Marvin Gaye - TV Appearances in the 1970´s

• Artist: Marvin Gaye
• Song: Save The Children, Whatīs Happening Brother and Whatīs Going On
• TV-Program: Save the children (Movie)
• Duration: Unknown
• Year: 1972

Save The Children "movie" featured many famous artist like Sammy Davis Jr., Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield and some of the Temptations and Jackson 5. Part of the Marvins performance can be seen in the movie "Standing In The Shadows Of Motown". Bass legend James Jamerson can also be seen in the movie (look at the first picture) as well as Motown drummer Eddie "Bongo" Brown.

Big thanks to JFT and Andrea L for giving lot´s of info!

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• Artist: Marvin Gaye
• Song: Let's Get It On & Keep Getting It On
• TV-Program: Soul Train
• Duration: Unknown
• Year: 1974

Performed on Soul Train in the early 1970s.

• Artist: Marvin Gaye
• Song: Come Get To This
• TV-Program: Unknown
• Duration: about 3 min
• Year: 1974

Back on Soul Train Marvin sings "Come Get To This" from the "Let's Get It On" album. The performance really looks like lipsynched while the album version of the track is playing on the background.

• Artist: Marvin Gaye
• Song: The whole concert (pictures from "Letīs Get It On")
• TV-Program: The Midnight Special
• Set List: "Trouble Man", "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)", "Come Get to This", "Keep Gettin' It On", medley of hits: "I'll Be Doggone", "Try It Baby", "Can I Get a Witness", "You're a Wonderful One", "Stubborn Kind of Fellow", "How Sweet It Is", "Distant Lover", "Let's Get It On", "Jan" and "What's Going On"
• Duration: unknown
• Year: 1974

This concert was recorded 4th of January 1974, before a live audience of fourteen thousand and was aired for the first time in "The Midnight Special" tv show 6th of September 1974. According to Andea L (I havenīt seen this program myself) the material included also some "behind the scenes material" as the camera crew went to Marvin's hometown of Washington D.C, where Marvin visited his family during a break in the tour. This same concert was also released on album in 1974 titled "Marvin Gaye - Live!".

David Ritz wrote that Marvin was really nervous and terrified before the concert. Being famous from cancelling his concerts in the last minute this concert was no exception. Before the show Marvin put out the word that this was his first concert in five years, but that wasnīt true. He had performed both in Jamaica and in Washington, D.C within the year. The backstage scenes in the Oakland were also described as the most chaotic ever. Marvin was really afraid of being out of shape and he also asked Gene Page (who conducted the concert along with Leslie Drayton) to string all the song together because he was so afraid that nobody would applaud. The beginning of the show was also a bit weird as Marvin asked his brother Frankie to go on the stage before him, so that he could see how the audience would react (Frankie resembled Marvin a lot). So when Frankie got on the stage everyone applauded for him and when Marvin did the same a minute later everyone were confused about who were these two Marvins.

Oh yeah! Thanks to Andrea L for the information!

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