Anna Gordy Gaye (born in 1922 in Detroit, Michigan) is the eldest sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy and was the first wife of soul music legend Marvin Gaye. 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Jump to: navigation, search Motown Record Company, L.P., also known as Tamla-Motown outside of the United States, is a record label specializing in the musical genres of R&B, pop, soul music, and hip-hop music. ... Berry Gordy, Jr. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... Marvin Gaye on the cover of his 1971 classic album Whats Going On. ...

She was also a successful collaborator and formed her own label after her own name around 1959. The first hit for the label was the first hit for Motown - the Barrett Strong hit, "Money (That's What I Want)". 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Barrett Strong (born February 5, 1941 in West Point, Mississippi) is an African-American singer and songwriter. ... Money (Thats What I Want) is a 1959 hit single by Barrett Strong for the Tamla label, distributed by Anna Records. ...

It was in 1961 that a 38-year-old Gordy first laid her eyes on a 21-year-old musical newcomer named Marvin Gaye. After several years as a couple, they finally married in 1964. Gaye would later said had it not been for Anna, he wouldn't have been the superstar he became during the 1960s and 1970s. The two were also collaborators of hits for groups like The Originals who recorded their compositions of "Baby I'm For Real" and "The Bells" and took them to the top 10 of the Billboard charts at the end of the sixties and into the seventies. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1960s, or The Sexy Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... An example of a Billboard Magazine. ...

By 1973, however, Marvin and Anna's marriage had imploded shortly after Gaye was seen with a beautiful teenager named Janis Hunter, who was ironically 17 years younger than Gaye (Gaye was 17 years younger than Gordy Gaye). After Hunter gave birth to Gaye's two children, Nona Gaye and Frankie, Anna filed for divorce in 1975. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Nona Marvisa Gaye (born September 4, 1974 in Washington, D.C.) is a singer, model, and screen actress, and the daughter of soul music legend Marvin Gaye. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

The marriage offically ended in 1976. Gaye would produce some of his most cryptic music based on his marriage's implosion with Anna on 1978's Here, My Dear. After Marvin returned to the U.S. after a short exile in Europe, Anna remained close to Marvin before Marvin was killed in 1984. Jump to: navigation, search 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Here, My Dear was an album released by Motown and soul music pioneer Marvin Gaye in 1978. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Gaye and Anna are the parents of Marvin Gaye, III (born in 1965) , who was Gaye's biological son but was conceived by another member of the Gordy family because Anna could not produce kids. 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...