The California Soul collection
"California Soul" is a pop-soul tune written by Ashford & Simpson, issued originally as a single by American pop quintet The 5th Dimension in late 1968. It was also covered by Motown vocal duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell the next year and was the duo's last single together when released in early 1970.
Both the 5th Dimension's version and the Gaye/Terrell version were modest charted hits. The original performed better reaching number twenty-five on the pop singles chart, while Marvin and Tammi's cover reached number fifty-six pop but never charted R&B. The duet was released after Terrell's death from a brain tumor in March 1970.
The song was a socially conscious-type of song advocating love and peace.
In 1969 Marlena Shaw also did a version of the song (on the album The Spice of Life, Cadet records) which is now featured in a Dockers commercial circa 2008. The Diplo remix appears on the Verve Remixed volume 4 compilation album.
But this song has a lot of others versions, so i put the ones that i like the most, feel free to download the Mix!
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