DIED. MARV JOHNSON, 54, soul vocalist; after a stroke; in Columbia, South Carolina. If recording impresario Berry Gordy was the brains of the Motown sound, Johnson was its original soul. His 1959 hit, Come to Me, was the earliest example of what would become the universally recognized, best-selling Motown sound: gospel backgrounds fused with rhythm-and-blues and a white-friendly theme. Subsequent Gordy-Johnson collaborations included Top 10 hits You Got What It Takes and I Love the Way You Love.