Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight & the Pips Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

Gladys Knight & the Pips were an American R&B, soul, and funk family music group from Atlanta, Georgia, that remained active on the music charts and performing circuit for more than three decades starting from the early 1950s. Starting out as simply The Pips in 1952, derived from a cousin's nickname, the founding members were Gladys Knight, brother Merald "Bubba" Knight, sister Brenda Knight and cousins Eleanor Guest and William Guest. After a couple of years performing in talent shows,... [more on Wikipedia]

Gladys Knight & the Pips began charting in 1961 with Every Beat of My Heart.The artist placed 40 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 8 of which reached the Top‑10, including 1 number‑one.The artist scored 25 UK Top‑75 entries, including 4 Top‑10 placements.On US AC the artist achieved 3 Top‑10s.On US Dance the artist achieved 2 Top‑10s.On US RnB the artist achieved 31 Top‑10s, 10 of which went to number‑one.

Top songs: #1: Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me - #2: Midnight Train to Georgia - #3: The Way We Were/Try to Remember - #4: Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) - #5: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
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  1961
1.
05/1961

Every Beat of My Heart
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Letter Full of Tears   
27 pts
45
US




15
R&B


R [new version]
[Fury 1050]
written by Johnny Otis
2.
05/1961

Every Beat of My Heart
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Letter Full of Tears   
151 pts
6
US




1
R&B


as The Pips
[Vee-Jay 386]
written by Johnny Otis
Letter Full of Tears
3.
12/1961

Letter Full of Tears
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Letter Full of Tears   
76 pts
19
US




3
R&B


[Fury 1054]
written by Don Covay
  1962
4.
04/1962

Operator
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Letter Full of Tears   
6 pts
97
US








[Fury 1064]
written by Bob Elgin, Kay Rogers & Ray Jones
  1964
5.
05/1964

Giving Up
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Gladys Knight and the Pips   
38 pts
38
US




6
R&B


[Maxx 326]
written by Van McCoy
6.
08/1964

Lovers Always Forgive
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Gladys Knight and the Pips   
7 pts
89
US








[Maxx 329]
written by Van McCoy
7.
11/1964

Either Way I Lose
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Gladys Knight and the Pips   
3 pts
119
US








[Maxx 331]
written by Van McCoy
  1965
8.
03/1965

Stop and Get a Hold of Myself
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Gladys Knight and the Pips   
3 pts
123
US








[Maxx 334]
written by Van McCoy
9.
04/1965

Who Knows
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Gladys Knight and the Pips   
3 pts
129
US








US B side to Stop and Get a Hold of Myself
[Maxx 334]
written by Bubba Knight & William Guest
  1966
10.
07/1966

Just Walk in My Shoes
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Everybody Needs Love   
3 pts
129
US








[Soul 35023]
written by Helen Mastor & Kay Miller
  1967
Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me
11.
05/1967

Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Everybody Needs Love   
79 pts
98
US






13
UK
[Soul 35033]
written by Barrett Strong, Roger Penzabene & Cornelius Grant
12.
07/1967

Everybody Needs Love
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Everybody Needs Love   
46 pts
39
US




3
R&B


[Soul 35034]
written by Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
13.
10/1967

#5  I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Everybody Needs Love   
248 pts
2
US




1
R&B
47
UK
[Soul 35039]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
  1968
The End of Our Road
14.
02/1968

The End of Our Road
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Feelin' Bluesy   Feelin' Bluesy
86 pts
15
US




5
R&B


[Soul 35042]
written by Roger Penzabene, Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
15.
06/1968

It Should Have Been Me
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Feelin' Bluesy   Feelin' Bluesy
34 pts
40
US




9
R&B


[Soul 35045]
written by Norman Whitfield & William "Mickey" Stevenson
I Wish It Would Rain
16.
08/1968

I Wish It Would Rain
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Silk n' Soul   
30 pts
41
US




15
R&B


[Soul 35047]
written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong & Roger Penzabene
  1969
17.
03/1969

Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Nitty Gritty   
23 pts
63
US




11
R&B


[Soul 35057]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
18.
07/1969

The Nitty Gritty
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Nitty Gritty   
82 pts
19
US




2
R&B


[Soul 35063]
written by Lincoln Chase
19.
10/1969

Friendship Train
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Gladys Knight & the Pips Greatest Hits   
86 pts
17
US




2
R&B


[Soul 35068]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
  1970
20.
03/1970

You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Gladys Knight & the Pips Greatest Hits   
63 pts
25
US




3
R&B


[Soul 35071]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
If I Were Your Woman
21.
11/1970

If I Were Your Woman
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from If I Were Your Woman   
123 pts
9
US




