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"You're All I Need To Get By" – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)
Youtube ^ | 7/25/2018 | Marvin Gaye

Posted on 09/06/2022 10:18:55 AM PDT by simpson96

"You're All I Need to Get By" is a song recorded by the American R&B/soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell and released on Motown Records' Tamla label in 1968. Written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, it became one of the few Motown recordings of the 1960s that was not recorded with the familiar "Motown sound". Instead, "You're All I Need to Get By" had a more soulful and gospel-oriented theme surrounding it, that was influenced by the writers, who also sing background vocals on the recording. During moments in the recording, Gaye can be heard encouraging Terrell to sing her verses, ad-libbing "Come on, Tammi" several times. A year later, Gaye was performing this song with Stax vocalist Carla Thomas at the Apollo Theater, when Terrell, who was seated in the front row in her wheelchair, began singing along, prompting Gaye to leave the stage and sing the song with Terrell, who was offered a microphone. It was Terrell's final performance before her death in March 1970. The song was played during Terrell's funeral while Gaye gave a brief, tearful eulogy.

"You're All I Need To Get By" – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: marvingaye; tammiterrell; youreallineed
Tammi Terrell Passed Away at 24 from a Brain Tumor & Marvin Gaye Ensured Her Last Moments Were Happy
1 posted on 09/06/2022 10:18:55 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

I’ve always loved Motown Music, not just these two but Diana Ross and the Supremes, Smoky Robinson and the Miracles, etc..

I loved this song from this duet, “Ain’t No Moutain High Enough”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC5PL0XImjw


2 posted on 09/06/2022 10:32:25 AM PDT by srmanuel (C)
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To: simpson96

That was an excellent performance of a wonderful song.
I’ve read that Ashford & Simpson were highly regarded by most session musicians because A&S were always professional and two of the few songwriters to enter the studio with the songs fully ‘charted’; All the Key changes; major and minor were written down.

Those on the keyboards could see what they were expected to do and in what sequences. The string sections, same story.
So, that meant not everything had to be hammered out by ear in the studio. Studios are rented by the hour and usually quite expensive.


3 posted on 09/06/2022 10:34:17 AM PDT by lee martell ( )
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To: simpson96

Really? Gaye was a degenerate doper and all round bad human being. Was is this icon of the dysfunction negro culture being lauded here?


4 posted on 09/06/2022 10:35:03 AM PDT by robowombat (Orth,He looks like the sex all y one )
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To: simpson96

Look at how elegant and classy those two are dressed.
They take great pride in looking good for their audiences.
No Cardi-B or Nicki Minaj trashy stripper looks.


5 posted on 09/06/2022 10:36:08 AM PDT by lee martell ( )
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To: lee martell

I heard that Wilson Pickett was not. Angry, rude, racist at least at the beginning

In regards to members of The Swampers, (mentioned in Sweet Home Alabama)


6 posted on 09/06/2022 10:42:12 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ( Liberty Valance Time. The point of a gun is the only law the left understands)
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To: robowombat; All

Was is this icon of the dysfunction negro culture being lauded here?

Should be:

Why is this icon.......

GD the spell and text check


7 posted on 09/06/2022 10:44:37 AM PDT by robowombat (Orth,He looks like the sex all y one )
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To: A_Former_Democrat

I think some performers will get inadvertantly stuck into acting like their over the top “Stage Presence” personality
even when their offstage. They may not even realize it at first. By the time they do realize it, they have already annoyed or alienated a number of people.


8 posted on 09/06/2022 10:52:58 AM PDT by lee martell ( )
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To: simpson96

It’s a shame we lost Tammi so soon, so if Marvin did something nice for her, that’s one to the good for him.


9 posted on 09/06/2022 11:05:13 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: robowombat

A hater and a blasphemer. God doesn’t like ugly.


10 posted on 09/06/2022 11:15:22 AM PDT by clashfan ( Vote to put Herschel in. Don't be afraid to let him carry the ball.)
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To: clashfan

Stuff it you sanctimonius, psalm singing jackass. I have had a my gut full of pricks like you since childhood.


11 posted on 09/06/2022 11:21:07 AM PDT by robowombat (Orth,He looks like the sex all y one )
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12 posted on 09/06/2022 11:23:39 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Ha Ha


13 posted on 09/06/2022 11:24:08 AM PDT by robowombat (Orth,He looks like the sex all y one )
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To: robowombat

I’m not a prick but with what I’ve got I can get as many of them as I would ever want.
I see now a hint of why you’re struggling, but just know that life doesn’t have to be this way for you. You have the free will to change it for the better any time. Good luck.


14 posted on 09/06/2022 11:28:05 AM PDT by clashfan ( Vote to put Herschel in. Don't be afraid to let him carry the ball.)
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To: clashfan

Screw off.


15 posted on 09/06/2022 11:29:24 AM PDT by robowombat (Orth,He looks like the sex all y one )
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