55 years ago today, Marvin Gaye released What's Going On, a landmark LP in pop music history. The concept album flowed with songs written from the point of view of a Vietnam veteran returning to the US, and seeing only hatred, suffering, and injustice.
Regarded as one of the greatest albums of the 20th century, the artist himself produced it—a first for Motown which had resisted any protest themes—yet they finally released it, and it became Motown's best-selling album to date. WATCH a segment from the Biography documentary, What’s Going On... (1971)
