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"Midnight Train to Georgia" is a song most famously performed by Gladys Knight & the Pips, their second release after departing Motown Records for Buddah Records. Written by Jim Weatherly, and included on the Pips' 1973 LP Imagination, "Midnight Train to Georgia" became the group's first single to top the Billboard Hot 100.
"Midnight Train to Georgia" Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: Won "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: Won 1974 "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus: Nominated 1975 "The Way We Were"/"Try to Remember"
On March 2, 1974, at the Grammy Awards ceremony, Gladys Knight & The Pips won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Neither One of Us". Previously that same night, they had won their first Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Midnight Train to Georgia".
In her new musical memoir, Danyel Smith plumbs the underappreciated genius of Gladys Knight, and her group's forlorn masterpiece, 'Midnight Train to Georgia.'
For example, "Midnight Train to Georgia" hit the Top 5 of the UK singles chart in the summer of 1976, a full three years after its success in the U.S. Knight and the Pips continued to have hits until the late 1970s, when they were forced to record separately due to legal issues, resulting in Knight's first solo LP recordings— Miss Gladys ...
Gladys Knight & The Pips is the second studio album by Gladys Knight & the Pips, released on the Maxx Records label in 1965, before the group was signed by Motown Records. Maxx Records was established by Larry Maxwell of Riverside Records , and this album was the first record to be produced by him on the Maxx label.
Gladys Knight & the Pips - “Midnight Train to Georgia” (from Season 2, Episode 4) Edgar Winter Group - "Frankenstein" (from Season 1, Episode 33) Spinners - "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" (from Season 1, Episode 3) Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly" (from Season 1, Episode 20)
A Single credited to The Pips but nonetheless featuring Gladys Knight; the group's name change to Gladys Knight & the Pips hadn't taken place yet; B Recording by The Pips alone without Gladys Knight; C Single credited to Gladys Knight alone; may be a solo recording; D Single credited to Gladys Knight with "vocal background by the Pips"