# The Pips discography

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Gladys Knight & the Pips (1969)

Here is the discography of American [R&B](/source/R%26B)/[soul](/source/Soul_music) vocal group [Gladys Knight & the Pips](/source/Gladys_Knight_%26_the_Pips).

## Albums

### Studio albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications Record label US [1] US R&B [1] AUS [2] CAN [3] UK [4] 1962 Letter Full of Tears — — — — — Fury 1965 Gladys Knight and the Pips — — — — — Maxx 1967 Everybody Needs Love 60 12 — — — Motown 1968 Feelin' Bluesy 158 12 — — — Silk N' Soul 136 11 — — — 1969 Nitty Gritty 81 11 — — — 1971 If I Were Your Woman 35 4 — — — Standing Ovation 60 11 — — — 1973 Neither One of Us 9 1 — — — All I Need Is Time 70 14 — — — Imagination 9 1 27 22 — RIAA: Gold[5] MC: Gold[6] Buddah 1974 Knight Time 139 29 — — — Soul I Feel a Song 17 1 24 16 20 RIAA: Gold[5] BPI: Silver[7] Buddah 1975 A Little Knight Music 164 32 — — — Soul 2nd Anniversary 24 4 — 91 — RIAA: Gold[5] Buddah Bless This House — — — — — 1977 Still Together 51 18 — — 42 1978 The One and Only 145 30 — — — 1980 About Love 48 5 — — — Columbia That Special Time of Year — 45 — — — 1981 Touch 109 22 — — — 1983 Visions 34 3 — — — RIAA: Gold[5] 1985 Life 126 31 — — — 1987 All Our Love 39 1 — — 80 RIAA: Gold[5] MCA "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

### Live albums

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

### Soundtrack albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications Record label US [1] US R&B [1] AUS [2] CAN [3] 1974 Claudine 35 1 — 27 RIAA: Gold[5] Buddah 1976 Pipe Dreams 94 16 23 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

### Compilation albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications Record label US [1] US R&B [1] CAN [3] UK [4] 1970 Greatest Hits 55 5 — — Soul 1974 Anthology 77 10 — — Motown 1976 The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips 36 8 35 6 BPI: Gold[7] Buddah 1977 30 Greatest Hits — — — 3 BPI: Platinum[7] K-tel 1980 The Touch of Love — — — 16 BPI: Silver[7] 1984 The Collection — — — 43 Castle 1988 The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips: Columbia Years — — — — Columbia 1989 The Singles Album — — — 12 BPI: Gold[7] PolyGram 1990 Greatest Hits — — — — RIAA: Gold[5] Curb Soul Survivors: The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips 1973-1988 — — — — Rhino 1995 The Best Of (Anthology Series) — — — — Motown 1997 The Ultimate Collection — — — — 1999 Essential Collection — — — — Hip-O 2000 Classic: The Universal Master Collection — — — — Motown 2003 Platinum & Gold Collection — — — — BMG Heritage 2005 Love Songs — — — — Sony BMG 2006 The Greatest Hits — — — 52 BPI: Silver [7] Gold — 53 — — Hip-O Beautiful Ballads — — — — Legacy 2007 Love Finds Its Own Way: The Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips — — — — 2008 The Definitive Collection — — — — Motown 2009 Playlist: The Very Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips — — — — Legacy "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

## Singles

### The early years (1958–1965)

Year Single Peak chart positions Album 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" 6 1 75 20 "Every Beat of My Heart" b/w "Room in Your Heart" Re-recorded versions 45 15 — — Letter Full of Tears "Guess Who" b/w "Stop Running Around" — — — — "Letter Full of Tears" b/w "You Broke Your Promise" 19 3 — — 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" 38 6[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" 89 — — 42 Gladys 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**

- [**A**](#ref_Note1A) Single credited to The Pips but nonetheless featuring Gladys Knight; the group's name change to Gladys Knight & the Pips hadn't taken place yet

- [**B**](#ref_Note2B) Recording by The Pips alone without Gladys Knight

- [**C**](#ref_Note3C) Single credited to Gladys Knight alone; may be a solo recording

- [**D**](#ref_Note4D) Single credited to Gladys Knight with "vocal background by the Pips"

- [**E**](#ref_Note5E) From November 30, 1963, to January 23, 1965, *[Billboard Magazine](/source/Billboard_(magazine))* did not publish a [Hot R&B](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs) songs chart; the peak positions for R&B singles listed during this period are from *[Cash Box Magazine](/source/Cashbox_(magazine))*.

