The song was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong and originally recorded by The Temptations. This recording was released as a single back in 1969 by Cuban-born Latin Jazz percussionist, Mongo Santamaria and featuring some blazing sax work by Grant Reed. Mongo was most famous for his recording of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" and for writing the John Coltrane … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Cloud Nine” by Mongo Santamaria