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Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
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"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)", often shortened to "Inner City Blues", is a song by Marvin Gaye, released as the third and final single, and the climactic song from his 1971 landmark album, What's Going On. Written by Gaye and James Nyx Jr., the song depicts the ghettos and bleak economic situations of inner-city America, and the emotional effects these have on inhabitants.
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
What's Going On (album)
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What's Going On is the eleventh studio album by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. It was released on May 21, 1971, by the Motown Records subsidiary label Tamla. Recorded between 1970 and 1971 in sessions at Hitsville U.S.A., Golden World, United Sound Studios in Detroit, and at The Sound Factory in West Hollywood, California, it was Gaye's first album to credit him as producer and to credit Motown's in-house session musicians, known as the Funk Brothers.
What's Going On (album)
What's Going On (album)
Gaye experienced personal and professional turmoil in the late 1960s and part of his refocusing on music was attending concerts from the Detroit Symph
Gaye experienced personal and professional turmoil in the late 1960s and part of his refocusing on music was attending concerts from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center.
Fellow soul singer Renaldo Benson inspired Gaye to write about political themes and social change in his music.
Fellow soul singer Renaldo Benson inspired Gaye to write about political themes and social change in his music.
Gaye recorded the album at Motown's in-house studio Hitsville U.S.A. (since converted into a museum)
Gaye recorded the album at Motown's in-house studio Hitsville U.S.A. (since converted into a museum)