Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. [2] 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.
Co-written with Norman Whitfield: 2 — — — 47 [25] 1967 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Recorded by Marvin Gaye Co-written with Whitfield — — 8 88 1 [26] [27] [28] 1971 "Just My Imagination" Recorded by the Temptations Co-written with Whitfield: 1 1 72 — 8 [25] [29] 1972 "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" Recorded by the Undisputed Truth ...
The Gladys Knight & the Pips' version was the best-selling Motown single so far, but it was surpassed a year later by Gaye's version. In 1969, Whitfield won three BMI Awards for the songs "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "I Wish It Would Rain," and "You're My Everything." [7]
McDowell also wrote a Christian book named The ONE: ... When sharing her secret to living a healthy marriage, the "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" singer shared that she put trust in God first ...
Everybody Needs Love is the third studio album by Gladys Knight & the Pips and their first album for Motown Records' Soul imprint. The LP, chiefly produced by Norman Whitfield, features the singles "Just Walk in My Shoes" (the 1966 group's Motown debut), "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me", "Everybody Needs Love" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".
Song: “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye. Reba said: “You never disappoint. Your talent is different than anybody else on the show. I was very proud of you tonight. Danny ...
Knight in 1974. Gladys Knight & the Pips joined the Motown Records roster in 1966 (with only three hits to their credit - "Every Beat of My Heart", "Giving Up" and "Letter Full of Tears"), [16] and, although initially regarded as a second-string act by the label, scored several major hit singles, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (#1 in 1967) (released later by Marvin Gaye), "The ...
Together with his wife, the African-American actress Pat Hartley (who appeared in several Andy Warhol films, as well as Rainbow Bridge and Absolute Beginners), he co-founded Grapevine Productions in order to produce their work, including feature-length documentaries I Heard it Through the Grapevine (1982), in which writer James Baldwin revisits ...