Gramps Tries - I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Classic - Lead Guitar Cover

"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 one on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and number two on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and shortly became the biggest-selling Motown single up to that time.

The Marvin Gaye version was the second to be recorded at the beginning of 1967 but the third to be released. A year and a half later, it was placed on his 1968 album In the Groove, which gained the attention of radio disc jockeys. The Gaye recording has since become an acclaimed soul classic.

In addition to being released several times by Motown artists, the song has been recorded by a range of musicians including Creedence Clearwater Revival, who made an eleven-minute interpretation for their 1970 album, Cosmo's Factory. The CCR version is the one in my wheelhouse.

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