In the Groove

by Marvin Gaye

Overview

Never overly reliant on the Holland-Dozier-Holland machine, Marvin Gaye weathered their departure pretty well, turning to Norman Whitfield (for the epochal "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"), as well as Ivory Joe Hunter, Ashford & Simpson, Frank Wilson, and, for two songs, his own pen. One of Gaye's other R&B hits from In the Groove, the impassioned "You," is in the Four Tops style (it's patterned after "Reach Out"), while "Chained" is another brilliant performance and production of a sub-standard tune. The Brill Building standard "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "There Goes My Baby" were early-'60s throwbacks in sound and feel, quite a jarring effect in context. After "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" became one of the biggest hits of 1968, Motown re-released In the Groove as I Heard It Through the Grapevine. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	09/13/2024
Label:	Motown
UPC:	8435395504307
Rank:	51369

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Marvin Gaye   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

George Gordy   Composer
Norman Whitfield   Composer
Frank Edward Wilson   Composer
Frank Wilson   Composer
Stephen Bowden   Composer
Jack Coga   Composer
Rosemary Gordy   Composer
Allen Story   Composer
Susan Bowden   Composer
Ivy Jo Hunter   Composer
Jack Goga   Composer
J. Frank Wilson   Composer
Barrett Strong   Composer
Elgie Stover   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Carole King   Composer
Robert Gordy   Composer
Valerie Simpson   Composer
Lover Patterson   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer
Jeffrey Bowen   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
George Treadwell   Composer
Anna Gordy Gaye   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Ivory Joe Hunter   Composer
Benjamin Nelson   Composer
John Ellison   Composer
Nickolas Ashford   Composer