Saturday, November 24, 2018

Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending November 23, 1968


 The Gladys Knight & the Pips version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" spent 3 weeks at #2 in late 1967.  Just over a year later, Marvin Gaye's interpretation held the #1 spot for 7 weeks in early 1969. 

Related link:
The Life of a Song: ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’.   (Financial Times, 10/23/2015)



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