in  marvin gaye went to new york to record a series of ballads with arranger bobby scott as gaye continued his attempts to become a successful pop crooner sessions ended abruptly however when gaye felt the recordings were too poor for his liking disappointed he stopped pursuing a career as a crooner while recording pop hits for motown in  two years after buying his own studio and shortly after reworking the live album live at the london palladium gaye began to return to finishing up work on his shelved ballads project