In 1966, Gladys Knight And The Pips signed to Motown Records’ Soul
subsidiary, where they were teamed up with producer/songwriter Norman
Whitfield. Knight’s tough vocals left them slightly out of the Motown
mainstream, and throughout their stay with the label the group was
regarded as a second-string act.
Between 1967 and 1968, they had major
R&B and minor pop hits in America with ‘Everybody Needs Love’, ‘The
End Of The Road’, ‘It Should Have Been Me’ and ‘I Wish It Would Rain’,
but enjoyed most success with the original release of ‘I Heard It
Through The Grapevine’, an uncompromisingly tough performance of a song
that became a Motown standard in the hands of its author Marvin Gaye in
1969. Gladys Knight And The Pips’ version topped the R&B chart for
six weeks at the end of 1967 and also reached number 2 on the US pop
charts.
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