1
R&B


[Soul 35078]
written by Gloria Jones, Clay McMurray & Pam Sawyer
  1971
I Don't Want to Do Wrong
22.
06/1971

I Don't Want to Do Wrong
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from If I Were Your Woman   
90 pts
17
US




2
R&B


[Soul 35083]
written by Bubba Knight, Gladys Knight, Johnny Bristol, Katherine Schaffner & William Guest
23.
12/1971

Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Standing Ovation   
62 pts
27
US




3
R&B


[Soul 35091]
written by Clay McMurray
  1972
Help Me Make It Through the Night
24.
03/1972

Help Me Make It Through the Night
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Standing Ovation   
133 pts
33
US
25
AC


13
R&B
11
UK
[Soul 35094]
written by Kris Kristofferson
25.
06/1972

Just Walk in My Shoes
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

27 pts








35
UK
R
written by Helen Mastor & Kay Miller
  1973
Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
26.
01/1973

#4  Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Neither One of Us   
273 pts
2
US
15
AC


1
R&B
31
UK
[Soul 35098]
written by Jim Weatherly
27.
03/1973

The Look of Love
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

50 pts








21
UK
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
28.
04/1973

Daddy Could Swear (I Declare)
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Neither One of Us   
87 pts
19
US




2
R&B


produced by Johnny Bristol
[Soul 35105]
written by Merald Knight, Gladys Knight & Johnny Bristol
29.
06/1973

Where Peaceful Waters Flow
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Imagination   
65 pts
28
US
18
AC


6
R&B


[Buddah 363]
written by Jim Weatherly
30.
08/1973

All I Need Is Time
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from All I Need Is Time   
19 pts
61
US




28
R&B


[Soul 35107]
written by Bud Reneau
Midnight Train to Georgia
31.
08/1973

#2  Midnight Train to Georgia
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Imagination   
288 pts
1
US
19
AC


1
R&B
55
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #432]
[Buddah 383]
written by Jim Weatherly
32.
11/1973

I've Got to Use My Imagination
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Imagination   
206 pts
4
US




1
R&B
56
UK
[Buddah 393]
written by Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg
  1974
33.
1974

Don't Burn Down the Bridge
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from I Feel a Song   I Feel a Song
48 pts
21
US








written by Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller]
Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
34.
02/1974

#1  Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Imagination   
290 pts
3
US
10
AC


1
R&B
7
UK
[Buddah 403]
written by Jim Weatherly
35.
05/1974

On and On
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Claudine   
152 pts
5
US




2
R&B


from the movie Claudine
[Buddah 423]
written by Curtis Mayfield
36.
06/1974

Between Her Goodbye and My Hello
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Knight Time   
16 pts
57
US




45
R&B


[Soul 35111]
written by Jim Weatherly
37.
10/1974

I Feel a Song (In My Heart)
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from I Feel a Song   I Feel a Song
90 pts
21
US




1
R&B
51
UK
[Buddah 433]
written by Tony Camillo & Mary Sawyer
  1975
38.
02/1975

Love Finds Its Own Way
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from I Feel a Song   I Feel a Song
43 pts
47
US
40
AC


3
R&B


[Buddah 453]
written by Jim Weatherly
39.
04/1975

#3  The Way We Were/Try to Remember
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from I Feel a Song   I Feel a Song
273 pts
11
US
2
AC


6
R&B
4
UK
live
[Buddah 463]
written by Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones [songwriter], Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch
40.
08/1975

Money
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from 2nd Anniversary   
37 pts
50
US




4
R&B


[Buddah 487]
written by Eugene McDaniels
41.
11/1975

Part Time Love
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from 2nd Anniversary   
109 pts
22
US
17
AC


4
R&B
30
UK
[Buddah 513]
written by David Gates
Silent Night
42.
12/1975

Silent Night
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

15 pts








52
UK
written by Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr & John Freeman Young
  1976
43.
03/1976

Make Yours a Happy Home
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips   The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips
33 pts






13
R&B
35
UK
[Buddah 523]
written by Curtis Mayfield
Midnight Train to Georgia
44.
05/1976

Midnight Train to Georgia
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips   The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips
78 pts








10
UK
R
written by Jim Weatherly
45.
10/1976

So Sad the Song
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Pipe Dreams   
95 pts
47
US
3
AC


12
R&B
20
UK
[Buddah 544]
written by Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin
  1977
46.
01/1977

Nobody but You
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Pipe Dreams   
27 pts








34
UK
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
47.
05/1977

Baby Don't Change Your Mind
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Still Together   
179 pts
52
US




