THE GRAPEVINE

[emandvee]

I would like to know who recorded "I Heard It On The Grapevine" first, Marvin Gaye or CCR, many thanx.

[kuchiku]

believe it was the temptations, before either of these two.. not absolutley positive, but pretty sure ;~)

[mcmikeymike]

I was thinking it was Gladys Knight and the Pips, but out of the two acts mentioned it would have been Marvin Gaye who made the song popular.  THE definitive version.

[bobbyx]

It was Martha Reeves who did the original version, although Marvin's is the most famous & it's the arrangement on his version that people would usually cover since.

[sprogglin]

i really like both Marvin's version, and the extended rockier version by Creedence Clearwater Revival, i know this doesn't add  to the above answers, but its not often you get CCR mentioned!

[rolowe]

The original was was recorded by Credence Clearwater Revival & written by John Fogarty the bands lead singer

[deejbee]

The Marvin Gaye/Gladys Knight version was written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, so did CCR do a totally different song?

[deejbee]

Same song actually - found this on songfacts.com:

Creedence Clearwater Revival released an 11-minute version in 1970. It was one of the few songs CCR recorded that they didn't write.