Tribute to Marvin Gaye & Billy Stewart

Track Listings

1. Star in Your Eyes

2. If I Should Die Tonight

3. Strange Feelings

4. Summertime

5. Let's Get It On

6. Time for the Classics - GQ,

7. Sad Girl

8. Sitting in the Park

9. Distant Lover

10. I Do Love You

11. Cross My Heart

12. If You Want My Love

13. Yesteryears

14. What's Going On

Tribute to Marvin Gaye & Billy Stewart,G.Q.,Itp Records,Disco,Pop,Quiet Storm,R&B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

Tracks:

Distant Lover
Let's Get It On
Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
I Want You
Trouble Man
Come Live With Me Angel
Sexual Healing
What's Going On
Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna' Holler)

Product Description

1. Can I Get A Witness
2. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
3. Ain't No Mountain High Enough
4. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
5. What's Going On
6. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
7. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
8. Let's Get It On
9. Sexual Healing
10. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Very nicely done.......2005-04-08

I Love Marvin Gaye and have alot of his previous recordings..I think the sax player did a good job covering Marvin Gaye and some of the songs have a modern up-tempo vibe.

Terra....KC, Missouri

Good.......2005-04-06

I Think this is a fun and good rendition of these titled songs, I've compared them to the original tracks from my Dad's records and I like it.

E.C. - Evanston, IL

Disrespectful and disappointing....enough is enough !!.......2005-03-04

I just bought this CD two hours ago. In a word--TERRIBLE! I bought it because I don't think anyone had ever re-made "Come Live With Me Angel" from the "I Want You" album and which is one of my favorite Marvin Gaye songs. Navarre's rendition, as well as the entire CD, made me angry, and not just because of the money that I spent for it. I am personally offended by these "artists" overt attempt to rape and bastardize the work of Marvin Gaye and other R&B godfathers (such as Earth, Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder, among others) and call it a "tribute". That's like when a player meets meets your mother or sister, says that he loves her mind when he's really trying to get at something else!! These people aren't any different, and I am insulted by their not-so-"smooth" attempt to pimp such fine music!

Songs like 'Distant Lover', 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine', and 'Inner City Blues', were popular during a time when Black people suffered from gross socioeconomic inequality and were treated as second class citizens. Despite trials and humiliation, we always had the ability to express the beauty of our spirits. We lived, loved, laughed, married, raised children, worshipped and made music during Jim Crow. I'm 34, and I wonder how Duke Ellington, Ramsey Lewis, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Kool & the Gang, Earth, Wind & Fire, Marvin Gaye, etc, could make music that intrigued minds, warmed souls and soothed hearts from their generations through today. I have great respect for these artists, because despite the pain and ugliness they endured in the 1950's, 60's and 70's, they reached into the warmest parts of their hearts and transposed their feelings into a legacy of beautiful, timeless music.

If someone is going to do a re-make, they should respect it as if it they wrote it (such as "Forever, For Always, For Love" by Luther Vandross, beautifully re-done by Lalah Hathaway).

These three R&B pagans who make these "smooth jazz tributes" need to be shut down. Yeah, I know y'all got to feed your families. Why don't you do the public a favor--stop imitating Marvin, Stevie and others, and make real music of your own, or just quit? I haven't listened to your other "tributes", and I'm not going to, either. By listening to this one CD, I as well as others can tell that your hearts definitely aren't into this music, and that you all are merely just playing notes written on a page.

It's funny that group of "artists" didn't name themselves, so that the CD had to be placed with the other Marvin Gaye CD's in the music store. If I made music this terrible, I wouldn't want to identify myself either.

Navarre Corporation, you should repent and ask Marvin Gaye for forgiveness, and pray for another job!!

--CDE

Average customer rating:

Some things work...Some things don't....This is one of them
Don't Slag On This!

