Good News in History, May 21
55 years ago today, Marvin Gaye released What’s Going On, a landmark LP in pop music history. The concept album flowed with…
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- 55 years ago today, Marvin Gaye released What’s Going On, a landmark LP in pop music history
- A daily column that features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—May 21
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- Known now as Star Wars Episode V, it was the second film in the Star Wars film series and the sequel to the 1977 original Star Wars
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55 years ago today, Marvin Gaye released What’s Going On, a landmark LP in pop music history. The concept album flowed with…
A daily column that features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—May 21
Regarded as one of the greatest albums of the 20th century, the artist himself produced it—a first for Motown which had resisted any protest themes—yet they finally released it, and it became Motown’s best-selling album to date. WATCH a segment from the Biography documenta…
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- 55 years ago today, Marvin Gaye released What’s Going On, a landmark LP in pop music history
- A daily column that features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—May 21
- The concept album flowed with songs written from the point of view of a Vietnam veteran returning to the US, and seeing only hatred, suffering, and injustice
- Regarded as one of the greatest albums of the 20th century, the artist himself produced it—a first for Motown which had resisted any protest themes—yet they finally released it, and it became Motown’s best-selling album to date
- WATCH a segment from the Biography documentary, What’s Going On… (1971) The soaring title track, with its timeless lyric “war is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate,” became a smash—and the second single, Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), has…
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