Gaye

/ ɡeɪ /

noun

1. GayeMarvin19391984MUSMUSIC: soul singerMUSIC: songwriter Marvin. 1939–84, US soul singer and songwriter; recordings include "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1969), What's Going On (1971), and "Sexual Healing" (1982): shot dead by his father

Example Sentences

She serenades me with Marvin Gaye, Kate Bush and — wait, what’s that?

From Los Angeles Times

I’ve been listening to that and my very favorite album, Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You.”

From Los Angeles Times

Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines, which Williams co-wrote, is heard briefly on the soundtrack, without referencing the song's infamous plagiarism trial, which left the musician owing $5m to the estate of Marvin Gaye.

From BBC

The Blurred Lines trial was hugely consequential for the music industry, after a jury ruled that Williams and Thicke had copied the sound and "feel" of Marvin Gaye's Got To Give It Up - rather than plagiarising a specific melody.

From BBC

"That was hard to do with Richard Pryor, Marvin Gaye, Sarah Vaughan and Sidney Poitier singing your praises," he told Newsweek in 2008.

From BBC