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Overview

Drawing from interviews conducted before Marvin Gaye's death, acclaimed music writer David Ritz has created a full-scale portrait of the brilliant but tormented artist. With a cast of characters that includes Diana Ross, Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder, this intimate biography is a definitive and enduring look at the man who embodied the very essence of the word soul.

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Publishers Weekly
Based largely on interviews for a projected ``autobiography'' that was cancelled after Gaye's death in 1984 at the hands of his father, this book is neither especially well-written nor perceptive. PW recommended that the Motown singer's fans ``skip the book and listen to his records instead.'' (May)
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Originally published in 1985 and newly available on audio, this biography unearths the demons that both plagued Marvin Gaye and inspired his music. Author Ritz, who has previously chronicled the lives of musicians including Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and B.B. King, knows the music industry well and had access to Gaye and many in his inner circle. In Audie Award winner Dion Graham's (River Rising) solid performance, he often seems to be channeling the singer's vocal range and speech patterns. Although the production would have benefitted from music at the CD breaks, this concise abridgment tells Gaye's story while providing insight into Motown and the music industry during his lifetime. Highly recommended. [Audio clip available through www.blackstoneaudio.com; this year marks the 70th anniversary of Gaye's birth, the 25th anniversary of his death, and the 50th anniversary of Motown.-Ed.]
—Gwendolyn Osborne

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780306811913
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press
  • Publication date: 4/17/2002
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 416
  • Sales rank: 276,676
  • Product dimensions: 0.93 (w) x 5.50 (h) x 8.50 (d)

Meet the Author

David Ritz is the author of Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy Scott, Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye, and many other books with or about Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and B.B. King. He is a three-time winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. He lives in Los Angeles.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 2, 2006

    Definetly a Soul Divided

    Read the book several years ago, it gave the reader the complexity of Marvin Gaye, the man. It highlighted the unmet needs of Marivn in his quest for his father's approval of him and how it impacted him in the choices he made in his adult life.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 19, 2005

    Interesting Story

    Very interesting story about someone who was so talented and so giving, but dangerously insecure and self-destructive. Loved it!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 14, 2001

    The story of the man who's life lives on in song

    Ritz captures the essence of a man whose story I predict will be echoed for years. Gaye's charisma rivaled that of any entertainer of recent times. The book goes in depth to reveal his sexual confusion and frustration with his artistry, yet does so in a classy way. Accounts of his meetings with Martin Luther King and his love hate relationship with Diana Ross stood out most for me. The book has a handy index which allows for cross-referencing and easy reviewing.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 20, 2001

    A trip to a side the public NEVER knew

    An honest portrayal of the R&B legend... which is a great read. A personal fan of MG,the book helped me to learn more about him as a person, rather than a singer. Only problem I have with author David Ritz is that he will give the reader small info at points (as in his battle for rights over the song, Sexual Healing'), but not go into enough detail as to reveal the outcome. That was extremely annoying. But all in all, I loved the book. It helped me to see another side to show business.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 12, 2001

    Loved it!

    Divided Soul was a great book on another Motown tragedy - and perhaps it's biggest sex symbol and star. The book gives insight into MG's on-going search for true love and understanding. The Gordy family, Motown, the fans, his father, or his women - poor Marvin was a soul in search of completeness & true love. It's as if the musical legend himself wrote it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 26, 2001

    Definite Winner!!!

    David Ritz , put love and time into this work. He proivided info beyond any other and he to the loss the pain and the gain. For a maximum effect it would be recommended to listen to his albums(CD's, Tapes) if you can while reading the chapters. Marvin delivers his life up for auction to the reader. Marvin proves that success is nothing to toy with. Reading the book you will get the notion that only the strong survives. There is victory there is failures and at the end the long cominf death.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 20, 2000

    inescapable despair

    from the outside, it seems to be a terrifying prospect to be a musical genius. i would never want to be trapped in the kind of life that we read about in the (auto) biographies that are available. it seems that in order to be appreciated as an historically significant figure in any genre of music, one needs to be tormented, pychotic, suicidal or manic-depressive, at the least.

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