A Tribute to the Great Nat King Cole
Marvin Gaye
Manufacturer: Mca Special Products
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008FXM
Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

Nature Boy
Ramblin' Rose
Too Young
Pretend
Straighten Up And Fly Right
Mona Lisa
Unforgettable
To The Ends Of The Earth
Sweet Lorraine
It's Only A Paper Moon
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Calypso Blues

Customer Reviews:

Some things work...Some things don't....This is one of them.......2006-08-25

Although Marvin Gaye did a killing on the "When I'm Alone I Cry" album, this one just didn't quite get over the hump. On a few songs (The Ballads) Marvin does "Wonders", but on the uptempo songs there's nothing to write home about. If your buying this just to complete your Marvin Gaye collection, fine!, but to hunt this down, No!

Don't Slag On This!.......2004-08-19

Early in his career Motown legend Marvin Gaye had wanted to
be a crooner and his primary idol in this field was Nat King Cole.So it's only natural that he would pay tribute to him on this covers album midway through his early 60's success.The amazing part of this is he actually pulls it off-offering up
beautiful covers of tunes like "Rambling Rose" and "Nature Boy",
right up there with the standards set by Nat himself!Now there
will never be another Nat King Cole but Gaye puts his own,more
sudtle spin on this classics using very similar backup orchestrations.
The highlight is the closing "Calypso Woman" in
whitch Marvin Gaye delivers a more soulful,animated and pugnacious approch to the vocals then Nat ever did and it ends
up sounding like an original!Now normally I've always questioned
Barry Gordy's need for his acts to appeal to the early 60's
white supper club crowd but because Marvin Gaye always tended to
gravitate to these kinds of songs on his own then it was perfectly legidiment for him to do this album.But without a hit
it became burried back in 1965,was reissued on CD with all of
Gaye's 60's albums in the mid 80's and is actually still in print
as something of a cutout,but who knows for how long.Before it
goes out of print ALL Gaye fans should pick this album up!And
for thouroughbred Nat Cole fans I'd take antoher look at this
album-it won't dissappoint you either!

Average customer rating:

Soul Tribute to the Beatles

Manufacturer: Vanguard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BYVFLI

Product Description

Performances of Beatles songs by Wilson Pickett, Fats Domino, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Ike & Tina Turner, Otis Redding, Esther Phillips, Al Green, The Supremes, The Four Tops, Earth Wind & Fire, Natalie Cole

A Tribute to Berry Gordy - The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown

Average customer rating:

A Tribute to Berry Gordy - The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown
The Temptations , Marvin Gaye , Shanice , The Four Tops , Diana Ross & The Supremes , Jackie Wilson , Smokey Robinson , Boyz II Men , and Stevie Wonder
Manufacturer: Motown
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Product Description

A Tribute to Berry Gordy - The Music, The Magic, The Memories of Motown // 1. Do You Love Me - The Temptations 2. Try It Baby - Marvin Gaye 3. I Want To Go Back There Again - Shanice 4. I'll Be There - The Four Tops 5. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Diana Ross & The Supremes 6. To Be Loved - Jackie Wilson 7. Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson 8. Did You Know (Berry's Theme) - Smokey Robinson 9. It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday - Boyz II Men (radio version) 10. You Are You - Shanice 11. Dream Come True, (You're My) - Stevie Wonder/The Temptations 12. Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong 13. Power - The Temptations 14. You've Got What It Takes - Marv Johnson 15. We Couldn't Get Along Without You - Diana Ross & The Supremes

Average customer rating:

a really good tribute
Jazzy Honors To The Master Of Soul

Jazz Tribute to Marvin Gaye
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001ZUGA
Release Date: 1999-09-11

Tracks:

What'sgoing On-Ray Barretto
Inner City Blues-Grover Washington, JR
Mercy Mercy Me-Leon Spencer
Ain't That Peculiar-Quincy Jones
Let's Get It On-Maceo Parker
I Heard It Through The Grapevine-Earl Klugh
When Did You Stop Loving Me-Mongo Santamaria
Trouble Man-Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
'Til Tomorrow-Paul Bollenback
Sexual Healing-Reuben Wilson
Don't Mess With Mister T-Stanley Turrentine
Save The Children-Everette Harp
What's Going On-Till Bronner

