Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of hits, earning him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul".
Gaye's Motown hits include "Ain't That
PeculiarHow Sweet
It Is (To Be Loved By You)", and
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine", and duet recordings with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Diana Ross, and Tammi Terrell.
During the 1970s, he recorded the albums "
What's Going On" and "Let's Get It On" and became one of the first artists in Motown, along with Stevie Wonder, to break away from the reins of a production company.
His later recordings influenced several contemporary R&B subgenres, such as quiet storm and neo soul.
Following a period in Europe as a tax exile in the early 1980s, he released the 1982 hit "Sexual Healing", which won him his first two Grammy Awards, and its parent album "Midnight Love".
Gaye's last television appearances were at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, where he sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" and on "Soul Train" which was his third and final appearance.
On April 1, 1984, the day before his 45th birthday, Gaye's father, Marvin Gay Sr., fatally shot him at their house in the West Adams district of Los Angeles.
Many institutions have posthumously bestowed Gaye with awards and other honors including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and inductions into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In Our Lifetime (Marvin Gaye song)
"In Our Lifetime" is a funk song recorded by singer Marvin Gaye, issued on his final Motown album, 1981's "
In Our Lifetime".
The title track's rhythm admittedly was taken from Rick James while the song parlayed a different message of partying with Marvin predicting the world's end as he had believed from teachings he absorbed from his father that Armageddon was approaching and that he wondered if it would happen in his lifetime.
He says the title track as a question mark.
In fact, the original concept of the album was to have a question mark at the end of the album title, "In Our Lifetime?"
, Motown instead took the question mark rush-releasing the album after it was presented to the label in late 1980 by bassist Frank Blair.
The song ends ironically enough in a much somber jazz tone that was likely edited in by Motown staff.
An earlier funk version of the song was recorded as
"I Offer You Nothing
But Love" for Marvin's "Love Man" album and a 2007 Odyssey Studios mix of the song ended the song without a jazz instrumental.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Far Cry (Marvin Gaye song)
" Far Cry" is the infamous unfinished recording that was included on singer Marvin Gaye's 1981 final Motown album," In Our Lifetime".
The song, essentially a funk- styled instrumental, featured a vocally conscious
Gaye mouthing words while playing multiple instruments, including the drums and keyboards, on the first part of the song.
The brief second half features a jazz instrumental with Gaye playing piano and drums and singing in falsetto, while his fellow instrumentalists, bassist Frank Blair and guitarist Gordon
Banks, accompany him.
The song's release among the eight original recordings on" In Our Lifetime" angered Marvin to the point where he severed ties with Motown, his home for twenty years, leaving the label for Columbia.
As he told his biographer David Ritz," I had n't completed it ... The song was in its most primitive stage.
All I had was this jive vocal track, and they put it out as a finished fact.
How could they embarrass me like that?
I was humiliated.
They also added guitar licks and bass lines.
How dare they second guess my artistic decisions!
Can you imagine saying to an artist, say Picasso,' Okay, Pablo, you've been fooling with this picture long enough.
We'll take your unfinished canvas and add a leg here, an arm there.
You might be the artist, but you're behind schedule, so we'll finish up this painting for you.
If you do n't like the results, Pablo, baby, that's touch!'"
The song was later sampled for a song by rappers U- God and Snoop Dogg, who used parts of Gaye's vocals from the song for the single" Dance With Me" from one of his mixtapes in 2004.
The re-release of" In Our Lifetime", includes a six- minute version of the song that includes more of the jazz segue of the song, which was cut off on the album's initial release.
Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also widely known as the singer of The Presidents of the United States of America.
He Was a Friend of Mine
" He Was a Friend of Mine" is a traditional folk song in which the singer laments the death of a friend.
Alan Lomax, first to collect the song, in 1939, described it as a" blues" that was" a dirge for a dead comrade."
Obata Toramori
He was the father of Obata Masamori.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Lars Eliasson
He is the father of the later Member of Parliament Anna Eliasson.

Question: Who is the father of the performer of song In Our Lifetime (Marvin Gaye Song)?
Answer: Marvin Gay Sr.