21/12/2024

Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" (1971) -Soul / Smooth Soul-



Label : Motown Record Company


États-Unis Side 1

01 - What's Going On (Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye & Renaldo Benson)
02 - What's Happening Brother (James Nyx & Marvin Gaye)
03 - Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) (Marvin Gaye & Elgie Stover)
04 - Save The Children (Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye & Renaldo Benson)
05 - God Is Love (Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Elgie Stover & James Nyx)
06 - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (Marvin Gaye)

Side 2

01 - Right On (Earl DeRouen & Marvin Gaye)
02 - Wholy Holy (Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland & Marvin Gaye)
03 - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (Marvin Gaye & James Nyx)


Produced by Marvin Gaye

Orchestra Conducted & Arranged by David Van DePitte (Fastest Pen Alive)
Copiying : Mrs. David Van DePitte 
Background Voices : The Andantes, Mel Farr, Bobby Rodgers, Elgie Stover, Lem Barney

The Musicians :
Guitar : Joe Messina, Robert White
Tambourine & Percussion : Jack Ashford
Vibes & Percussion : Jack Brokensha
Celeste : Johnny Griffith
Piano : Marvin Gaye
Bongos & Conga : Eddie Brown, Earl DeRouen
Bass : James Jamerson, Bob Babbit
Solo Work
Eli Fountain (Alto Saxophone)
William Moore (Tenor Saxophone)
Violins : Gordon Staples, Zinovi Bistritzky, Beatriz Budinsky, Richard Margitza, Virginia Halfmann, Felix Resnick, Alvin Score, Lillian Downs, James Waring
Violas : Edouard Kesner, Meyer Shapiro, David Ireland, Nathan Gordon
Cellos : Italo Babini, Thaddeus Markiewicz, Edward Korkigian
Harp : Carole Crosby
String Bass : Max Janowsky