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Nevilledog

(51,079 posts) Sun Feb 20, 2022, 09:33 PM Feb 2022

Marvin Gaye singing the national anthem at the 1983 NBA All-Star game

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Marvin Gaye singing the national anthem at the 1983 NBA All-Star game (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2022 OP

Marvelous. Until Whitney Houston's version in the 90's during the Desert Storm war... brush Feb 2022 #1

Love, love, love Marvin Gaye!! Sogo Feb 2022 #2

Bookmark for tomor. Bayard Feb 2022 #3

brush

(53,764 posts)

1. Marvelous. Until Whitney Houston's version in the 90's during the Desert Storm war...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 09:50 PM

Feb 2022

this was the most soulful and powerful version.

Smokey Robinson, BTW, did a beautiful medley of the "Star Spangled Banner" and "American the Beautiful" during the '80s.