Marvin Gaye discography

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This is a listing of all of the singles and albums released by American R&B/soul legend Marvin Gaye. Forty-one of his singles reached the Billboard Top 40 in the US; eighteen reached the Billboard Top 10 and three of them reached #1.

[edit] Singles

The following singles are songs Marvin Gaye released when he was the member of doo-wop bands the Rainbows, the Marquees and the Moonglows between 1955 and 1959, though it's disputed whether Gaye took part in the recordings with the Rainbows or if he was a member of the group at all.

The Rainbows

• 1955: "Mary Lee"
• 1956: "Shirley"

The Marquees

• 1957: "Baby You're the Only One"
• 1958: "Wyatt Earp"

The Moonglows

• 1958: "Twelve Months of the Year"
• 1959: "Mama Loocie"
• 1959: "Blue Skies"
• 1959: "Beatnik"

[edit] Motown

All Marvin Gaye singles until 1981 were released on Motown's Tamla label except for the following, which were released on Motown: the singles with Mary Wells: "Once Upon a Time" and "What's the Matter With You Baby"; his singles with Diana Ross: "You're a Special Part of Me", "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)", "My Mistake (Was to Love You)", "You Are Everything" and "Don't Knock My Love" and his duet with Ross, Stevie Wonder & Smokey Robinson in "Pops, We Love You".

• There was no Billboard R&B Singles Chart from November 1963 to January 1965. When the chart was reinstated on January 30, 1965, Gaye's "I'll Be Doggone" was the second #1 single on the new chart. The following R&B chart listings came from Cashbox, who applied the Cashbox R&B chart numbers for those singles before Billboard reinstated the chart.

• ¹ Single went gold as a digital single.
• ² The song charted at number six on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in 1979.
• ³ The song peaked at number one on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in 1981.

[edit] Columbia

The following six singles were released by Columbia Records

• ⁴ Single went Platinum on the standard version, and Gold as a digital single.

• ⁵ The song peaked at number one on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in 1985.

[edit] Posthumous

Songs released posthumously by Marvin Gaye:

[edit] Albums

[edit] Solo

All Marvin Gaye albums until 1981 were released on the Tamla label except for the duet albums with Mary Wells & Diana Ross, which were released on Motown.

• 1961: The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye
• 1962: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
• 1963: Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage
• 1964: When I'm Alone I Cry
• 1964: Hello Broadway
• 1965: How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (R&B #4, US #128)
• 1965: A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole
• 1966: Moods of Marvin Gaye (R&B #8, US #118)
• 1967: Marvin Gaye at the Copa (cancelled; later released in 2005)
• 1968: I Heard It Through the Grapevine) (R&B #2, US #63)
• 1969: M.P.G. (R&B #1, US #40)
• 1970: That's the Way Love Is (R&B #17, US #189)
• 1971: What's Going On (R&B #1, US #6)
• 1972: Trouble Man (R&B #3, US #14)
• 1973: Let's Get It On (R&B #1, US #2)
• 1974: Marvin Gaye Live! (R&B #1, US #8)
• 1976: I Want You (R&B #1, US #4)
• 1977: Live at the London Palladium (R&B #1, US #3)
• 1978: Here, My Dear (R&B #4, US #26)
• 1981: In Our Lifetime (R&B #6, US #32)
• 1997: Vulnerable

[edit] Duet albums

Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells

• 1964: Together (US #42)

Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

• 1966: Take Two (R&B #24)

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

• 1967: United (R&B #7, US #69)
• 1968: You're All I Need (R&B #4, US #60)
• 1969: Easy (US #184)

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye

• 1973: Diana & Marvin (R&B #7, US #26)

[edit] Columbia Records releases

The following three albums were released by Columbia Records

• 1982: Midnight Love (R&B #1, US #7) [3x Platinum]
• 1985: Dream Of A Lifetime (posthumously) (R&B #8, US #41)
• 1985: Romantically Yours (posthumously)

[edit] Compilations

All Motown releases

• 1964: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (US #72)
• 1967: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (R&B #19, US #178)
• 1969: Marvin Gaye and His Girls (R&B #16, US #183)
• 1970: Super Hits (R&B #19, US #117)
• 1970: Greatest Hits (w/Tammi Terrell) (R&B #17, US #171)
• 1974: Anthology (version #1) (R&B #10, US #61)
• 1976: Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits (R&B #17, US #44) [Platinum]
• 1983: Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye (US #80) [Platinum]
• 1984: Anthology (version #2)
• 1986: Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye (R&B #48, US #193)
• 1988: A Musical Testament: 1964-1984 (R&B #69)
• 1988: 18 Greatest Hits
• 1991: The Marvin Gaye Collection (R&B #67)
• 1994: The Norman Whitfield Sessions
• 1994: Love Starved Heart
• 1995: Anthology (version #3)
• 1995: The Master: 1961/1984 (box set)
• 1994: Love Starved Heart (Expanded Edition)
• 2000: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1 - the 1960s
• 2001: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2 - the 1970s
• 2001: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
• 2001: The Complete Duets (w/Tammi Terrell)
• 2001: Love Songs: Greatest Duets
• 2002: Love Songs: Bedroom Ballads
• 2002: The Very Best of Marvin Gaye (re-released in 2005 as Marvin Gaye: Gold) (2002 - R&B #85, US #167; 2005 - R&B #95) [Gold]

[edit] Deluxe Edition re-releases

All Motown releases

• 1998: Midnight Love and the Sexual Healing Sessions
• 2001: What's Going On (Deluxe Edition)
• 2001: Let's Get It On (Deluxe Edition)
• 2003: I Want You (Deluxe Edition)
• 2007: In Our Lifetime? (Expanded LOVE MAN Deluxe Edition)
• 2007: Here, My Dear ( Expanded Edition )

[edit] DVDS

• Marvin Gaye: Live in Montreux 1980
• The Real Thing: In Performance (1964-1981)

[edit] External links

• Marvin Gaye - The Early Years: a detailed list of singles released by Marvin Gaye in the mid-to-late-1950s
• Marvin Gaye - US singles: 1961-1990
• Marvin Gaye - US albums: 1961-1985