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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.
Everybody Needs Love is the third studio album by Gladys Knight & the Pips and their first album for Motown Records' Soul imprint. The LP, chiefly produced by Norman Whitfield, features the singles "Just Walk in My Shoes" (the 1966 group's Motown debut), "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me", "Everybody Needs Love" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".
The video accompanying the song became among the earliest R&B videos to incorporate elements of hip-hop culture. The album also included the R&B hit "You're Number One (In My Book)". [ 3 ] After Knight partook in solo projects, including a No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 and R&B hit collaboration on the song, " That's What Friends Are For ", the group ...
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 ...
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Originally released in the US on the Soul label in 1967 with "Do You Love Me Just a Little, Honey" as the B-side, [1] the song only charted at number 98 on the Hot 100. [3] " Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me", however, did not chart on the national, Billboard's Top Selling R&B Singles chart.
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.
Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications Record label US [1]US R&B [1]CAN [3]UK [4]1970 Greatest Hits: 55 5 — — Soul: 1974 Anthology: 77 10 — — Motown