Gaye's Motown songs include ' Ain't That Peculiar', ' How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)', and ' I Heard It Through the Grapevine'. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of successes, earning him the nicknames 'Prince of Motown' and 'Prince of Soul'. Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye (Ap– April 1, 1984) was an American singer and songwriter.
