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Gladys Knight & the Pips (1969)

Here is the discography of American R&B/soul vocal group Gladys Knight & the Pips.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbumPeak chart positions Certifications Record label
US
[1]
US
R&B

[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
UK
[4]
1962Letter Full of Tears Fury
1965 Gladys Knight and the PipsMaxx
1967 Everybody Needs Love 6012 Motown
1968Feelin' Bluesy15812
Silk N' Soul13611
1969 Nitty Gritty 8111
1971 If I Were Your Woman 354
Standing Ovation6011
1973 Neither One of Us 91
All I Need Is Time 7014
Imagination 912722 Buddah
1974Knight Time13929Soul
I Feel a Song 171241620Buddah
1975A Little Knight Music16432Soul
2nd Anniversary 24491
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
Buddah
Bless This House
1977Still Together511842
1978 The One and Only 14530
1980About Love485 Columbia
That Special Time of Year45
1981Touch10922
1983 Visions 343
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
1985Life12631
1987 All Our Love 39180
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
MCA
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

YearAlbumPeak chart positionsRecord label
US US
R&B
1970All in a Knight's Work Soul
1996The Lost Live Album Buddha
1998Live at the Roxy Legacy
"" denotes the release failed to chart

Soundtrack albums

YearAlbumPeak chart positions Certifications Record label
US
[1]
US
R&B

[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
1974 Claudine 35127
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
Buddah
1976Pipe Dreams941623
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

YearAlbumPeak chart positions Certifications Record label
US
[1]
US
R&B

[1]
CAN
[3]
UK
[4]
1970Greatest Hits555 Soul
1974Anthology7710 Motown
1976The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips368356 Buddah
197730 Greatest Hits3
  • BPI: Platinum [7]
K-tel
1980The Touch of Love16
  • BPI: Silver [7]
1984The Collection43Castle
1988The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips: Columbia Years Columbia
1989The Singles Album12 PolyGram
1990Greatest Hits
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
Curb
Soul Survivors: The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips 1973-1988 Rhino
1995The Best Of (Anthology Series) Motown
1997 The Ultimate Collection
1999Essential Collection Hip-O
2000Classic: The Universal Master CollectionMotown
2003Platinum & Gold Collection BMG Heritage
2005Love Songs Sony BMG
2006The Greatest Hits52
  • BPI: Silver [7]
Gold53Hip-O
Beautiful Ballads Legacy
2007Love Finds Its Own Way: The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips
2008The Definitive CollectionMotown
2009Playlist: The Very Best of Gladys Knight & the PipsLegacy
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

The early years (1958–1965)

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[8]
US
R&B

[9]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
1958"Whistle My Love" [A]
b/w "Ching Chong"
Non-album tracks
1961"Every Beat of My Heart" [A]
b/w "Room in Your Heart"
617520
"Every Beat of My Heart"
b/w "Room in Your Heart"
Re-recorded versions
4515Letter Full of Tears
"Guess Who"
b/w "Stop Running Around"
"Letter Full of Tears"
b/w "You Broke Your Promise"
193
1962"Operator"
b/w "I'll Trust in You"
97
"Linda" [B]
b/w "Darling" (from Letter Full of Tears)
Non-album tracks
1963"Happiness (Is the Light of Love)"
b/w "I Had a Dream Last Night"
"Come See About Me" [C]
b/w "I Want That Kind of Love"
"Queen of Tears" [D]
b/w "A Love Like Mine"
1964"Giving Up"
b/w "Maybe Maybe Baby"
386 [E] Gladys Knight and the Pips
"What Shall I Do"
b/w "Love Call"
Non-album tracks
"Lovers Always Forgive"
b/w "(There Will Never Be) Another Love"
8942Gladys Knight and the Pips
"Either Way I Lose"
b/w "Go Away, Stay Away"
119
1965"Stop and Get a Hold of Myself"123
b/w "Who Knows? (I Just Can't Trust You)"129
"Tell Her You're Mine"
b/w "If I Should Fall In Love"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Notes

The Soul (Motown) era (1966–1972)

YearSingle (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
Peak chart positionsAlbum
US
[8]
US
R&B

