Super 70s Classic....Marvin Gaye Annas Song RIP Anna Ruby Gordy Gaye (née Gordy; December 12, 1921 – January 31, 2014) Anna was an American businesswoman, composer and songwriter. An elder sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy. Later the wife of Motown recording artist Marvin Gaye, she co-wrote two tunes on Gayes Whats Going On album, and co-wrote hits with Gaye for the Motown group The Originals, including the hit ballad Baby, Im for Real. The troubled marriage between Anna and Marvin became the focal point of Gayes 1978 album Here, My Dear. Anna Gordy met Marvin Gaye around 1960. Although seventeen years her junior, Gaye pursued Gordy for months before the two eventually started dating around 1961. After a two-year courtship, they married around June 1963. According to Marvin, it was Anna who convinced Motown to allow Marvin to work on a standards album (The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye). Gordy, herself a songwriter, helped to pen the song, Never Let You Go (Sha-Lu-Bop), from the album. Inspired by their romance, Gaye penned hit singles based off Anna including Stubborn Kind of Fellow, Pride & Joy and Youre a Wonderful One. Of Pride and Joy, Gaye said, When I composed Pride and Joy, I was head over heels in love with Anna. I just wrote what I felt about her, and what she did for me. She was my pride and joy. The marriage between Marvin and Anna was reportedly turbulent, leading to public spats. During their marriage ceremony, Anna threw one of her heels at Marvin to stop an argument. In order to bring some stability to their home life, Anna and Marvin adopted a little boy who was born on November 17, 1966. The boy was soon named after his adopted father (Marvin Pentz Gaye III). While the boy was said to have been naturally conceived by Anna and Marvin during Motowns public relations stories of the couple, Marvin himself would confirm the adoption in David Ritzs Marvin biography, Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye. In later years, the identity of the mother was revealed as Denise Gordy. After Marvins death, 17-year-old Marvin III learned of his mothers identity and of his parents adoption. Gaye told Ritz that he was afraid of revealing the truth about the adoption due to facing ridicule for not being able to father a child naturally. She died on January 31, 2014 at the age of 92.
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