- Frankie Gaye
Frances Gay [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=BxFgf1T-5WIC&dq=What+time+was+Marvin+Gaye+born+in%3F&pg=PP1&ots=zGwIyztRZA&source=citation&sig=IbsR0rzVJApMwvHmC94qS5kQxy8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=11&ct=result#PPA6,M1 Google Book Search: "Marvin Gaye, My Brother", (2003) by Frankie Gaye] ] (better known as Frankie Gaye) (
November 15 ,1941 -December 30 ,2001 ) was a singer and younger brother of music legendMarvin Gaye . Born the son of ministerMarvin Pentz Gay, Sr. and domestic Alberta Cooper inWashington, D.C. , Frankie watched as his eldest brother became a music superstar. His horrific accounts of his time during his tenureVietnam War (which included being a radio deejay) would lead to become his oldest brother's biggest inspiration when he based his classic 1971concept album "What's Going On " to his brother's travels just as he returned back to theUnited States .Frankie began his music career composing the soundtrack to the 1972 film, "Penitentiary". He would spend time singing on and off for his brother onstage as part of Marvin's touring band. During one of Marvin's first tours back from a six year hiatus in 1973, Marvin had Frankie come on the stage to fool fans of his that Frankie was actually Marvin. When Marvin showed up, fans were understandably confused about the brothers' eerie similarities to each other. Frankie's most notable moment on any of Marvin's records was during the live show at Marvin's Palladium concert in
London in 1977. He released two singles, "Extraordinary Girl" in 1989 and "My Brother" in 1990 and released the album of the same name on the latter year for Motorcity Records.In 2000, he began composing the autobiography depicting the times and travails of his life with his older brother titled "Marvin Gaye: My Brother". There's no telling on whether or not he was done with the biography, when on
December 30 ,2001 , Gaye died ofcancer at the age of 60. The book was finally released in 2003 to mixed reviews.Marvin's youngest child, Frankie Christian Gaye (born in November 1975), was named after Frankie. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=BxFgf1T-5WIC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=frankie+christian+gaye&source=web&ots=zFDKEwmSZs&sig=I9EW_MAHHE_L_i9n7eN816qD2V8] ] .
Discography
#"Penitentiary" (1972)
#"My Brother" (1990)
#"The Very Best of Frankie Gaye" (1996)ingles
*1989: "Extraordinary Girl"
*1990: "My Brother"External links
* [http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Frankie%20Gaye.html Frankie Gaye Page]
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