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Gladys Knight Songs With the Pips -
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If you're here, do I need to explain? ;) A gospel-powered fervor crackles beneath Gladys Knight songs, be they laments or celebrations, originals or remakes.
Brother Merald and cousins Edward Patten and William Guest offer able support. Even without their classy choreography, their performances glow with the confidence and warmth of their vocal blends.
These soulful Gladys Knight songs encompass her recording career with the Pips before her first solo albums in the late 1970s. (She officially left the group a decade later.)
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Miscellaneous Tracks (all pre-Motown songs)
Gladys Knight & The Pips (1960)
1. Every Beat of My Heart (Otis)
2. Love Call (Guest/Knight/Knight/Patten)
3. What Shall I Do (Guest/Knight)
4. Queen of Tears
5. A Love Like Mine
6. Room in Your Heart (Knight)
7. Happiness
8. I Had a Dream Last Night
9. Letter Full of Tears (Covay)
10. Operator (Elgin)
Letter Full of Tears (1961)
1. Letter Full of Tears (Covay)
2. You Broke Your Promise (Knight)
3. Operator (Elgin)
4. I'll Trust You
5. Come See About Me (Dozier/Holland/Holland)
6. I Can't Stand By (Elgin/Ott/Rogers)
7. Morning, Noon and Night (Calhoun)
8. Every Beat of My Heart (Otis)
9. Room in Your Heart (Knight)
10. Guess Who (Belvin/Belvin)
11. Love Call (Guest/Knight/Knight/Patten)
12. What Shall I Do (Guest/Knight)
13. Stop Running Around (Knight)
It Hurt So Bad (1962)
1. It Hurt So Bad
2. What Will Become of Me
3. A Love Like Mine
4. Darling
5. Come See About Me
6. Queen of Tears
7. Linda
8. To Whom It May Concern
9. Bless the One
10. Walking in Circles
Gladys Knight and the Pips (1964)
1. Midnight Train to Georgia (Weatherly)
2. Baby Don't Change Your Mind (McCoy)
3. Come Back and Finish What You Started (Cobb/McCoy)
4. Try to Remember (Dozier/Holland/Jones/Schmidt)
5. The Way We Were (Bergman/Bergman/Hamlisch)
Everybody Needs Love (Aug. 29, 1967; first Motown album)
1. Everybody Needs Love (Holland/Whitfield)
2. I'll Be Standing By
3. Since I've Lost You (Strong/Whitfield)
4. I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Strong/Whitfield)
5. You Don't Love Me No More (Penzabene/Strong/Whitfield)
6. Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone (Grant/Moy/Whitfield)
7. Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me (Grant/Penzabene/Strong)
8. He's My Kind of Fellow (Bristol/Fuqua)
9. Yes I'm Ready
10. My Bed of Thorns
11. Do You Love Me Just a Little Honey
12. Just Walk in My Shoes (Lewis/Lewis)
Feelin' Bluesy (Apr. 29, 1968)
1. The End of Our Road (Penzabene/Strong/Whitfield)
2. That's the Way Love Is (Strong/Whitfield)
3. Don't You Miss Me a Little Bit Baby (Penzabene/Strong/Whitfield)
4. The Boy From Crosstown (Holland/Whitfield)
5. Ain't You Glad You Chose Love
6. I Know Better (Taylor/Whitfield)
7. Don't Let Her Take Your Love From Me (Strong/Whitfield)
8. It Should Have Been Me (Stevenson/Strong/Whitfield)
9. Don't Turn Me Away
10. What Good Am I Without You (Higdon/Stevenson)
11. Your Old Standby (Bradford/Robinson)
12. It's Time to Go Now (Strong/Whitfield)
Silk 'n' Soul (Dec. 1968)
1. I Wish It Would Rain (Penzabene/Strong/Whitfield)
2. The Look of Love (Bacharach/David)
3. Goin' Out of My Head (Randazzo/Weinstein)
4. Yesterday (Lennon/McCartney)
5. Groovin'(Brigati/Cavaliere)
6. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (Mann/Spector/Weil)
7. Theme From Valley of the Dolls (Previn/Previn)
8. Baby I Need Your Loving (Dozier/Holland/Holland)
9. Together
10. The Tracks of My Tears (Moore/Robinson/Tarplin)
11. You're My Everything (Grant/Penzabene/Whitfield)
12. Every Little Bit Hurts (Cobb)
Tastiest Hits (1968) (* pre-Motown songs)
1. Letter Full of Tears (Covay)*
