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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 ".
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".
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
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 and the Pips - 38 35 "Happy Endings" Ashford & Simpson - 35 - "Bourgie', Bourgie'" Gladys Knight and the Pips - 45 32 1981 "Bad Company" Ullanda McCullough - 36 - "I Ain't Asking" Phyllis Hyman - "I Will Fight" Gladys Knight and the Pips - 21 - "If That'll Make You Happy " Gladys Knight and the Pips - 37 - "Get Out Your ...
"It's Time to Go Now" is the b-side of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," their version released a year before that by Marvin Gaye. The song "Here I Am Again," already issued on the If I Were Your Woman album of 1971, was initially slated to be a single, Soul 35111 for a November 1973 release date. It was withdrawn, with that single ...
Rodger L. Penzabene (1945 – December 31, 1967) was an American songwriter for the Motown label. Among his most notable compositions as a lyricist are "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" by Gladys Knight & the Pips; "The End of Our Road" by Gladys Knight & the Pips and Marvin Gaye; and a trilogy of hits for The Temptations: "You're My Everything", "I Wish It Would Rain", and "I Could Never ...