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"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. [2] The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for Gladys Knight & the Pips and released as a single in September 1967.
In 1975, the group scored a mid-season variety series, The Gladys Knight & the Pips Show, that aired for four episodes on NBC. [3] During this time, the group recorded more hit singles, including "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)", "Part-Time Love", "Love Finds Its Own Way" and the live recording, "The Way We Were/Try to Remember". [3]
"Everybody Needs Love", which peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, was Knight & the Pips first major Motown hit, but "Grapevine", which peaked at number 2, was a major success for the group and Motown. Selling over 2.5 million copies, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" became Motown's best-selling single to that point. [3]
1967 "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" b/w "Do You Love Me Just a Little, Honey" 98 — — — — 13 "Everybody Needs Love" b/w "Stepping Closer to Your Heart" (from Anthology) 39 3 — — 33 — "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" b/w "It's Time to Go Now" (from Feelin' Bluesy) 2 1 — — 5 47 1968 "The End of Our Road" b/w "Don't Let Her ...
Knight in 1974. Gladys Knight & the Pips joined the Motown Records roster in 1966 (with only three hits to their credit - "Every Beat of My Heart", "Giving Up" and "Letter Full of Tears"), [16] and, although initially regarded as a second-string act by the label, scored several major hit singles, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (#1 in 1967) (released later by Marvin Gaye), "The ...
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. [2]
1967 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips Co-written with Norman Whitfield: 2 — — — 47 [25] 1967 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Recorded by Marvin Gaye Co-written with Whitfield — — 8 88 1 [26] [27] [28] 1971 "Just My Imagination" Recorded by the Temptations Co-written with Whitfield: 1 1 72 ...
William Franklin Guest (June 2, 1941 – December 24, 2015) was an American R&B/soul singer best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips [1] [2] along with his cousins Gladys Knight, Merald "Bubba" Knight and Edward Patten. Guest was a member of the group for its entire history, from 1952 to 1989.