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This motif lyrically inspired the song as well. Cain and Perry thought the imagery brought to mind a story of two people leaving behind past lives in their hometown and boarding a midnight train to anywhere else. Perry liked the concept that the characters be a girl from a small town and a boy raised in the city.
"Midnight Train to Georgia" is a song most famously performed by Gladys Knight & the Pips, their second release after departing Motown Records for Buddah Records. Written by Jim Weatherly , and included on the Pips' 1973 LP Imagination , "Midnight Train to Georgia" became the group's first single to top the Billboard Hot 100 .
Imagination is the eleventh studio album recorded by American R&B group Gladys Knight & the Pips, released in October 1973 on the Buddah label. The album, the group's first for Buddah after leaving Motown, includes their first and only Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit "Midnight Train to Georgia", which also reached number-one on the R&B singles chart.
In her new musical memoir, Danyel Smith plumbs the underappreciated genius of Gladys Knight, and her group's forlorn masterpiece, 'Midnight Train to Georgia.'
The best tracks were "Midnight Train To Georgia", "Don't Say Let's Wait", "Endlessly," "All for the Love of a Girl" and "Born to Lose. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In 1989, a single that Middleton recorded for Waffle Records , "Good Food Fast" bw "Waffle Doo-Wop" which was composed and produced by Jerry Buckner and Mary Welch Rogers was released.
That song 'Midnight Train to Georgia' was literally the reality! Now you can be anywhere around the world with your own fan base. ... And then editing can take anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes to ...
Despite this demand, the hurdles for startups like Midnight Train trying to enter the market to meet it remain virtually insurmountable. At first, it looked like new “open access” rules that ...
His best-known song is "Midnight Train to Georgia", recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips. It peaked at number 1 on the pop and R&B charts, and went on to win a Grammy Award . The song was subsequently inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, and was chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of ...