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Gladys Knight & the Pips are ranked as the ninth most successful act in The Billboard Top 40 Book of R&B and Hip-Hop Hits (2005). They were also ranked No. 91 on VH1's Top 100 Artists of Rock n' Roll. In June 2006, Gladys Knight & the Pips were inducted into the Apollo Theater's Hall of Fame in New York City. In 2017 the group was inducted into ...
Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" eventually outsold the Pips', and until The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" 20 months later, was the biggest hit single of all time on the Motown label. It stayed at the top of the Billboard Pop Singles chart [ 25 ] for seven weeks, from December 14, 1968, to January 25, 1969. [ 2 ]
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.
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".
1967: "I Wish It Would Rain" – The Temptations (US #4, US R&B #1), also recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips (US #41, US R&B #15) 1968: "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" – The Temptations (US #13, US R&B #1) 1968: "The End of Our Road" – Gladys Knight & the Pips (US #15, US R&B #5), also recorded by Marvin Gaye (US #40, US R ...
[4] 1966 "Just Walk in My Shoes" b/w "Stepping Closer to Your Heart" (from Anthology) 129 — — — — 35 Everybody Needs Love: 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 ...
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 ...