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elleng

(136,064 posts) Mon Mar 1, 2021, 05:31 PM Mar 2021

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Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' gets its own day, 50 years after release.

Fifty years to the day after its release, Marvin Gaye's iconic "What's Going On" single is getting its own day and Motown Museum officials want to use the moment as an opportunity to start conversations about bettering the world "we live in today."

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2021/01/19/whitmer-names-motown-marvin-gaye-song/4210076001/?

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Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' gets its own day, 50 years after release. (Original Post) elleng Mar 2021 OP

50 years! Where does the time go? Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #1

Okay, rub it in Bayard Mar 2021 #2

It was historic, and not for just it's content. I believe it was the song that... brush Mar 2021 #3

Arkansas Granny

(31,827 posts)

1. 50 years! Where does the time go?

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 05:45 PM

Mar 2021

Bayard

(24,145 posts)

2. Okay, rub it in

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 06:59 PM

Mar 2021

I'm old!

Love Marvin Gaye.

brush

(57,509 posts)

3. It was historic, and not for just it's content. I believe it was the song that...

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Mar 2, 2021, 06:01 AM

Mar 2021

broke the 2-3 min length tradition for songs and radio play.

It still resonates today.

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