I don't know artist or title, just this verse. "Marvin, he was a friend of mine". It came out in the 80's, and was about some of the musicians who had passed away, Marvin Gaye was one of them. That's all I can remember.
"Tell me, does it move you, Does it soothe you, Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock & roll? When you can't get through it you can listen to it with a 'na na na na', Well I've been there before" -"Been There Before" by Hanson