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Cat. No. 2791: GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS ~ THE EARLY YEARS. ACROBAT AMACD007. (IMPORT).
Cat. No. 2791: GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS ~ THE EARLY YEARS. ACROBAT AMACD007. (IMPORT).

Cat. No. 2791: GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS ~ THE EARLY YEARS. ACROBAT AMACD007. (IMPORT).

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GLADYS MARIA KNIGHT, KNOWN AS THE “EMPRESS OF SOUL”, BEGAN SINGING AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. GLADYS WON TED MACK’S “THE ORIGINAL AMATEUR HOUR” IN 1952 AT EIGHT YEARS OF AGE. IN THE SAME YEAR, GLADYS, HER BROTHER BUBBA, SISTER BRENDA, AND THEIR COUSINS ELEANOR AND WILLIAM GUEST BEGAN PERFORMING TOGETHER DURING BUBBA’S TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY AFTER A RECORD PLAYER MALFUNCTIONED. THEY ORIGINALLY CALLED THEMSELVES THE PIPS, INSPIRED BY THE NICKNAME OF THEIR COUSIN JAMES “PIP” WOODS. BY 1955, THE GROUP ENTERED THE TALENT SHOW CIRCUIT IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF ATLANTA, WINNING EACH TALENT SHOW THEY ENTERED. THEIR SUCCESS EARNED THEM A RECORDING CONTRACT WITH BRUNSWICK RECORDS. THE GROUP RELEASED TWO RECORDINGS THAT FAILED TO CHART. IN 1959, BRUNSWICK DROPPED THE GROUP FROM ITS ROSTER.

IN 1962, THEY RECORDED “EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART” FOR A LOCAL LABEL, HUNTOM RECORDS, WHO PUSHED THE SINGLE AND GOT A DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH VEE JAY RECORDS TO RELEASE IT. THE GROUP MOVED TO NEW YORK WHERE THEY OBTAINED A CONTRACT WITH FURY RECORDS WHO, ON HEARING THAT “EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART” WAS ALREADY BECOMING A HIT BUT HAD CUT THE GROUP OUT OF PROFITS, HAD THE GROUP RE-RECORD THE SONG AND BOTH VERSIONS MADE THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. AT THAT TIME THE GROUP CHANGED THEIR NAME TO GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS. AFTER RELEASING A STRING OF SINGLES ON FURY RECORDS THEIR WAS A MAJOR CHANGE OF LINE-UP INCLUDING GLADYS WHO TOOK LEAVE FROM THE GROUP TO START A FAMILY RETURNING IN 1964. THE GROUP THEN SIGNED WITH THE MAXX LABEL RELEASING SEVERAL MODEST HITS INCLUDING “LOVERS ALWAYS FORGIVE”, AND THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF “GIVING UP”. OTHER SONGS THEY RELEASED INCLUDED “ANOTHER LOVE”, “EITHER WAY I LOSE”, “GO AWAY, STAY AWAY”, “WHO KNOWS” AND “IF I SHOULD EVER FALL IN LOVE”, ALL INCLUDED ON THIS RELEASE. GREAT EARLY RECORDINGS BY THE GROUP THAT BECAME ONE OF THE LEADING FORCES IN THE “SOUL” MOVEMENT OF THE 1960s *****

TRACK LISTING: Every Beat Of My Heart / Room In Your Heart / Guess Who / Stop Running Around / Letter Full Of Tears / You Broke Your Promise / Operator / I’ll Trust In You / Morning Noon And Night / I Can’t Stand By / What Shall I Do / Giving Up / Maybe Maybe Baby / Lovers Always Forgive / Another Love / Either Way I Lose / Go Away, Stay Away / Stop And Get A Hold Of Myself.

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