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Marvin Gaye No Military Hit
The Smoking Gun ^ | September 13

Posted on 09/14/2005 1:55:23 PM PDT by RDTF

Marvin Gaye No Military Hit Superiors: Singer's Air Force stay a lackadaisical waste of time SEPTEMBER 13--In our latest installment of "When They Were Soldiers," TSG looks at the brief and stormy military career of Airman Marvin Gaye (vets Jimi Hendrix and Jack Kerouac have recently been profiled). The late soul singer was drummed out of the Air Force in 1957 after only eight months of duty, according to the below documents from Gaye's official armed forces file (which we obtained via a Freedom of Information request from the National Personnel Records Center). According to his superiors, Gaye was uncooperative and lackadaisical. A military chaplain even declared that he "has no future value to the Air Force." When rehabilitation efforts failed, Gaye (who later added an 'e' to his surname) was discharged in June 1957. Gaye's recording career began a year later, when he joined The Marquees, a doo-wop group produced by Bo Diddley. While the military records do not refer to his musical ambitions, a medical history reveals that Gaye--who was gunned down by his father in 1984--had been previously shot by a relative. When he was 13, Gaye reported, his brother blasted him in the eye with a slingshot, an injury that led to an operation to correct his vision.


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1 posted on 09/14/2005 1:55:25 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: RDTF

Private citizen, history from 1957. Might be best to leave him alone.


2 posted on 09/14/2005 1:56:48 PM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: edcoil

Marvin's dead. If I remember right, his father shot him.


3 posted on 09/14/2005 1:58:34 PM PDT by janetgreen
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To: edcoil

Slow news day at TSG.


4 posted on 09/14/2005 1:59:17 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: RDTF

HHHmmm. Slow day for ya Huh.?


5 posted on 09/14/2005 2:01:25 PM PDT by Pompah
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To: RDTF

? so?


6 posted on 09/14/2005 2:02:20 PM PDT by GrandEagle
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To: RDTF

Ain't That Peculiar?


7 posted on 09/14/2005 2:02:20 PM PDT by Cagey
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To: RDTF

These profiles show why it's best to have an all volunteer armed services.


8 posted on 09/14/2005 2:08:50 PM PDT by edpc
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To: RDTF

Thus the policy of no Gayes in the military.


9 posted on 09/14/2005 2:10:04 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
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To: janetgreen; All

It's true.

Do you know what the last words Marvin Gaye ever heard were?

"This is gonna be the last .45 you'll ever listen to!"

Thank you very much. I'll be here all week.


10 posted on 09/14/2005 2:11:58 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Cagey

Well, I'll Be Doggone -- another Marvin fan. Can I Get A Witness bump.


11 posted on 09/14/2005 2:14:53 PM PDT by speedy
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To: Joe 6-pack

Why do I feel that you have been waiting for months to spring that line? Anyway, another tip of the topper to you, Joe.


12 posted on 09/14/2005 2:17:34 PM PDT by speedy
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To: speedy
What's going on?


I just bought an iPod and added a bunch of Marvin Gaye's hits to it and it sounds better than it ever did on my home stereo. The man made great music.
13 posted on 09/14/2005 2:19:44 PM PDT by Cagey
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To: Joe 6-pack
Thus the policy of no Gayes in the military.

ROTFLMAO!

14 posted on 09/14/2005 2:21:07 PM PDT by Zeroisanumber
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To: RDTF

I don't believe it, can I get a witness?


15 posted on 09/14/2005 2:21:18 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
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To: RDTF

Mercy, mercy me.


16 posted on 09/14/2005 2:22:46 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Zeroisanumber

he just needed some sexual healin


17 posted on 09/14/2005 2:24:08 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: Cagey

I concur, Cagey. I think if I had to choose only one Motown artist that I could listen to, it might be him (but the competition is pretty tough.) What an expressive voice. Even the early stuff was so good -- "Stubborn Kind Of Fellow" and "Pride and Joy." The duets with Tammi Terrell were wonderful. Another favorite is "One More Heartache." Oh yeah, and "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby." So many good ones.


18 posted on 09/14/2005 2:24:56 PM PDT by speedy
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"Why do I feel that you have been waiting for months to spring that line? "

I've been waiting my whole life to spring that line...you might call it my lifeline.

19 posted on 09/14/2005 2:26:47 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
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To: RDTF

First Katrina, now this! We're all going to die!


20 posted on 09/14/2005 2:28:15 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
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