Who originally sang"I Heard it Through the Grapevine"?

Answer 1

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles recorded it in 1967, but their version was never released. Gladys Knight and the Pips came out with it first, in 1967, and it was a hit, but it was the Marvin Gaye version in 1968 that brought the song into the popular mainstream.

Answer 2

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles recorded it first BUT it wasn't released until 1998.

Music and lyrics by Barrett Strong, Norman Jesse Whitfield
Others included:
Gladys Knight & The Pips (September 1967)
King Curtis (1968)
Ike and Tina Turner (1968)
Marvin Gaye (August 1968)
Ella Fitzgerald (1970)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (July 1970)
Albino Gorilla (1971)
The Undisputed Truth (July 1971)
Earl Klugh (1976)
Joe Cocker (1978)
The Flying Pickets (1984)
California Raisins (1988)
The Soultans (February 24, 1997)
The King (October 5, 1998)
Beki Bondage (2000)
Emmerson Nogueira (2003)
Michael McDonald (2003)
Bill Frisell (August 9, 2005)

Answer 3

Gladys Knight and the Pips 1967, Marvin Gaye 1968

Answer 4

"I Heard It through the Grapevine" is an R&B/soul song written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1967. Whitfield recorded several different versions of the song with several different Motown acts, and two of those versions became hits: one version by Gladys Knight & the Pips became a number-two hit in the United States in 1967, while a version by Marvin Gaye became a number-one hit in the U.S. in 1968.

Answer 5

"I Heard It through the Grapevine" is an R&B/soul song written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1967. Whitfield recorded several different versions of the song with several different Motown acts, and two of those versions became hits: one version by Gladys Knight & the Pips became a number-two hit in the United States in 1967, while a version by Marvin Gaye became a number-one hit in the U.S. in 1968.

Gaye's version, the most notable recording of the song, was his first number-one hit, and was the most successful single released by Motown in the 1960s. Since the releases of the original hit versions of the song, "I Heard It through the Grapevine" has been heavily covered, most notably an extended 1970 version by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Answer 6

Gladys Knight and the Pips then Marvin Gaye

Answer 7

Gladys Knight & The Pips did it first in 1967. A year later Marvin Gaye did his famous take on the song. I like them both, but I like Glady's version best. Its got more of a beat and soul to it in my opinion.

Answer 8

Marvin Gaye

Answer 9

Marvin Gaye

Answer 10

Marvin Gaye