Moods of Marvin Gaye

1966 studio album by Marvin Gaye

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Moods of Marvin Gaye

Studio album by

Marvin Gaye

Released| May 23, 1966
Recorded| Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit
Genre| Soul
Length| 36:12
Label| Tamla
Producer| Smokey Robinson, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Clarence Paul
Marvin Gaye chronology
| A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole
(1966)  | Moods of Marvin Gaye
(1966)  | Take Two (with Kim Weston)
(1966)

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Singles from  Moods of Marvin Gaye

1. "I'll Be Doggone"
Released: February 26, 1965
2. "Ain't That Peculiar"
Released: September 14, 1965
3. "One More Heartache"
Released: January 31, 1966
4. "Take This Heart of Mine"
Released: May 5, 1966
5. "Little Darling (I Need You)"
Released: July 26, 1966
6. "Your Unchanging Love"
Released: June 13, 1967

Moods of Marvin Gaye is the seventh studio album by Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla label in 1966.

The album was the result of a plan to establish Gaye as a strong album-oriented artist as well as a hit maker. Gaye was still uncomfortable with performing strictly R&B and had begun work on a standards album around this time, after meeting musician Bobby Scott. However, the sessions were unsuccessful and he would successfully complete a standards album only in his later years (released posthumously as Vulnerable in 1997). For the time being, Gaye was winning more fans and had become a crossover teen idol.

Six songs from Moods of Marvin Gaye were released as singles, all of which reached the Top 40 on the R&B singles chart. Four singles reached the Top 40 on the Pop Singles Chart.

Gaye also scored his first two No. 1 R&B singles, "I'll Be Doggone" and "Ain't That Peculiar", both co-written by Gaye's friend, Berry Gordy's right-hand man Smokey Robinson.

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## Track listing

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Side OneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "I'll Be Doggone"| Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin| 2:47
2.| "Little Darling (I Need You)"| Holland–Dozier–Holland| 2:35
3.| "Take This Heart of Mine"| Moore, Robinson, Tarplin| 2:49
4.| "Hey Diddle Diddle"| Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Gaye| 2:30
5.| "One More Heartache"| Moore, Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Tarplin, Ronald White| 2:42
6.| "Ain't That Peculiar"| Moore, Robinson, Rogers, Tarplin| 3:00

Side TwoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Night Life"| Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk, Willie Nelson| 3:05
2.| "You've Been a Long Time Coming"| Holland-Dozier-Holland| 2:13
3.| "Your Unchanging Love"| Holland-Dozier-Holland| 3:13
4.| "You're the One For Me"| Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder| 3:24
5.| "I Worry 'Bout You"| Norman Mapp| 3:24
6.| "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)"| Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer| 4:30

## Personnel

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* Marvin Gaye \- lead vocals
* The Andantes \- backing vocals (all of side 1; side 2, tracks 8–10)
* The Miracles \- additional backing vocals (on "I'll Be Doggone")
* The Spinners \- backing vocals (on "Hey Diddle Diddle")
* Marv Tarplin \- guitar (side 1, tracks 1, 3, 5 and 6)
* The Funk Brothers \- instrumentation

## References

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1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r8071

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Marvin Gaye

Studio albums|

* The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye (1961)
* That Stubborn Kinda Fellow (1962)
* When I'm Alone I Cry (1964)
* Hello Broadway (1964)
* How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You (1965)
* A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole (1965)
* Moods of Marvin Gaye (1966)
* In the Groove (1968)
* M.P.G. (1969)
* That's the Way Love Is (1970)
* What's Going On (1971)
* Trouble Man (1972)
* Let's Get It On (1973)
* I Want You (1976)
* Here, My Dear (1978)
* In Our Lifetime (1981)
* Midnight Love (1982)
* Dream of a Lifetime (1985)
* Romantically Yours (1985)
* Vulnerable (1997)
* You're the Man (2019)

Duet albums|

* Together (with Mary Wells, 1964)
* Take Two (with Kim Weston, 1966)
* United (with Tammi Terrell, 1967)
* You're All I Need (with Tammi Terrell, 1968)
* Easy (with Tammi Terrell, 1969)
* Diana & Marvin (with Diana Ross, 1973)

Live albums|

* Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage (1963)
* Marvin Gaye Live! (1974)
* Live at the London Palladium (1977)
* Marvin Gaye at the Copa (2005)
* What's Going On Live (2019)

Compilation albums|

* Greatest Hits (1964)
* Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1967)
* Marvin Gaye and His Girls (1969)
* Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's Greatest Hits (1970)
* Super Hits (1970)
* Anthology (1974)
* Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits (1976)
* Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye: Never Before Released Masters (1986)
* The Marvin Gaye Collection (1990)
* The Norman Whitfield Sessions (1994)
* Love Starved Heart: Rare and Unreleased (1994)
* The Very Best of Marvin Gaye (1994)
* The Master (1961–1984) (1995)
* Marvin Gaye: The Love Songs (2000)
* The Complete Duets (2001)
* The Very Best of Marvin Gaye (2001)

Video releases|

* The Real Thing: In Performance (1964–1981) (2006)

US/UK top-ten singles|

* "Pride and Joy"
* "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"
* "I'll Be Doggone"
* "Ain't That Peculiar"
* "Your Precious Love"
* "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You"
* "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
* "You're All I Need to Get By"
* "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
* "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby"
* "That's the Way Love Is"
* "Abraham, Martin and John"
* "The Onion Song"
* "What's Going On"
* "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
* "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
* "Trouble Man"
* "Let's Get It On"
* "You Are Everything"
* "Got to Give It Up"
* "Sexual Healing"

Family|

* Marvin Gay Sr. (father)
* Alberta Gay (mother)
* Anna Gordy Gaye (first wife)
* Denise Gordy (son's birth mother)
* Nona Gaye (daughter)
* Frankie Gaye (brother)
* Gordon Banks (brother-in-law)

Related articles|

* Discography
* Songs
* Albums
* Songs by Marvin Gaye
* Albums produced by Marvin Gaye
* Songs produced by Marvin Gaye
* Personal life
* Death
* Tributes
* Songs in memory
* The Marquees
* Harvey Fuqua
* Tammi Terrell
* Leon Ware
* Marvin's Room
* Marvin Is 60: A Tribute Album
* Divided Soul
* Sexual Healing Tour

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* MusicBrainz release group

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