55 years ago today, Marvin Gaye released “What’s Going On”, a song that didn’t just ask a question, but changed the direction of music forever. The song’s story began with Four Tops member Renaldo “Obie” Benson, inspired after witnessing police violence against anti-Vietnam War protesters in Berkeley. He brought the song to Marvin Gaye, whose brother had just returned from the war and whose cousin had died in it. With lyrics that confronted social unrest and questioned the war itself, the song c
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55 years ago today, Marvin Gaye released “What’s Going On”, a song that didn’t just ask a question, but changed the direction of music forever. The song’s story began with Four Tops member Renaldo “Obie” Benson, inspired after witnessing police violence against anti-Vietnam War protesters in Berkeley. He brought the song to Marvin Gaye, whose brother had just returned from the war and whose cousin had died in it. With lyrics that confronted social unrest and questioned the war itself, the song c
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