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November 3rd, 1965: Sixth studio album from Marvin Gaye
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November 1st, 1965 - Soul singer/songwriter Marvin Gaye released his sixth studio album, A Tribute to the Great Nat King Cole. Cole had died from lung cancer in February that same year at only forty-five years old.
Listen below to two tracks from the album: "Unforgettable" and "Straighten Up and Fly Right".
A Tribute to the Great Nat King Cole:
01 Nature Boy
02 Ramblin' Rose
03 Too Young
04 Pretend
05 Straighten Up and Fly Right
06 Mona Lisa
07 Unforgettable
08 To the Ends of the Earth
09 Sweet Lorraine
10 It's Only a Paper Moon
11 Send for Me
12 Calypso Blues
Read about Gaye's single, "Ain't That Peculiar", released only a few weeks earlier, here.
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