The Norman Whitfield Sessions is compilation album of songs by
Marvin Gaye from 1962 to 1969. The album covers the
Norman Whitfield-produced sessions of
soul singer Marvin Gaye's late sixties period as he moved away from teen pop-driven R&B songs that made him a pop star. It covers more mature, grittier and
funkier material as Whitfield guided the direction of Gaye's career, the high point being the 1968 song, "
I Heard It Through the Grapevine", which became Gaye's first international smash. Other hits during that period included the more upbeat "
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby", the darker "
That's the Way Love Is" and "The End of Our Road". The collection includes "Wherever I Lay My Hat", which Whitfield co-penned and produced with Gaye on his That Stubborn Kinda Fellow; the song was covered by
British singer
Paul Young. There are covers of
rock songs such as "
Groovin'", "
Yesterday", "
Abraham, Martin & John" and two
Temptations covers ("
Cloud Nine" and "
I Wish It Would Rain").
The Norman Whitfield Sessions is compilation album of songs by
Marvin Gaye from 1962 to 1969. The album covers the
Norman Whitfield-produced sessions of
soul singer Marvin Gaye's late sixties period as he moved away from teen pop-driven R&B songs that made him a pop star. It covers more mature, grittier and
funkier material as Whitfield guided the direction of Gaye's career, the high point being the 1968 song, "
I Heard It Through the Grapevine", which became Gaye's first international smash. Other hits during that period included the more upbeat "
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby", the darker "
That's the Way Love Is" and "The End of Our Road". The collection includes "Wherever I Lay My Hat", which Whitfield co-penned and produced with Gaye on his That Stubborn Kinda Fellow; the song was covered by
British singer
Paul Young. There are covers of
rock songs such as "
Groovin'", "
Yesterday", "
Abraham, Martin & John" and two
Temptations covers ("
Cloud Nine" and "
I Wish It Would Rain").