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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"
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 ...
In her new musical memoir, Danyel Smith plumbs the underappreciated genius of Gladys Knight, and her group's forlorn masterpiece, 'Midnight Train to Georgia.'
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".
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Imagination is the eleventh studio album recorded by American R&B group Gladys Knight & the Pips, released in October 1973 on the Buddah label. The album, the group's first for Buddah after leaving Motown, includes their first and only Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit "Midnight Train to Georgia", which also reached number-one on the R&B singles chart.
Although not unanimously praised by critics, the episode attracted generally positive reviews and was particularly appreciated for its cast's rendition of the 1973 Gladys Knight & the Pips hit "Midnight Train to Georgia". Liz also sings a snippet of Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know" when leaving a message for the co-op board.