### The Soul (Motown) era (1966–1972)

Year Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated Peak chart positions Album 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) 129 — — — — 35 Everybody Needs Love 1967 "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" b/w "Do You Love Me Just a Little, Honey" 98 — — — — 13 "Everybody Needs Love" b/w "Stepping Closer to Your Heart" (from Anthology) 39 3 — — 33 — "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" b/w "It's Time to Go Now" (from Feelin' Bluesy) 2 1 — — 5 47 1968 "The End of Our Road" b/w "Don't Let Her Take Your Love from Me" 15 5 — — 12 — Feelin' Bluesy "It Should Have Been Me" b/w "You Don't Love Me No More" (from Everybody Needs Love) 40 9 — — 33 — "I Wish It Would Rain" b/w "It's Summer" (from Nitty Gritty) 41 15 — — 60 — Silk N' Soul 1969 "Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)" b/w "Keep an Eye" 63 11 — — 67 — Nitty Gritty "The Nitty Gritty" b/w "Got Myself a Good Man" 19 2 — — 27 — "Friendship Train" b/w "Cloud Nine" (from Nitty Gritty) 17 2 — — 29 — Greatest Hits 1970 "You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)" b/w "You're My Everything" (from Silk N' Soul) 25 3 — — 35 — "If I Were Your Woman" b/w "The Tracks of My Tears" (from Silk N' Soul) 9 1 — 99 23 — If I Were Your Woman 1971 "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" b/w "Is There a Place (In His Heart for Me)" 17 2 — — 30 — "Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To" b/w "It's All Over but the Shoutin'" (from Knight Time) 27 3 — — 67 — Standing Ovation 1972 "Help Me Make It Through the Night" b/w "If You Gonna Leave (Just Leave)" 33 13 25 — 64 11 "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" b/w "Can't Give It Up No More" 2 1 15 — 16 31 Neither One of Us The following singles were released after the group left Motown 1973 "The Look of Love" b/w "You're My Everything" — — — — — 21 Silk N' Soul "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare" b/w "For Once in My Life" 19 2 — — 45 — Neither One of Us "All I Need Is Time" b/w "The Only Time You Love Me Is When You're Losing Me" 61 28 — — — — All I Need Is Time 1974 "Between Her Goodbye and My Hello" b/w "This Child Needs Its Father" (from Neither One Of Us) 57 45 — — 81 — Knight Time "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

### The Buddah era (1973–1978)

Year Single (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" 28 6 18 — — — Imagination "Midnight Train to Georgia" b/w "Window Raising Granny" 1 1 19 52 5 10 RIAA: Gold[5] BPI: Platinum[7] "I've Got to Use My Imagination" b/w "I Can See Clearly Now" 4 1 — — 25 — RIAA: Gold[5] 1974 "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" b/w "Once in a Lifetime Thing" 3 1 10 46 6 7 RIAA: Gold[5] "On and On" b/w "The Makings of You" 5 2 — — 13 — RIAA: Gold[5] "Claudine" soundtrack "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" / 21 1 — 39 13 — I Feel a Song "Don't Burn Down the Bridge" — — — — — 1975 "Love Finds Its Own Way" b/w "Better You Go Your Way" 47 3 40 — 60 — "The Way We Were" / "Try to Remember" b/w "The Need to Be" 11 6 2 43 29 4 BPI: Silver[7] "Money" b/w "Street Brothers" 50 4 — — 57 — 2nd Anniversary "Part Time Love" b/w "Where Do I Put His Memory" 22 4 17 — 34 30 "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) — 13 — — — 35 "Claudine" soundtrack "So Sad the Song" b/w Instrumental theme of A-side 47 12 3 13 — 20 "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" 52 10 — — 58 4 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) — 24 — — — — The One and Only 1978 "The One and Only" b/w "Pipe Dreams" (from "Pipe Dreams" soundtrack) — 40 — — — 32 "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) — 16 — — — 59 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

### The later years (1980–1988)

Year Single Peak chart positions Album US [8] US R&B [9] US A/C [8] CAN [3] UK [4] 1980 "Landlord" 46 3 — — — About Love "Taste of Bitter Love" — 38 — — 35 "Bourgie', Bourgie'" — 45 — — 32 1981 "Forever Yesterday (For the Children)" — 52 — — — —N/a "If That'll Make You Happy" — 37 — — — Touch "I Will Fight" — 21 — — — 1982 "A Friend of Mine" — 50 — — — "That Special Time of Year" — 32 — — — That Special Time of Year 1983 "Save the Overtime (For Me)" 66 1 — — — Visions "You're Number One (In My Book)" — 5 — — — "Hero" 104 64 23 — — 1984 "When You're Far Away" — 42 — — — 1985 "My Time" 102 16 — — — Life "Keep Givin' Me Love" — 31 — — — "Till I See You Again" — 85 — — — 1986 "Send It to Me" — 14 — — — "Miami Vice II" soundtrack 1987 "Love Overboard" 13 1 45 59 42 All Our Love 1988 "Lovin' on Next to Nothin'" — 3 — — 81 "It's Gonna Take All Our Love" — 29 — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

## Other appearances

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

## The Pips

- Listed below are recordings made without Gladys Knight.

### Studio albums

Year Album Peak chart positions Record label US US R&B 1977 At Last… The Pips — — Casablanca 1978 Callin' — — "—" denotes the release failed to chart

### Singles

Year Single Peak 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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## External links

- [Gladys Knight & the Pips](https://www.discogs.com/artist/Gladys+Knight+And+The+Pips) discography at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)

- [The Pips](https://www.discogs.com/artist/The+Pips) discography at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)

v t e Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight Merald "Bubba" Knight William Guest Edward Patten Studio albums Gladys Knight and the Pips Everybody Needs Love Nitty Gritty If I Were Your Woman Neither One of Us All I Need Is Time Imagination I Feel a Song 2nd Anniversary The One and Only Visions All Our Love Soundtrack albums Claudine Compilation albums The Ultimate Collection Singles "Every Beat of My Heart" "Letter Full of Tears" "Giving Up" "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" "Everybody Needs Love" "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" "The End of Our Road" "It Should Have Been Me" "I Wish It Would Rain" "The Nitty Gritty" "If I Were Your Woman" "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" "The Look of Love" "Midnight Train to Georgia" "I've Got to Use My Imagination" "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" "On and On" "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" "The Way We Were/Try to Remember" "Save the Overtime (For Me)" "Hero" "Love Overboard" "Baby, Don't Change Your Mind" Related topics Discography Barry Hankerson

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