{t:Midnight Train to Georgia} {st:Gladys Knight and the Pips} The gender of the lyrics has been changed for male singer Done in Chordpro format.Use a free converter to change to standard tex $21.16: $24.98: Doonesbury on Gladys Knight and the Pips | Flickr - Photo Sharing! The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's \"Soul\" record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including \"I Heard It Through the Grapevine\" (1967) and \"Midnight Train to Georgia\" (1973). Midnight Train to Georgia. The group is best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's 'Soul' record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including the songs "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1967) and "Midnight Train to Georgia" (1973). Verified Purchase. Print and download Midnight Train to Georgia sheet music by Gladys Knight & The Pips. Lyrics to Midnight Train To Georgia by Aretha Franklin from the In Concert: Paris 1977 [DVD] album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more! Sheet music arranged for Piano/Vocal/Guitar in F Major (transposable). 4.7 out of 5 stars 140 ratings. It currently ranks #439 on Rolling Stone's updated list of their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[8]. To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.com (US). an introduction to the midnight train from georgia, a group of cyclists participating in pelotonia, an event unlike no other, raising money to fund cancer research. Gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston recorded the song as "Midnite Train to Georgia" (spelled "Midnight ..." on the UK single) released in 1973. Gladys Knight & The Pips were a soul and rnb family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, active from 1953 to 1989. Elaine Walker. Jim Weatherly, the country singer-songwriter who penned the Gladys Knight and the Pips hit “Midnight Train to Georgia,” among other hit songs, died Wednesday at his home. The longest-lived incarnation of the act featured Gladys Knight on lead vocals, with The Pips, who included her brother Merald \"Bubba\" Knight and their cousins Edward Patten and William Guest, as backup singers.from Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Knight_%26_the_Pips [20][21], Garry Trudeau did a Sunday color Doonesbury comic strip[22][23] featuring this song, though Georgia was changed to the ignominious "Cranston" in Rhode Island, and an unnamed song/dance group; it was published on July 28, 1974. Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. JUST LOVE GLADYS! The episode ends with a rendition of the song by most of the cast (and a speaking-only cameo by Knight herself). Listen Now Buy song $1.29. He was 77. And I said, 'I don't mind. ", "The Ice Of Boston Lyrics - Dismemberment Plan", BBC.co.uk Sold on Song: "Midnight Train to Georgia", Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye), Our House Is Not a Home (For It's Never Been Loved In), American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Song, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Midnight_Train_to_Georgia&oldid=1021857154, Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom, Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming figures, Pages using certification Table Entry with streaming footnote, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Midnight Train to Georgia" (instrumental), Co-produced by Gladys Knight, Merald "Bubba" Knight, Eddie Patten, and William Guest, This page was last edited on 7 May 2021, at 01:59. It garnered the group the 1974 Grammy Award for "Best R&B Vocal Performance" and was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Farrah Fawcett answered the phone and he asked what she was doing. Check out Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & The Pips on Amazon Music. She said she was "taking the midnight plane to Houston" to visit her family. It remained in the top position for two weeks. [7], In 1999, "Midnight Train to Georgia" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. What a classy lady!Gladys Knight \u0026 The Pips were an R\u0026B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. And I'll be with him On that midnight train to Georgia, I'd rather live in his world Than live without him in mine. SKU: MN0040997 Written by Jim Weatherly, and included on the Pips' 1973 LP Imagination, "Midnight Train to Georgia" won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus and has become Knight's signature song. He kept dreamin' That someday he'd be a star. See all 2 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. On the UK Singles Chart, it peaked at number ten on June 5, 1976. "Midnight Train to Georgia" is very much a product of the South. 100% of all donations go directly to #endcancer. "[3][4] Weatherly, at a program in Nashville, said he had been the quarterback at the University of Mississippi, and the NFL didn't work out for him, so he was in Los Angeles trying to write songs. [5] The record was awarded an RIAA Gold single (for selling one million copies) on October 18, 1973. I love it. "I wrote it as a kind of a country song. [24], The song was mentioned in "The Ice of Boston", a song on The Dismemberment Plan's 1997 album The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified. "It was based on a conversation I had with somebody... about taking a midnight plane to Houston," Weatherly recalls. Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2016. Jim Weatherly, 'Midnight Train to Georgia' songwriter, has died at the age of 77. Gladys Knight has always been one of my favorites. [6], In her autobiography, Between Each Line of Pain and Glory, Gladys Knight wrote that she hoped the song was a comfort to the many thousands who come each year from elsewhere to Los Angeles to realize the dream of being in motion pictures, television or music, but then fail to realize that dream and plunge into despair. Learn to play guitar by chord / tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Written by Jim Weatherly, and included on the Pips' 1973 LP Imagination, "Midnight Train to Georgia" won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus and has become Knight's signature song. The song was originally written and performed by Jim Weatherly under the title "Midnight Plane to Houston," which he recorded on Jimmy Bowen's Amos Records. Listen Now Buy song $1.29. It was during the preparation of the song for Houston that the titular “Plane” was changed to “Train” and “Houston” to “Georgia”. Weatherly, in a later interview with Gary James, stated that the phone conversation in question had been with Farrah Fawcett, and he used Fawcett and his friend Lee Majors, whom she had just started dating, "as kind of like characters. Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2013. He was in a rec football league with Lee Majors and called Majors one night. Midnight Train To Georgia Chords by Indigo Girls. 5.0 out of 5 stars GLADYS KNIGHT. 5.0 out of 5 stars Midnight Train to Georgia. "Midnight Train To Georgia" was not only a #1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B, but also a #10 on the UK Singles chart. “Midnight Train to Georgia” was featured on Gladys Knight & the Pips' 11th album “Imagination.” The single was the group’s second release on Buddah Records since they left Motown Records. 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