Essential Collection

by Gladys Knight, Gladys Knight & the Pips

Overview

There have been many Gladys Knight & the Pips collections over the years, yet few have drawn from all periods of their career. Hip-O's 1999 compilation Essential Collection does, beginning with their first hit for Vee-Jay, "Every Beat of My Heart," and ending with their last R&B number one, 1987's "Love Overboard." It doesn't feature every hit they ever had, but it does provide a good chronology of their career by featuring their biggest hits: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "If I Were Your Woman," "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)," "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare," "Midnight Train to Georgia," "I've Got to Use My Imagination," "The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me," "On and On," "Save the Overtime (For Me)," "Hero (Wind Beneath My Wings)." Anyone looking for a single disc covering the entire career of Gladys Knight & the Pips should turn here. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/28/1999
Label:	Hip-O
UPC:	0731454502924

Tracks

1. Every Beat of My Heart
2. Letter Full of Tears
3. Giving Up
4. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
5. If I Were Your Woman
6. Friendship Train
7. I Don't Want to Do Wrong
8. Daddy Could Swear, I Declare
9. Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
10. Midnight Train to Georgia
11. I've Got to Use My Imagination
12. The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
13. I Feel a Song (In My Heart)
14. On and On
15. The Way We Were
16. Save the Overtime (For Me)
17. Hero (Wind Beneath My Wings)
18. Love Overboard

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gladys Knight & the Pips   Primary Artist
Gladys Knight   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Johnny Otis   Composer
Merald "Bubba" Knight   Composer
Reggie Calloway   Composer
Norman Whitfield   Composer
Ilene Weingard   Art Direction
Rick Smith   Composer
Don Covay   Composer
Johnny Bristol   Composer
Gloria Jones   Composer
Jeff Silbar   Composer
Larry Henley   Composer
William Guest   Composer
Gladys Knight & the Pips   Performer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Alan Bergman   Composer
Bubba Knight   Composer
Jim Weatherly   Composer
Mary Sawyer   Composer
Van McCoy   Composer
Sam Dees   Composer
Marilyn Bergman   Composer
Erick Labson   Mastering
Catherine Schaffner   Composer
Joey Gallo   Composer
Marvin Hamlisch   Composer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
Barry Goldberg   Composer
Clay McMurray   Composer
Pat Lawrence   Executive Producer
Barrett Strong   Composer
Pam Sawyer   Composer
Tony Camillo   Composer
Gladys Knight   Composer
Andy McKaie   Producer