Divided Soul, David Ritz
Divided Soul, David Ritz
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Divided Soul
The Life of Marvin Gaye

Author: David Ritz

Narrator: Dion Graham

Abridged: 6 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/07/2008


Synopsis

In this intimate biography of the Prince of Soul, David Ritz provides a candid look at a star and a friend. Ritz had been collaborating with Marvin Gaye on his story for several years before the singers tragic death and had conducted a series of extraordinary interviews in which Gaye discussed his deepest secrets. What emerges is a fullscale portrait of a charming but tortured artist, a brilliant singer with a divided soul. Here is Marvins story, from his early years in the slums of Washington, D.C., to his rise to the top of the Motown industry, his fall from grace, his comeback, and finally his sudden, shocking end at the hands of his own father. But it is also the story of his glorious music and the music of black America over the past fifty years, an epic tale whose cast of characters includes Diana Ross, Berry Gordie, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder.

Author Bio

David Ritz is a songwriter who has collaborated with stars like Janet Jackson and Marvin Gaye, as well as a renowned ghostwriter who has authored more than fifty books for some of the biggest stars in music: Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Lenny Kravitz, Joe Perry, Smokey Robinson, Don Rickles, and Willie Nelson, to name a few. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Essence, People, Art Connoisseur, and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles with Roberta, his wife of nearly fifty years.

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