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KNIGHT Gladys AND THE PIPS
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
* 4.9.1952

Line-Up (1978):

Gladys Knight - voc
Merald "Bubba" Knight - voc
Edward Patten - voc
William Guest

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Everybody Needs Love	1967	Tamla Motown
2.	Feekin' Bluesy	1968
3.	Tastiest Hits	1968
4.	Silk And Soul	1969	Tamla Motown
5.	The Nitty Gritty	1/1970	Tamla Motown
6.	Greatest Hits	1970
7.	All In A Knights Work	1970
8.	If I Were Your Woman	1971	Tamla Motown
9.	Standing Ovation	1/1972
10.	Help Me Make It Through The Night	1973
11.	Neither One Of Us	3/1973	Soul			9
12.	Imagination	10/1973	Buddah			10
13.	All I Need Is Time	1974	Tamla Motown
14.	Anthology (2LP)	3/1974	Tamla Motown
15.	Claudine	5/1974	Buddah
16.	I Feel A Song	11/1974	Buddah		20	18
17.	In The Beginning (reissued LP Tastiest Hits)	1/1975	Buddah
18.	Knights Time	07.03.1975	Tamla Motown
19.	A Little Knight Music	4/1975	Soul
20.	2nd Anniversary	11/1975	Buddah			30
21.	The Best Of Gladys Knight And The Pips	13.02.1976	Buddah		6
22.	Super Hits	10/1976	Tamla Motown
23.	Pipe Dreams	26.11.1976	Buddah
24.	Take Me In Your Arms	1976
25.	Still Together	7/1977	Buddah		42
26.	30 Greatest Hits	11/1977	K-Tel		3
27.	Bless This House	1978
28.	Very Best Of Gladys Knight And The Pips	1978
29.	The One And Only ...	5/1978	Buddah
30.	Letter Full Of Tears	1979
31.	Early Hits	1979
32.	How Do You Say Goodbye	1979
33.	20 Golden Greats	1979
34.	Memories	1979
35.	Spotlight	1980
36.	About Love	1980
37.	First Shot	1980
38.	Motown Superstar Series, Vol. 13	1980	Motown
39.	The Touch Of Love	10/1980	K-Tel		16
40.	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	1981
41.	Golden Hits	1982
42.	That Special Time Of Year	1982
43.	Every Beat Of My Heart	1982
44.	Visions	6/1983	CBS			103
45.	The Collection	1/1984			43
46.	Life	3/1985	CBS			126
47.	Their Very Best - Back To Back & Stevie Wonder	11/1987	Priority
48.	Love Overboard	1988
49.	All Our Love	2/1988			80
50.	The Singles Album	10/1989			12
51.	Live At The Roxy	17.11.1998	Columbia
52.	Collector's Edition	23.02.1999	3CD
53.	One More Lonely Night	22.06.1999
54.	The Essential Collection	28.09.1999	Hip-O
55.	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection	12.09.2000	Chronicles
56.	The Best Of Gladys Knight And The Pips	21.08.2001	Legacy
57.	Early Times	30.07.2002	Orpheus
58.	I Can See Clearly Now	24.06.2003	Brentwood
59.	Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me	12.08.2003	Collectables
60.	Platinum & Gold Collection	19.08.2003	Buddha
61.	Love Songs	2/2004	BMG
62.	The Greatest Hits	3/2006	Columbia/UMTV		33
63.	Gold	23.05.2006	Hip-O
64.	Gladys Knight and the Pips	11.07.2006	Direct Source
65.	Love Finds Its Own Way: The Best of Gladys Knight	19.06.2007	Sony Legacy
66.	R&B Soul & Etta James	25.09.2007	Direct Source
67.	Gold Range Collection: International Version	25.03.2008
68.	Definitive Collection	23.09.2008	Motown
69.	Early Years	21.10.2008
70.	Love Songs	20.01.2009	Motown
71.	Super Hits	26.05.2009	Sony/BMG
72.	Absolutely the Best: The 60's	08.09.2009	Varese Sarabande
73.	Baby Washington Meets Gladys Knight and the Pips & Baby Washington	29.09.2009	Collectables
74.	Touch	23.03.2010
75.	Icon	31.08.2010	Hip-O
76.	Music of Gladys	05.10.2010	Buddha
77.	S.O.U.L.	22.02.2011	Sony/BMG
78.	The Classic Christmas Album	08.10.2013	Buddah
79.	The Box Set Series	28.01.2014	Legacy
80.	The Empress of Soul	07.10.2016	Not Now Music
81.	Gold	2/2020	Crimsom		45