[9]
US
A/C

[8]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
UK
[4]
1966"Just Walk in My Shoes"
b/w "Stepping Closer to Your Heart" (from Anthology)
12935Everybody Needs Love
1967"Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me"
b/w "Do You Love Me Just a Little, Honey"
9813
"Everybody Needs Love"
b/w "Stepping Closer to Your Heart" (from Anthology)
39333
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
b/w "It's Time to Go Now" (from Feelin' Bluesy)
21547
1968"The End of Our Road"
b/w "Don't Let Her Take Your Love from Me"
15512Feelin' Bluesy
"It Should Have Been Me"
b/w "You Don't Love Me No More" (from Everybody Needs Love)
40933
"I Wish It Would Rain"
b/w "It's Summer" (from Nitty Gritty)
411560Silk N' Soul
1969"Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)"
b/w "Keep an Eye"
631167Nitty Gritty
"The Nitty Gritty"
b/w "Got Myself a Good Man"
19227
"Friendship Train"
b/w "Cloud Nine" (from Nitty Gritty)
17229Greatest Hits
1970"You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)"
b/w "You're My Everything" (from Silk N' Soul)
25335
"If I Were Your Woman"
b/w "The Tracks of My Tears" (from Silk N' Soul)
919923If I Were Your Woman
1971"I Don't Want to Do Wrong"
b/w "Is There a Place (In His Heart for Me)"
17230
"Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To"
b/w "It's All Over but the Shoutin'" (from Knight Time)
27367Standing Ovation
1972"Help Me Make It Through the Night"
b/w "If You Gonna Leave (Just Leave)"
3313256411
"Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"
b/w "Can't Give It Up No More"
21151631Neither One of Us
The following singles were released after the group left Motown
1973"The Look of Love"
b/w "You're My Everything"
21Silk N' Soul
"Daddy Could Swear, I Declare"
b/w "For Once in My Life"
19245Neither One of Us
"All I Need Is Time"
b/w "The Only Time You Love Me Is When You're Losing Me"
6128All I Need Is Time
1974"Between Her Goodbye and My Hello"
b/w "This Child Needs Its Father" (from Neither One Of Us)
574581Knight Time
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

The Buddah era (1973–1978)

YearSingle (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[8]
US
R&B

[9]
US
A/C

[8]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
UK
[4]
1973"Where Peaceful Waters Flow"
b/w "Perfect Love"
28618Imagination
"Midnight Train to Georgia"
b/w "Window Raising Granny"
111952510
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
  • BPI: Platinum [7]
"I've Got to Use My Imagination"
b/w "I Can See Clearly Now"
4125
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
1974"Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"
b/w "Once in a Lifetime Thing"
31104667
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
"On and On"
b/w "The Makings of You"
5213
  • RIAA: Gold [5]
"Claudine" soundtrack
"I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" /2113913I Feel a Song
"Don't Burn Down the Bridge"
1975"Love Finds Its Own Way"
b/w "Better You Go Your Way"
4734060
"The Way We Were" / "Try to Remember"
b/w "The Need to Be"
116243294
  • BPI: Silver [7]
"Money"
b/w "Street Brothers"
504572nd Anniversary
"Part Time Love"
b/w "Where Do I Put His Memory"
224173430
"Silent Night"
b/w "Do You Hear What I Hear"
Bless This House
1976"Make Yours a Happy Home"
b/w "The Going Ups and the Coming Downs" (from I Feel A Song)
1335"Claudine" soundtrack
"So Sad the Song"
b/w Instrumental theme of A-side
471231320"Pipe Dreams" soundtrack
1977"Nobody But You"
b/w "Pipe Dreams"
34
"Baby, Don't Change Your Mind"
b/w "I Love to Feel That Feeling"
5210584
  • BPI: Silver [7]
Still Together
"Home Is Where the Heart Is"
b/w "You Put a New Life in My Body"
35
"Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right"
b/w "You Put a New Life in My Body" (from Still Together)
24The One and Only
1978"The One and Only"
b/w "Pipe Dreams" (from "Pipe Dreams" soundtrack)
4032
"Come Back and Finish What You Started"
b/w "It's Up to You (Do What You Do)" (from Spotlight On Gladys Knight & The Pips)
15
"It's a Better Than Good Time"
b/w "Everybody's Got to Find a Way" (from Spotlight On Gladys Knight & The Pips)
1659
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

The later years (1980–1988)

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[8]
US
R&B

[9]
US
A/C

[8]
CAN
[3]
UK
[4]
1980"Landlord"463About Love
"Taste of Bitter Love"3835
"Bourgie', Bourgie'"4532
1981"Forever Yesterday (For the Children)"52
"If That'll Make You Happy"37Touch
"I Will Fight"21
1982"A Friend of Mine"50
"That Special Time of Year"32That Special Time of Year
1983"Save the Overtime (For Me)"661Visions
"You're Number One (In My Book)"5
"Hero"1046423
1984"When You're Far Away"42
1985"My Time"10216Life
"Keep Givin' Me Love"31
"Till I See You Again"85
1986"Send It to Me"14"Miami Vice II" soundtrack
1987"Love Overboard"131455942All Our Love
1988"Lovin' on Next to Nothin'"381
"It's Gonna Take All Our Love"29
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

YearSongAlbum
1994"Midnight Train to Georgia" (live version)Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume IV [10]

The Pips

Studio albums

YearAlbumPeak chart positionsRecord label
US US
R&B
1977At Last… The Pips Casablanca
1978Callin'
"" denotes the release failed to chart

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US US
R&B
1962"Linda"
1963"Happiness (Is the Light of Love)"
1977"If I Could Bring Back Yesterday"
1978"Baby I'm Your Fool"
"" denotes the release failed to chart

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