Anna said , "That young girl's going to cost you." She sued him for 1 million dollars. But Marvin had smoked all his money away. The judge ordered him to make a record, and all the proceeds would go to Anna. He made the greatest record of all time "Here My Dear". One of the songs is titled "You can leave, but it's gonna cost you"



According to the legend, Marvin would come back from court and start singing complete songs off the top of his head while smoking a joint. Finishing it in one take. Some songs have direct quotes from what was said in court that day. It's the most honest, painful, and personal story of love, loss, and heartbreak. Once the album was completed Anna Gordy came to the studio, listened to the entire album alone and then left without saying a word. One of the songs on the album is called "Anna's Song" in which he screams her name over and over at one point.

Keep on loving me baby loving me cross the hall. Hey Anna, here's your song. The one that I promised baby, promised you all along. I knew all the time that I'd find the rhyme,
never have a fear, here it is my dear."

This is the best song on the album. It makes me cry.
http://s0.ilike.com/play#Marvin+Gaye:Sparrow:307007:s37926522.7145.15283498.1.1.68%2Cstd_c35c83f6fc2582748102721b8d0b04f4





Meanwhile, drugged out Marvin would force Janis to go on dates and cheat on him with Frankie Beverly, Teddy Pendergrass (then Gaye's musical rival at the time) and Rick James. They were both freebasing, and in his paranoia he often threatened to kill her, once putting a knife to her throat.




On March 31, 1984, Marvin's parents had a domestic argument over misplaced business documents while Marvin, ill from drug use, lay in bed. Upon hearing this, he woke up and told his dad to leave his mother alone. The next day, April 1, the arguments started again. According to Marvin's mother, Alberta, Marvin Sr. began yelling at her for a missing insurance policy. Gaye yelled at his father to never approach his room again. When Marvin Sr. came in, Gaye got up and pushed his father, later reportedly shoving him to the ground and kicking him. Marvin said to his mother that he was leaving, saying "Mother, I'm going to get my things and get out of this house. Father hates me and I'm never coming back." Seconds later, Marvin Sr. returned with the .38 that Gaye had given him and shot the singer at point blank range in his heart, then shooting him a second time in the shoulder, again at point blank range.

Gaye was pronounced dead on arival upon his entry to the California Hospital Medical Center at 1:10 pm PST, dying a day before his 45th birthday (April 2). Around the same time, police interviewed Marvin Sr. on the events leading up to his son's murder. When asked if he loved his son, Marvin Sr. reportedly took his time before finally answering, "Let's just say I didn't dislike him". Shortly after their son's death, Alberta Gaye filed for divorce from Marvin Sr. after 49 years of marriage.

After her divorce from Gaye was finalized, Anna never remarried and has since spent her remaining years in seclusion. In the mid-1990s, Janis went to rehab to end her long-standing addiction to drugs and alcohol.