Gladys Knight:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Gladys Knight	1979
2.	Miss Gladys Knight	1979
3.	Their Very Best - Back To Back & Michael Jackson & Diana Ross & Stevie Wonder	11/1986			21
4.	All Our Love	12/1987	MCA			39
5.	Good Woman	7/1991	MCA			45
6.	Just For You	9/1994	MCA			53
7.	Many Different Roads	15.06.1999	MCA
8.	The Very Best Of The Early Years	26.10.1999	Collectables
9.	Behind the Music (VH1) - Greatest Hits	12.09.2000	Buddha
10.	At Last	30.01.2001	MCA			98
11.	Midnight Train	11.12.2001	Music Deluxe
12.	Every Beat Of My Heart	29.01.2002	Delta
13.	Hall of Fame	08.07.2003	Delta
14.	Superhits	02.08.2004	Sony
15.	Midnight Train to Georgia	28.09.2004	Collectables
16.	One Voice & The Saints Unified Voices	11.01.2005	Many Roads
17.	Before Me	03.10.2006	Verve			93
18.	Christmas Celebration (Mormon Tabernacle) & The Saints Unified Voices	03.10.2006	Many Roads
19.	Beautiful Ballads	02.01.2007	Sony
20.	Beats of My Heart	26.06.2007	Snapper
21.	Greatest Hits 1973-1985	21.10.2008	Varese Fontana
22.	Where My Heart Belongs	29.07.2014	Shadow Mountain
23.	The Solo Collection	25.11.2016	Soul Music

