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Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:28 AM Monday

Marvin Gaye, Legend - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 🌏


Album, 'What's Going On,' 1971. 🌟
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Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (né Gay; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American R&B and soul singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, a solo artist with a string of successes, which earned him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul". Gaye is often considered one of the greatest singers of all time..
"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" is the 2nd single from American singer-songwriter Marvin Gaye's 1971 album, What's Going On. Following the breakthrough of the title track's success, the song, written solely by Gaye, became regarded as one of popular music's most poignant anthems of sorrow regarding the environment.. The song rose to no. 4 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart and number one for 2 weeks on the R&B Singles charts on Aug. 14 - 27, 1971...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Mercy_Me_(The_Ecology)

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