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Marvin Gaye's Unreleased Album 'You're The Man' To See The Light Of Day

The album's songs have long since ended up in other places, but have never been released in the way that Gaye had intended — hear a single from the album now.
Marvin Gaye, photographed in 1983.

The early '70s was a watershed era for ; produced three chart-topping singles and became one of the most powerful and revered concept albums of all;between 1971 and 1973 he recorded tracks for what would become the iconic album ,released in 1973; just two months earlier, he had released the legendary

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