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Whistle My Love	1955
2.	Every Beat Of My Heart	5/1961	Fury		45
3.	Every Beat Of My Heart (The Pips))	5/1961	Vee-Jay		6
4.	Letter Full Of Tears	11/1961	Fury		19
5.	Operator	4/1962	Fury		97
6.	Giving Up	4/1964	Maxx		38
7.	Lovers Always Forgive	8/1964	Maxx		89
8.	Either Way I Lose	10/1964	Maxx		124
9.	Stop And Get A Hold Of Myself	2/1965	Maxx		123
10.	Who Knows	4/1965	Maxx		129
11.	Just Walk In My Shoes	7/1966	Soul		129
12.	Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me	4/1967	Soul	13	98
13.	Everybody Needs Love	6/1967	Soul		39
14.	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	10/1967	Soul	47	2
15.	The End Of Our Road	2/1968	Soul		15
16.	It Should Have Been Me	5/1968	Soul		40
17.	I Wish It Would Rain	8/1968	Soul		41
18.	Didn't You Know (You'd Have To Cry Sometime)	2/1969	Soul		63
19.	The Nitty Gritty	7/1969	Soul		19
20.	Friendship Train	10/1969	Soul		17
21.	You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)	3/1970	Soul		25
22.	If I Were Your Woman	11/1970	Soul		9
23.	I Don't Want To Do Wrong	5/1971	Soul		17
24.	Make Me The Woman That You Go Home To	12/1971	Soul		27
25.	Help Me Make It Through The Night (GB 11/72, Tamla Motown)	3/1972	Soul	11	33
26.	Just Walk In My Shoes	6/1972		35
27.	Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)	1/1973	Tamla Motown	26	1
28.	Every Beat Of My Heart	12.01.1973	Ember
29.	The Look Of Love produced by: Norman Whitfield	16.02.1973	Tamla Motown	20
30.	Daddy Could Swear, I Do Declare	5/1973	Soul		15
31.	Where Peaceful Waters Flow	25.05.1973	Buddah		23
32.	Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me	03.08.1973	Tamla Motown
33.	Midnight Train To Georgia	8/1973	Buddah		1
34.	All I Need Is Time	8/1973	Soul		61
35.	I've Got To Use My Imagination	11/1973	Buddah		4
36.	Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me	2/1974	Buddah	8	3
37.	On And On	5/1974	Buddah		5
38.	Between Her Goodbye And My Hello	6/1974	Soul		57
39.	The Making On You	09.08.1974	Buddah
40.	I Feel A Song (In My Heart) / Don't Burn Down The Bridge	10/1974	Buddah		11
41.	Love Finds It's Own Way	2/1975	Buddah		47
42.	The Way We Were / Try To Remember produced by: Ralph Moss	14.03.1975	Buddah	3	10
43.	You've Lost That Loving Feeling	04.04.1975	Tamla Motown
44.	Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me produced by: Kermer/Wise	11.07.1975	Buddah	7
45.	Money	8/1975	Buddah		50
46.	Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)	17.10.1975	Tamla Motown	26
47.	Part Time Love	24.10.1975	Buddah	28	27
48.	Silent Night	12.12.1975	Buddah
49.	I Feel A Song (In My Heart)	27.02.1976	Buddah
50.	Midnight Train To Georgia produced by: Tony Camillo	23.04.1976	Buddah	10
51.	Every Beat Of My Heart	07.05.1976	DJM
52.	Make Yours A Happy Home	30.07.1976	Buddah	35
53.	So Sad The Song	29.10.1976	Buddah	16	47
54.	Nobody But You	07.01.1977	Buddah	34
55.	Baby Don't Change Your Mind produced by: Van McCoy/Charles Kipps	5/1977	Buddah	4	52
56.	Home Is Where The Heart Is	09.09.1977	Buddah	35
57.	Help Me Make It Through The Night	23.12.1977	Motown
58.	The One And Only	14.04.1978	Buddah	32
59.	Come Back And Finish What You Started produced by: Van McCoy/Charles Kipps	6/1978	Buddah	15
60.	It's A Better Than Good Time	15.09.1978	Buddah	59
61.	Landlord	5/1980	Columbia		46
62.	Taste Of Bitter Love	8/1980	CBS	15
63.	Bourgie Bourgie	10/1980	CBS	29
64.	I Will Survive	06.11.1981	CBS
65.	Save The Overtime (For Me)	4/1983	Columbia		66
66.	Hero	11/1983	Columbia		104
67.	Love Overboard	1/1988	MCA	42	13
68.	Lovin' On Next To Nothin'	3/1988		81
69.	I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Sympathy For The Grapes mix By The Randy Watson Experience) / War (King Britt remix) & Edwin Starr	05.09.2005	Motown
70.	Oz Theme / It's Better Than Good Time & Oz	21.06.2013	Sunshine Sound
71.	Baby Baby Don't Waste My Time / If You Ever Need Somebody	03.09.2015	Expansion

Gladys Knight:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	I Just Want To Be With You	05.10.1979	CBS
2.	I'll Take A Melody	27.02.1981	Buddah
3.	When A Child Is Born & Johnny Mathis	12/1981		74
4.	License To Kill	5/1989		5
5.	Men	6/1991
6.	Good Woman	9/1991
7.	Missing You & Brandy & Tamia & Chaka Khan	09.09.1996	Atlantic		25
8.	My Imagination	05.02.2007	Unrestricted Access
9.	It's A Better Than A Good Time EP (It's A Better Than Good Time / Saved By The Grace Of Your Love)	11.07.2014	Buddah
10.	Rode By The Place / Stop & Get Hold Of Myself & David Ruffin	20.10.2014	Soul
11.	No One Could Love You More	29.01.2015	Tiger
12.	Just A Little	25.09.2015
13.	Runaway Train & Boy George And Culture Club	6/2019	BMG Rights

Videos:

Gladys Knight:

1. A Knight To Remember - 17.11.1983, VTC

Movies:

