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I've always enjoyed the more popular versions of this tune by Gladys Knight and the Pips and Marvin Gaye, but Creedence Clearwater Revival's interpretation always appealed to me as the "gritty" version, like many of their hits. The first one below is the original 11-minute album cut, but a shorter four-minute one is also attached if you want to zip through it instead. The short recording was issued as a single, supposedly against the band's wishes.
The song had an interesting history. Written by Motown's Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, it was recorded first by the Miracles (before the later Gaye and Knight recordings), but Berry Gordy seemed resistant to releasing any of them until finally agreeing to issue the Knight one, the last to be recorded. It went big, encouraging the release of Gaye's version, which topped Billboard's charts for seven weeks.
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Great choice! And I'm glad you chose Creedence. I like the Gladys Knight and Marvin Gaye versions but I like this one best. What a classic.
As much as I like his singing voice I can't stand Fogerty's speaking voice. I tried listening to his book via audio and I just couldn't tolerate it long enough to finish it.
I also watched most of his conversation with Rogan a few months ago. It was so-so. Rick Springfield with Rogan was much more interesting.
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Thank you so much for this. I’m going to check out every version now and luxuriate in some youthful memories.
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And it sold a lot of California raisins,.
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All of the above-mentioned versions are good. It isn't as well known because it wasn't released as a single, but I really dig the Ronnie Milsap version.
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Dang! That's good!
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