2. Either Way I Lose*
3. If Ever I Should Fall in Love
4. Daybreak
5. Maybe, Maybe Baby*
6. Every Beat of My Heart*
7. Giving Up (McCoy)*
8. Stop and Get a Hold of Myself*
9. Lovers Always Forgive* (McCoy)
10. Tell Her You're Mine*
11. Operator (Elgin)*
Friendship Train (1969)
Nitty Gritty (Sept. 25, 1969)
1. Cloud Nine (Strong/Whitfield)
2. Runnin' Out
3. Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime) (Ashford/Simpson)
4. (I Know) I'm Losing You (Grant/Holland/Whitfield)
5. The Nitty Gritty (Chase)
6. Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone (Grant/Moy/Whitfield)
7. All I Could Do Was Cry (Davis/Fuqua/Gordy)
8. Keep an Eye
9. Got Myself a Good Man (Strong/Whitfield)
10. It's Summer (Strong/Whitfield)
11. The Stranger
12. I Want Him to Say It Again
Greatest Hits (Mar. 6, 1970)
All in a Knight's Work (recorded live, Sept. 30, 1970)
1. Cabaret (Ebb/Kander)
2. The End of Our Road (Penzabene/Strong/Whitfield)
3. By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Webb)
4. Fever
5. Glory of Love
6. Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone (Grant/Moy/Whitfield)
7. Girl Talk
8. Giving Up (McCoy)
9. Everybody Needs Love (Holland/Whitfield)
10. Just in Time (Comden/Green/Styne)
11. Every Beat of My Heart (Otis)
12. Dr. Feelgood
13. Letter Full of Tears (Covay)
14. I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Strong/Whitfield)
15. He'll Guide My Way
If I Were Your Woman (Apr. 1971)
1. If I Were Your Woman (McMurray/Sawyer/Ware)
2. Feeling Alright
3. One Less Bell to Answer (Bacharach/David)
4. Let It Be (Lennon/McCartney)
5. I Don't Want to Do Wrong (Bristol/Guest/Knight/Knight/Schaffner)
6. One Step Away
7. Here I Am Again (Foster/McMurray)
8. How Can You Say That Ain't Love (Hinton/Sawyer)
9. Is There a Place (in His Heart for Me) (Coleman/McMurray)
10. Everybody is a Star (Stewart)
11. Signed Gladys (McMurray/Sawyer)
12. Your Love's Been Good for Me
Standing Ovation (Dec. 9, 1971)
1. Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To (McMurray)
2. Can You Give Me Love With a Guarantee (Bristol/Brown/Jones)
3. Fire and Rain
4. Master of My Mind (Jones/McMurray/Sawyer)
5. He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon)
7. It Takes a Whole Lotta Man for a Woman Like Me
8. Help Me Make It Through the Night (Kristofferson)
9. The Long and Winding Road (Lennon/McCartney)
10. If You Gonna Leave (Just Leave)
11. No One Could Love You More (Jones/Sawyer)
All the Greatest Hits (1972)
Neither One of Us (Feb. 21, 1973)
1. Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) (Weatherly)
2. It's Gotta Be That Way (Bristol/Brown/Jones)
3. For Once in My Life (Miller/Murden)
4. This Child Needs Its Father (Fedaris/Zesses)
5. Who is She (and What is She to You) (McKenney/Withers)
6. And This is Love (Long/Moy)
7. Daddy Could Swear, I Declare (Bristol/Knight/Knight)
8. Can't Give It Up No More (Bristol/Brown/Jones)
9. Don't It Make You Feel Guilty (Bristol/Brown/Jones)
All I Need is Time (June 19, 1973)
1. I'll Be Here (When You Get Home) (Bristol/Brown/Jones)
2. All I Need is Time
3. Heavy Makes You Happy (Barry/Bloom)
4. The Only Time You Love Me is When You're Losing Me (Coleman/McMurray/Sawyer)
5. Here I Am Again (Foster/McMurray)
6. There's a Lesson to Be Learned (Sawyer/Ware)
7. Oh! What a Love I Have Found (Reneau)
8. The Singer (Willensky)
9. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Stewart)
Help Me Make It Through the Night (1973)
1. Help Me Make It Through the Night (Kristofferson)
2. Goin' Out of My Head (Randazzo/Weinstein)
3. Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime) (Ashford/Simpson)
4. I Wish It Would Rain (Penzabene/Strong/Whitfield)
5. The Look of Love (Bacharach/David)
6. Letter Full of Tears (Covay)
7. The Tracks of My Tears (Moore/Robinson/Tarplin)
8. Ain't You Glad You Chose Love