1. Pipedreams (1/77, starring, music by)

Awards:

1973 Grammy Awards

- Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance By A Duo Group Or Chorus (SP "Midnight Train To Georgia")
- Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo Group Or Chorus (SP "Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)")

1988 Grammy Awards - Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (SP "Love Overboard")
1995 Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
1999 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("Midnight Train To Georgia", 1973)
2001 Vocal Group Hall Of Fame
2018 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", 1967)

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Quincy Jones And Others: Handel's Messiah - A Soulful Celebration (12/92, WEA)
Dionne Warwick: My Favorite Time of the Year (26.10.04, DMI)
Kenny G: At Last ... The Duets Album (23.11.04, Arista)
Ron Winans: Family & Friends 5: A Celebration (31.1.05, Entheos)
Dionne Warwick: My Friends And Me (7.11.06, Concord)
Annie Lennox: Songs Of Mass Destruction (2.10.07, Arista)

appeared on the SP:

Dionne Warwick And Friends: That's What Friends Are For (10/85, CBS)

Gladys Knight:

appeared on the LP:

Elton John: Duets (22.11.93, Rocket)
Dionne Warwick: My Favorite Time of the Year (26.10.04, E-Nate Music Group)
Chris Botti: To Love Again (18.10.05, Columbia)

Compilation Appearances:

"Someone To Watch Over Me" on Ella Fitzgerald tribute CD "We All Love Ella: Celebrating The First Lady Of Song" (5.6.07, Verve)
"Licence To Kill" on compilation "The Best Of Bond...James Bond" (28.10.08)

Awards:

2001 Grammy Awards - Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album ("At Last'")
2004 Grammy Awards - Best Gospel Performance (track "Heaven Help Us All", & Ray Charles)
2005 Grammy Awards - Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album ("One Voice", & Saints Unified Voices)
2023 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	21	26.05.1973	19	New Pop Singles	single review
1973	30	28.07.1973	24	New Singles	single review
1973	31	04.08.1973	34	Albums	album review
1974	24	15.06.1974	29	Caught In The Act	gig review
1974	52	28.12.1974	27	Albums	album review
1975	28	12.07.1975	14	Singles	single review
1975	33	16.08.1975	49	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	45	08.11.1975	40	Albums	album review
1975	50	13.12.1975	14	Singles	single review
1976	9	28.02.1976	3	Singles	single review
1976	18	01.05.1976	9		interview
1976	18	01.05.1976	27	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	19	08.05.1976	3	Singles	single review
1976	21	22.05.1976	3	Singles	single review
1976	42	16.10.1976	22	New Albums - Short Takes	album review
1976	48	27.11.1976	31	Soul Albums	album review
1977	3	15.01.1977	14	Caught In The Act	gig review
1977	37	10.09.1977	13	Singles	single review
1977	52	24.12.1977	14	Singles - Soul	single review
1978	16	22.04.1978	22	Singles - Soul	single review
1978	22	03.06.1978	23	Albums	album review
1978	37	16.09.1978	15	Singles	single review
1978	37	16.09.1978	51		interview
1980	39	08.11.1980	35	Caught In The Act	gig review
1981	45	07.11.1981	14	Singles	single review
1983	24	11.06.1983	30	Albums	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1972	0	23.12.1972	31	From The Soul
1973	0	10.02.1973	34	This Is America
1973	0	19.05.1973	46	Soul
1973	0	23.06.1973	38	Albums	album review
1974	0	02.02.1974	31	Albums	album review
1974	0	23.02.1974	2	News Desk - Record News
1974	0	13.04.1974	16	Albums	album review
1975	0	04.01.1975	19	Platters	album review
1976	0	08.05.1976	2	News Desk - Recording News
1976	0	08.05.1976	28		interview
1976	0	08.05.1976	39	On The Town	gig review
1976	0	15.05.1976	18	Platters	album review, single review
1976	0	30.10.1976	21	Singles	single review
1976	0	30.10.1976	38	Platters	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1995	1	10.01.1995	6	Galerie
2004	5		83	Vykopávky	album review