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By then Knight & the Pips seemed to be locked in a "cutting contest" with several other Motown acts (Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Edwin Starr, even Jimmy Ruffin) as they were covering differing versions of songs producer/writer Norman Whitfield has in his catalogue. The best track here is a stunning rendition of Kim Weston's "It Should Have Been Me," given a glossy pop veneer that effectively contrasted Knight's grittiness. It was said that the group cut a series of tracks in a much rawer R&B idiom with writer/producer Ivy Joe Hunter early on their tenure, but save for a few album cuts, many of them were shelved and are still in Motown's vaults to this day.
© John Lowe /TiVo
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Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Rodger Penzabene, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - Rodger Penzabene, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gladys Knight, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gladys Knight, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - R. Dean Taylor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gladys Knight, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist - James Dean, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Bristol, Producer, ComposerLyricist - HARVEY FUQUA, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Janie Bradford, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gladys Knight, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Gladys Knight & The Pips, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
By then Knight & the Pips seemed to be locked in a "cutting contest" with several other Motown acts (Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Edwin Starr, even Jimmy Ruffin) as they were covering differing versions of songs producer/writer Norman Whitfield has in his catalogue. The best track here is a stunning rendition of Kim Weston's "It Should Have Been Me," given a glossy pop veneer that effectively contrasted Knight's grittiness. It was said that the group cut a series of tracks in a much rawer R&B idiom with writer/producer Ivy Joe Hunter early on their tenure, but save for a few album cuts, many of them were shelved and are still in Motown's vaults to this day.
© John Lowe /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:04
- Main artists: Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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