Anna Gordy Gaye (born 1922) is the eldest sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy and was the first wife of soul legend Marvin Gaye. Born Anna Ruby Gordy in Detroit, Michigan, she was thirty-eight when she first met Marvin Gaye while the two were at a Christmas party at the Motown studios. At the time, Gaye was signed to Motown as a session musician. By the time he signed as a solo act for the label in 1961, he and Anna had started a romantic relationship. Wikipedia
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Gordy had a knack for blending rock 'n' roll, gospel, and rhythm and blues into catchy tunes-black dance music that white kids would buy, as he famously put it. He used proceeds from "Lonely Teardrops," which he cowrote for Jackie Wilson , to form the Mo www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/celebrity/marvin_g...
