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September 2024
Frankie Beverly obituary
American singer, musician and founder of the R&B band Maze whose sensual voice was at the core of their sound
April 2024
The reader interview
‘I’ve used hairbrushes, spatulas, car keys, apples ...’ Sheila E on drumming with Prince, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and more
The Latin music legend – back, at 66, with her first salsa album – answers your questions on her star collaborations, screen chemistry, and what she and Stevie Wonder still can’t agree on
March 2024
Collection of unreleased Marvin Gaye songs found in Belgium
From Nina Simone and Bob Marley to Goldie and Salt-N-Pepa: a who’s who of Black popular music – in pictures
May 2023
Ed Sheeran beats second lawsuit over Thinking Out Loud and Let’s Get It On
Sheeran prevails two weeks after winning copyright case that also alleged similarities with Marvin Gaye’s 1973 hit
Ed Sheeran on copyright infringement lawsuit: ‘Comes with the territory’
Singer-songwriter makes comments two days after New York jury ruled in his favor in Marvin Gaye lawsuit
Ed Sheeran cleared of infringing copyright in Marvin Gaye lawsuit
Case centered on whether Sheeran’s hit Thinking Out Loud ripped off Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On
April 2023
Ed Sheeran sings in court as part of Marvin Gaye copyright case
‘At 83, I still feel sexual’: Smokey Robinson on love, joy, drugs, Motown – and his affair with Diana Ross
Ed Sheeran testifies in Marvin Gaye copyright case: ‘Most pop songs can fit over most pop songs’
Ed Sheeran-Marvin Gaye copyright trial to begin in New York
January 2023
Barrett Strong: the Motown hitmaker was modest almost to a fault
Stevie Chick
Though he was quick to credit others’ contributions, Strong’s songwriting was absolutely critical to the label that remade American pop music
December 2022
Santa Claus is coming to frown! Why the best Christmas songs are sad and slow
Who says festive numbers have to be merry? Marvin Gaye’s prisoner-of-war lament is a touching treat – while Prince’s track about a guy getting over a yuletide death with banana daiquiris is the jewel of the genre
September 2022
Ed Sheeran to stand trial in US over Let’s Get It On copyright complaint
Singer accused of copying his 2014 hit song Thinking Out Loud from Marvin Gaye classic
Brief letters
Spare a thought for us arachnophobes this autumn
Brief letters: Spider horrors | Wadded against winter | Northumberland blackberries | Marvin Gaye songs for lovers | Writing letters
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The power of speech in Ambridge
Brief letters: The Archers comes clean | Getting it on | Lessons from Leningrad | Blackberry week | Counting storms | Proper penmanship
August 2022
Lamont Dozier: the Motown master craftsman who created miracles under pressure
As one third of a legendary songwriting and production partnership, Dozier produced a slew of indelible hits that expressed the joy and frustration of a whole generation
May 2022
The Guide newsletter
The Guide #36: From Marvin Gaye to the Macarena, inside one man’s quest to review over 1,000 US No 1s
In this week’s newsletter: Why Stereogum’s Tom Breihan is listening back to every Billboard No 1 hit and grading them out of ten (yes, even The Chipmunk Song)
October 2021
Ranked
The greatest songs about the climate crisis – ranked!
As Cop26 opens in Glasgow, we provide the soundtrack, ranging from Gojira’s metal fury to gorgeous environmental paeans by Childish Gambino, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell
July 2021
‘The happiest song on earth’: 20 tracks to cure a bad mood
To help readers through the latest lockdowns, Guardian Australia staff nominated the songs that never fail them. The resulting playlist is … well, deranged
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