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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: MARVIN GAYE, ’71!

Marvin Gaye. From the photo-shoot taken for the album cover, "What's Going On."Photo by Jim Hendin, Detroit, 1971 (Click on image 2x for largest view). — Marvin Gaye. Captured here in a black and white still. April, 1971 . (To fully appreciate this image click on 2x for largest view).

Marvin Gaye's 1971 LP on the Motown Records Tamla label. — Marvin Gaye’s, iconic, ‘What’s Going On’ album was released on Motown’s Tamla label, May, 1971. The single, by the same name, was released earlier in January.

Marvin Gaye, 1971. Photo of Marvin Gaye was taken in Detroit for the LP, by photographer Jim Hendin. — Marvin Gaye, 1971. In preparing for the album’s cover layout, this photograph of Marvin was shot in Detroit by photographer Jim Hendin.

DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’71!

MARVIN GAYE * What’s Going On * TAMLA (Motown 1971)

THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’71

“WHAT’S GOING ON” (INSTRUMENTAL) * Marvin Gaye * 1971

THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’71

“WHAT’S GOING ON” (INSTRUMENTAL; Strings / Bassist James Jamerson Version) * ’71

MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: CHRIS CLARK 1967!

A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: Motown's Chris Clark circa 1967 — A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: Motown’s Chris Clark circa 1967

Motown's Chris Clark 'Soul Sounds' LP. V.I.P. 1967 — Motown’s Chris Clark ‘Soul Sounds’ V.I.P. album, released early-1967.

MCRFB Note: Soul Sounds is the debut album by soul singer Chris Clark, released in 1967.

As a white artist on a label for which artists were predominantly black, the album made Chris Clark a cult heroine. The album (today) is considered one of Motown’s most collectable.

^{— Soul Sounds (album) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.}

DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’66!

CHRIS CLARK * Love’s Gone Bad * V.I.P. (Motown 1966)

THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’70

“BALL OF CONFUSION” (INSTRUMENTAL) * The Temptations * 1970

MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS: MARY WELLS 1964!

The "First Lady Of Motown" Mary Wells circa 1964. — A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: The “First Lady Of Motown,” Mary Wells circa 1964.

Mary Well toured with the Beatles in the U. K., 1965. (Click on image for larger view). — Mary Wells, on board with the Beatles as concerts’ opening act, toured with the Fab Four in the U. K., 1965. (Click on image for larger view).

DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’63!

MARY WELLS * You Lost The Sweetest Boy * Motown (1963)

THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’65

“NOWHERE TO RUN” (Earl Van Dyke INSTRUMENTAL) * Martha & The Vandellas * 1965