"What You Gave Me" is a hit duet written and produced by Ashford &Simpson and issued as a single originally by the vocal duo of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1969 on the Tamla label.
Recorded in the final throes of the Gaye-Terrell duet recordings,the song became the second single from their album,Easy. As with much of the album,there is debate over who sang with Gaye:Terrell,who was undergoing treatment for brain cancer,or the track's co-writer and co-producer,Valerie Simpson.
While Gaye later insisted that Simpson stood in for Terrell,Simpson has maintained that Terrell took part in the recordings. Whatever the case,the song gave the duo a modest charting,peaking at number forty-nine pop and number six R&B.[1]
Cash Box described it as a "finely honed vocal collaboration."[2]
David Ruffin also recorded the song for his 1969 album Feelin' Good. It was revived years later as a club hit by Diana Ross in 1978. Her version peaked at #86 on the R&B charts.
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