Nick Ashford- California Soul

[Toodles1218]

RIP NICKOLAS ASHFORD

[employme09]

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell recorded this song before the Fifth Dimension.

Motown pushed the Onion Song as the initial 45 from the album Easy.

[AlexinaThakrar58860]

You can grab the audio-mp3 of this song at grabaudios doht cohm.

[nulifeagain]

awesome! thanks

[tahoeshgrl]

My understanding is that The Fifth Dimension wrote and first recorded this song. I agree with consensus, though, Marlena Shaw's version crushes the others like a grape.

[MotownConnoisseur30]

Ashford and Simpson wrote this song

[denknee]

@tahoeshgrl The 5th Dimension never WROTE any of their songs. They DID do a fine version of this song, tho, I must say.  Marlena Shaw's version is probably my fav tho.

[MsTexas73]

@denknee Actually, Lamonte' McLemore wrote two songs for the 5th Dimension..."A Love Like Ours" on the Portrait album and "the Singer" on the Love Lines Angles and Rhymes album.

[btinsley1]

Marvin & Tammi's version is more soulful than marlena's...

[laetitia255]

Listen Marlena Shaw-her version is the best!

[Supremeross]

I think the Messengers version predates the 5th Demenntions version and Tammi and Marvin's version as well, but definitely Motown.

[PhuckHue2]

5th Dimension version came out first

[MotownConnoisseur30]

The Messengers actually released the single first in 1967. This song is copyrighted by Jobete Music Catalog - Motown.

[PhuckHue2]

and Berry got all the royalties

[MsTexas73]

Thanks for correcting us...never knew baout their version...only that of all the known versions the 5th was first ...so thank you.

[pabc]

They are so talented!

[68NYC]

Hmmm-

I thought I heard them all!!

[anecia26]

Either way it was Motown. Nicholas Ashford was a writer for Motown at the time. Him and his wife wrote this song. If you listen closely you can hear James Jamerson on the bass and he was the Motown sound.