10
R&B
4
UK
[Buddah 569]
written by Van McCoy
48.
09/1977

Home Is Where the Heart Is
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Still Together   
26 pts








35
UK
written by Van McCoy & Joe Cobb
Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right
49.
11/1977

Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

6 pts






24
R&B


[Buddah 584]
written by Michael Masser & Pam Sawyer
  1978
50.
03/1978

The One and Only
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from The One and Only   
29 pts






40
R&B
32
UK
[Buddah 592]
written by Patrick Williams, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman
Come Back and Finish What You Started
51.
06/1978

Come Back and Finish What You Started
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from The One and Only   
60 pts








15
UK
written by Van McCoy & Joe Cobb
52.
08/1978

It's a Better Than Good Time
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

20 pts






16
R&B
59
UK
[Buddah 598]
written by Tony Macaulay
  1980
53.
04/1980

Landlord
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from About Love   About Love
38 pts
46
US




3
R&B


[Columbia 11239]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
54.
06/1980

A Taste of Bitter Love
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from About Love   About Love
30 pts




37
dance
38
R&B
35
UK
charted as A Taste of Bitter Love / Bourgie', Bourgie' in US dance charts
[Columbia 11330]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
55.
06/1980

Bourgie', Bourgie'
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from About Love   About Love
32 pts




37
dance
45
R&B
32
UK
charted as A Taste of Bitter Love / Bourgie', Bourgie' in US dance charts
[Columbia 11375]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
  1981
56.
06/1981

Forever Yesterday (For the Children)
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

2 pts






52
R&B


[Columbia 02113]
written by Glenn Smith
57.
08/1981

If That'll Make You Happy
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Touch   
3 pts






37
R&B


[Columbia 02413]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
58.
10/1981

I Will Fight
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Touch   
10 pts




35
dance
21
R&B


[Columbia 02549]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
  1982
59.
02/1982

A Friend of Mine
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Touch   
2 pts






50
R&B


[Columbia 02706]
written by Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson & Jo Armstead
  1983
60.
04/1983

Save the Overtime (For Me)
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Visions   
44 pts
66
US


18
dance
1
R&B


[Columbia 03761]
written by Bubba Knight, Gladys Knight, Joey Gallo, Rickey Smith & Sam Dees
61.
07/1983

You're Number One (In My Book)
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Visions   
16 pts






5
R&B


[Columbia 04033]
written by Dana Meyers, Leon Sylvers III, William Zimmerman & Wilmer Raglin
62.
11/1983

Hero (The Wind Beneath My Wings)
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Visions   
5 pts
104
US




64
R&B


[Columbia 04219]
written by Jeff Silbar & Larry Henley
63.
12/1983

Hero
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Visions   
9 pts
104
US
23
AC






[song also known as Wind Beneath My Wings]
[Columbia 04219]
written by Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar
  1984
64.
02/1984

When You're Far Away
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Visions   
4 pts




73
dance
42
R&B


[Columbia 04369]
written by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
  1985
65.
02/1985

My Time
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Life   
11 pts
102
US




16
R&B


[Columbia 04761]
written by Bubba Knight, Gladys Knight & Sam Dees
66.
04/1985

Keep Givin' Me Love
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Life   
4 pts






31
R&B


[Columbia 04873]
written by Kevin Walker, Pamela Phillips-Oland & Wilmer Raglin
67.
11/1985

Till I See You Again
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Life   
1 pts






85
R&B


[Columbia 05679]
written by Bunny Sigler & Marvin Morrow
  1986
68.
09/1986

Loving on Borrowed Time (Love Theme from Cobra)
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Cobra: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack   Cobra: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
8 pts


16
AC






with Bill Medley
[Scotti Brothers 06267]
written by Edward Hamilton & Brian Short
69.
12/1986

Send It to Me
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from Miami Vice II: New Music   
9 pts






14
R&B


[MCA 53002]
written by Allee Willis & Lauren Wood
  1987
70.
11/1987

Love Overboard
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from All Our Love   All Our Love
127 pts
13
US
45
AC
4
dance
1
R&B
42
UK
[MCA 53210]
written by Reggie Calloway
  1988
71.
02/1988

Lovin' on Next to Nothin'
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from All Our Love   All Our Love
41 pts




10
dance
3
R&B
81
UK
[MCA 53211]
written by Alan Rich, Howie Rice & Jeff Pescetto
72.
06/1988

It's Gonna Take All Our Love
Gladys Knight & the Pips greentick

from All Our Love   All Our Love
5 pts






29
R&B


[MCA 53351]
written by Sam Dees


See also...

Chris Morante • Edward Patten • Gladys Knight • Langston George • Merald "Bubba" KnightWilliam Guest


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