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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".
2001 Gladys Knight & the Pips inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. 2006 Gladys Knight & the Pips inducted into the Apollo Theater's Hall of Fame. 2009 Gladys Knight & the Pips inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. [23] 2018 Gladys Knight & The Pips are again inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame ("I Heard It Through The Grapevine") [24]
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 ...
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.
In 1961, Gladys Knight & the Pips recorded the song as their debut single on the Vee-Jay label. Credited to 'the Pips', it was the first of ten releases by the group to make it to No. 1 on the US Billboard R&B chart. It was also the group's first top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
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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"