The guitarist also co-wrote I'll Be Doggone and Ain't That Peculiar for Marvin Gaye in the mid-60s.
The Marvin Gaye Story runs11 May to 29 July at the Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center .
But, to misquote Mr Marvin Gaye, it is not clear that "statistical healing is good for me".
And Maxwell didn't rely on AutoTune (the sound-doctoring software) to create these elaborate, Marvin Gaye-style vocal chorales.
It's as if you had made a version of Marvin Gaye's album, What's Going On, for the 21st century.
Other standouts include Charl Brown as Smokey Robinson, Saycon Sengbloh as Martha Reeves and Bryan Terrell Clark as Marvin Gaye.
Amy Winehouse sang Marvin Gaye's I Heard it Through the Grapevine with Paul Weller at the Roundhouse in 2006 as part of the BBC'S Electric Proms.
Politicians have for years larded voter lists with the names of foreign musicians, including deceased ones like Marvin Gaye, and have stuffed ballot boxes with abandon.
Motown the Musical, which features songs by Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye, was called a "mess" by Variety's reviewer when it opened in mid-April.
"You take an Al Green record, or something by Marvin Gaye ... when you hear those timeless records, there's not too much that can compare to that kind of stuff, " James says.
Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan - the best ones, you know, the ones that really were - imply something specific, but don't trap themselves in that, you know, the tar pit of that moment.
Their other hits include Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing, one of several tracks written for duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and Diana Ross's first solo single, Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand).
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Mary J Blige, Bono, Destiny's Child and Michael Stipe are among the artists who have contributed to the single - a version of the Marvin Gaye classic What's Going On?
They played behind Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and all the rest, played on more monster hits than the Beatles, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys combined.
Part of the proceeds from an all-star version of the Marvin Gaye classic "What's Going On, " recorded by U2's Bono and several others -- originally intended to fight AIDS in Africa -- will now go to terrorist-victim charities.
In soul music, artists such as James Brown with "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" and Marvin Gaye with his album "What's Going On" became spokespersons for the civil rights movement of the late 1960s.
Certain purists may raise their eyebrows at the inclusion of the likes of Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin, but the influences they share with the jazz mainstream give them credibility, and no one will disagree with the bulk of the stars represented.
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