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When did I heard it through the Grapevine come out?

When did I heard it through the Grapevine come out?

“I Heard It Through the Grapevine” is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for Gladys Knight & the Pips and released as a single in September 1967; it went to number two in the Billboard chart.

When did Gladys Knight and the Pips start?

Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown’s “Soul” record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1967) and “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973).

Who are the members of Gladys Knight’s band?

The longest-lived incarnation of the act featured Gladys Knight on lead vocals, with The Pips, who included her brother Merald “Bubba” Knight and their cousins Edward Patten and William Guest, as backup singers. more » Notify me of new comments via email. We’re doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.

Gaye’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” eventually outsold the Pips’, and until The Jackson 5 ‘s ” I’ll Be There ” 20 months later, was the biggest hit single of all time on the Motown label. It stayed at the top of the Billboard Pop Singles chart for seven weeks, from December 14, 1968 to January 25, 1969.

When did Marvin Gaye release the song Grapevine?

In September 1968, Whitfield added “Grapevine” to Gaye’s new album In the Groove. On release “Grapevine” became a radio hit and, according to Gordy himself, “The DJs played it so much off the album that we had to release it as a single”. So Gaye’s version was released as a single on October 30, 1968.

When was Marvin Gaye’s version of I heard it through the air recorded?

The Marvin Gaye version was the second to be recorded, in the beginning of 1967, but the third to be released.

When did the song Grapevine by Tiesto come out?

” Grapevine ” is a song by Dutch disc jockey and producer Tiësto. It was released on 26 October 2018 in the Netherlands on Musical Freedom.

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