You're All I Need

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You're All I Need was the second album by soul music duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, released by Tamla (Motown) Records in 1968. Entirely written and produced by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson (who composed three of the songs on the first Gaye/Terrell duest LP, United), You're All I Need features two Top 10 Billboard Pop Singles hits, "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "You're All I Need to Get By". It peaked at #60 on the Billboard Pop Album Charts.

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Soul music - Marvin Gaye - Tammi Terrell - Motown - 1968 - Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson - United - Billboard Pop Singles - Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - You're All I Need to Get By - Billboard - Pop Album Charts

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Although it was the second of three official Gaye/Terrell albums released by Motown, You're All I Need is technically the duo's final album. The album was recorded in 1967 at about the time United was released. During that period, Tammi Terrell collapsed onstage while performing with Gaye at the Hampton University homecoming in Virginia. She was later diagnosed with a brain tumor, and could no longer perform live, although she still recorded for as long as she was capable. When Terrell could no longer record, Ashford and Simpson resorted to having Gaye overdub his vocals on two archived Tammi Terrell solo recordings. The final Gaye/Terrell album, Easy, would be completed by having Valerie Simpson fill in for Tammi Terrell on most of the album's songs.

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1967 - Hampton University - Homecoming - Virginia - Brain tumor - Easy

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The hit title track was later revived 25 years later as a duet between rapper Method Man and hip-hop soul singer Mary J. Blige. Their rendtion, titled "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need", won the Method Man and Blige a Grammy Award for Best Rap Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group in 1995.

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Method Man - Hip-hop soul - Mary J. Blige - Grammy Award - Best Rap Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group - 1995

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