9. Since I've Lost You (Strong/Whitfield)
10. You're My Everything (Grant/Penzabene/Whitfield)
11. Everybody Needs Love (Holland/Whitfield)
12. Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone (Grant/Moy/Whitfield)
13. It Should Have Been Me (Stevenson/Strong/Whitfield)
14. I Know Better (Taylor/Whitfield)
Imagination (Oct. 1973; first Buddah album)
1. Midnight Train to Georgia (Weatherly)
2. I've Got to Use My Imagination (Goffin/Goldberg)
3. Storms of Troubled Times (Weatherly)
4. Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (Weatherly)
5. Once in a Lifetime Thing (Weatherly)
6. Where Peaceful Waters Flow (Weatherly)
7. I Can See Clearly Now (Nash)
8. Perfect Love (Williams)
9. Window Raisin' Granny (Guest/Knight/Knight/Patten)
It Hurt Me So Bad (1973)
Gladys Knight and the Pips (1974)
Knight Time (Feb. 25, 1974)
1. How Can You Say That Ain't Love (Hinton/Sawyer)
2. Somebody Stole the Sunshine (Bristol/McNeil)
3. Between Her Goodbye and My Hello (Weatherly)
4. It's All Over but the Shoutin' (Bristol/Dean/Hinton)
5. We've Got Such a Mellow Love (Garrett/Hamilton/Toney)
6. Ease Me to the Ground (Reneau)
7. Your Heartaches I Can Surely Heal (Bristol/Peters/Peters/Purdue)
8. Master of My Mind (Jones/McMurray/Sawyer)
9. Billy, Come on Back as Quick as You Can (Bristol/Regen/Starr)
10. It Takes a Whole Lot of Feeling (Grant)
Claudine (soundtrack, 1974)
1. Mr. Welfare Man
2. To Be Invisible
3. On and On
4. The Makings of You
5. Claudine Theme (instrumental)
6. Hold On
7. Make Yours a Happy Home
I Feel a Song (1974)
1. I Feel a Song (in My Heart) (Camillo/Sawyer)
2. Love Finds Its Own Way (Weatherly)
3. Seconds (Bacharach/Simon)
4. The Going Ups and the Coming Downs (Weatherly)
5. The Way We Were (live) (Bergman/Bergman/Hamlisch)
6. Better You Go Your Way (Withers)
7. Don't Burn Down the Bridge (Miller)
8. The Need to Be (Weatherly)
9. Tenderness is His Way (Withers)
Second Anniversary (1975)
Early Roots (1975)
A Little Knight Music (Mar. 26, 1975)
1. In the Middle of the Road (Toney)
2. Come Together (Lennon/McCartney)
3. All We Need is a Miracle (Jones/Sawyer)
4. No One Could Love You More (Jones/Sawyer)
5. Don't Tell Me I'm Crazy (Jones/Sawyer)
6. Sugar Sugar (Barry/Kim)
7. Can You Give Me Love With a Guarantee (Bristol/Brown/Jones)
8. I Hate Myself for Loving You (Jones/Sawyer)
9. Put a Little Love in Your Heart (DeShannon/Holiday/Myers)
Early Hits (1975)
Bless This House (1976)
1. Silent Night (Gruber/Mohr)
2. Do You Hear What I Hear (Regney/Shayne)
3. Away in a Manger (Traditional)
4. The Christmas Song (Torme/Wells)
5. Bless This House
6. The Night Before Christmas
7. Ave Maria (Bach)
8. Ave Maria (Schubert)
9. Gospel Medley: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire/Jesus is My Kind of People
Pipe Dreams (soundtrack, 1976)
1. So Sad the Song
2. Alaskan Pipeline
3. Pot of Jazz
4. I'll Miss You
5. Nobody but You
6. Pipe Dreams
7. Find a Way
8. Follow My Dreams
9. So Sad the Song
Love is Always on Your Mind (1977)
Still Together (1977)
1. Love is Always on Your Mind
2. Home is Where the Heart Is
3. Little Bit of Love
4. Baby Don't Change Your Mind (McCoy)
5. Walk Softly
6. I Love to Feel the Feeling
7. To Make a Long Story Short
8. You Put a New Life in My Body
The One and Only (1978)
1. Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right (Masser/Sawyer)
2. Come Back and Finish What You Started (Cobb/McCoy)
3. All the Time (Manilow/Panzer)
4. It's a Better Than Good Time (Macaulay)
5. Butterfly (Barge)
6. One and Only (Bergman/Bergman/Williams)
7. Saved by the Grace of Your Love (Palmer/Smith)
8. Don't Say No to Me Tonight (Addrisi/Addrisi)
9. Be Yourself (McCoy)
10. What if I Should Ever Need You (Kipps)
Want to learn more about the lady and gentlemen behind these Gladys Knight songs? Click here for my biography on her and the Pips!