Music To Our Ears: 15 Songs To Start A Revolution
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Iva Anthony
Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?”
Marvin Gaye is known for making baby-making music but on his “What’s Going On” album he got very political with the title track. In 1969, one of the song’s writers Renaldo Benson witnessed first hand police attacking anti-war activists in Berkley, CA in what would become known as Bloody Thursday. Watching the scene unfold in front of him, Benson asked no one in general, “What is going on?” He presented the title to Gaye and soon a hit song was born.
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