Album Description

German compilation featuring jazz interpretations of the late soul icon's greatest songs including, 'What's Going On', 'Inner City Blues', 'Mercy Mercy Me', 'Let's Get It On' and 'What's Going On' from such artists as, Grover Washington Jr, Quincy Jones and Ray Barretto. Beautifully packaged in a digipak with a 16 page booklet (text in German). 1999 release.

Customer Reviews:

a really good tribute.......2004-04-26

Marvin Gaye's Genius is truly showcased here on this set that has fellow Artists given there take on some of His Many Classics.His Music is timeless&this Compilation shows the many emotions&also the complexity into many of his Arrangements.RIP to One of the Greatest Creative Forces the Music World has ever known&Heard.

Jazzy Honors To The Master Of Soul.......2001-04-07

This tribute album features jazz cover's of Marvin Gaye classics spanning his entire career. The songs featured here were recorded from the mid sixties to the late nineties. Some of these recordings have become classics on their own right aswell, like Grover Washington's rendition of Ìnner City Blues`. Other great tunes are for example a stunning nine- minute-plus version of a `Trouble Man` track by Stanley Turrentine. Five covers of Gaye's masterpiece `What`s Going On`-album are among the highlights featured on the CD. The whole set is proof of the ever growing inspiration of Marvin Gaye's musical legacy on musicians from all musical backgrounds, regardless of time or style.

Average customer rating:

ONE OF THE BEST!
Washington, D.C.'s Best!!!!!
A beautiful and loving tribute to be cherished forever.
tributes!
I love this cd.

Tribute to Marvin Gaye & Billy Stewart
G.Q.
Manufacturer: Itp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000I8YY
Release Date: 1999-04-13

Tracks:

Star In Your Eyes
If I Should Die Tonight
Strange Feelings
Summertime
Let's Get It On
Time For The Classics
Sad Girl
Sitting In The Park
Distant Lover
I Do Love You
Cross My Heart
If You Want My Love
Yesteryears
What's Gong On

Customer Reviews:

ONE OF THE BEST!.......2005-06-07

ANYONE WHO LOVE'S MOTOWN OR OLDIE'S SHOULD OWN THIS CD.MARVIN GAYE AND BILLY STEWART WERE SOME OF THE GREATEST SINGERS AROUND. AND THIS CD DOES JUSTICE TO THERE MUSIC.THIS IS A WELL DONE AND CLASSY CD.

Washington, D.C.'s Best!!!!!.......2004-03-30

This is a great tribute to two of Washington, D.C.'s most influential native sons. They are an inspiration to musicians and fans alike. Thanks GQ!

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A beautiful and loving tribute to be cherished forever........2003-09-19

This is a beautiful tribute to Marvin Gaye, Billy Stewart and the soul ballad. The production and arrangements are also superb and this was certainly one of 1999's best R&B albums. Sadly, it went mostly unnoticed and as such was not the huge hit it deserved to have been. Buy it if only for "Cross My Heart", "Strange Feelings" and "What's Going On?".

tributes!.......2003-06-26

this is a very lovely tributes album, honoring the two biggests legends of soul, the late,greats billy stewart & marvin gaye!!favs are "sitting in the park","i do love you","let's get it on" ," what's going on" god bless everyone!j.h.

I love this cd........2003-05-03

I love the way "Emanuel Rahiem" sings I recommend this cd.If anyone out there knows Emanuel Rahiem's fanclub address please be a good sport and E-mail it to me.

Thanks, "Little Linda" If Emanuel Rahiem ever sees this himself, is me "LITTLE LINDA "from the Hi-Tide. Always thinking of you. Please, e-mail me @ pinklrose2netzero.com

God-Bless

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