what is the origin of the name marvin
Welsh the Welsh name Mervyn
title: Lee Marvin text: BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, an NBR Award, and the Silver Bear for Best Actor. Marvin was born in New York City. He was the son of two working professionals, Lamont Waltman Marvin, an advertising executive and later the head of the New York and New England Apple Institute, and Courtenay Washington (née Davidge), a well respected fashion and beauty writer/editor. As with his elder brother, Robert, he was named in honor of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who was his first cousin, four times removed. His father was a direct descendant of Matthew Marvin Sr., who emigrated from title: Marvin Gay Sr. text: boy." Following Marvin's musical career beginnings, he refused to be in the same room with his father for a number of years. This decision led to Marvin adding an "e" to his final name, which, it was stated, was done to quiet any rumors of his own sexual orientation, to emulate his idol Sam Cooke and to add more distance from his father. After Marvin had found musical stardom at Motown, he purchased a house on the corner of Fifteenth and Varnum in a black middle-class section of Washington, D.C. and moved his parents out of the projects and into title: Marvin Gaye text: his death, many institutions have posthumously bestowed Gaye with awards and other honors—including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Gaye was born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. on April 2, 1939, at Freedman's Hospital in Washington, D.C., to church minister Marvin Gay Sr., and domestic worker Alberta Gay (née Cooper). His first home was in a public housing project, the Fairfax Apartments (now demolished) at 1617 1st Street SW in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood. Although one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, title: Marvin Gaye (song) text: Marvin Gaye (song) "Marvin Gaye" is the debut single recorded by American singer Charlie Puth featuring American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor. Atlantic Records released it on February 10, 2015, as the lead single from Puth's debut album, "Nine Track Mind" (2016), which first appeared on his third EP, "Some Type of Love" (2015). Puth co-wrote it with Julie Frost, Jacob Luttrell and Nick Seeley, and produced it alone. "Marvin Gaye" topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, and New Zealand, and peaked within the top 5 in Australia. Marc Klasfeld directed the music video, which was released on April title: Hank Marvin text: United States, South Africa and Thailand. Marvin also participated on one of his DVDs and wrote the foreword for Danel's book about the Fender Stratocaster. While Welch and Bennett became the Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to music, Marvin declined for "personal reasons". On 28 October 2009, Marvin was presented with a BASCA Gold Badge Award in recognition of his unique contribution to music. In London, "Hank Marvin" is cockney rhyming slang for "starvin" ("starving"). This slang, originally conceived by Marc Lowry of Leicester in 1978, was