Gladys Knight and The Pips performed on The Midnight Special March 8, 1974 Follow us on Social Media: / themidnightspecialtvshow / themidnightspecialtvshow / themidnightspecialtvshow / tmstvshow
Gladys Knight had it ALL! One of the all time best female singers ever! She’s got an amazing voice that she knows how to use- and, she’s absolutely gorgeous ❤❤❤
The Empress of Soul... At 79 years old, she's still cracking it out. Awarded the National Metal of Arts in 2023. This is one of my favorite songs by the beautiful Gladys Kinght and The Pips. The best of Soul. Happy Sunday 🕊 Thank you for sharing! 💖
I absolutely love how ridiculously gorgeous Gladys was and how her voice just brims with soul. She sings so effortlessly like she took a walk and just so happened to stop by this studio.
They represent the golden 70s music. These songs are multigenerational. Even now in the 2020s young people like this tunes!! Gladys The Beautiful Lady of Soul music!!
How can you sing so effortlessly, look so beautiful with that much soul in your voice? Me crying over my lost marriage has zero emotions compared to her singing this song!
Glayds Knight and the Pips are an iconic group and they sound simply amazing and awesome on the Midnight Special 🎉🎉. I love this 🎵 🎶 lady and her music 🎶 🎵, she's my favorite 🎉🎉
Always loved the song but watching this was the first time I noticed how much the drums and bass were such a big part of driving this song along. What a great performance by all, especially the brass. Makes me sad to think a tight band and singers are a rare thing now. Used to be the only thing that brought ya success.
Just like Mr. Bojangles is "Sammy's song", Midnight Train to Georgia is Glady's song. I don't care to listen to anyone else singing this song except Gladys
I worked on the set with her and Patti La Belle (sp?) and Dionne Warwick for a song called, "Superwoman." All of the people on set were pros: we knew to keep to ourselves, and to NOT interfere with the production in any way. We were professionals. And, if you don't know, music videos are generally filmed against the track recorded in the studio. It makes sense. It must match the recording to play it on MTV. This song was no different. First came Patty Labelle. She raised her hand in the air, her signature move. Then came Dionne Warwick: her distinctive voice came through. And then: Gladys sang. Granted, she was mouthing her own words that were pre-recorded and played back on the Nagra (reel to reel playback machine); but suddenly and UNEXPECTEDLY, everyone in the room fell silent to listen to Gladys sing. It wasn't even a live performance! And, people listening started to cry. I don't know what it is about Gladys Knight, but she is a miracle, and one of a kind. I didn't have to gutz to go up and tell her how I felt. I let it go like a professional. But I've never forgotten the POWER that she showed: the power to bring a whole crowd of people to tears, with the shear and open display of her heart. And my point? She made me believe for the rest of my life that a person can move mountains. I've loved her ever since. God bless you, Gladys ... you are so loved. But I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that.
Came to this after just watching GK sing this on a recent edition of "The View," as she honored Whoopi Goldberg's birthday. Certainly hasn't lost much; in fact, her delivery may be even more soulful now if not as energetic. Sure loved the Pips...they may've been the best of the "whoo-HOO" backup singers, for ANY singer. Probably one of the templates for backups to come.
what awesome performance - surpasses the original recording!!! Really enjoying these MS clips, so many great performance seeing the light of day again.
This was '74? At just 9 years old when this was recorded, I remember this song vividly as it was always being played out of the single speaker on my Phillips a.m. radio. Thanks Gladys and gentlemen for entertaining this impressionable little boy. ✌️ y'all
Wonderful song. Gladys really poured her heart into this song. Trivia: This song was written by a close friend of actress Farrah Fawcett. She had told him that she had a "midnight plane to Houston" to visit her parents. It stuck in his head and he wrote this award winning song.
@RoyalewithCheese-bn9cw They are basically the same lyrics. The difference is, Gladys and the Pips' version is uptempo with beautiful backing by the Pips and better instrumentation ,while Cissy's is slower with a soulful tune.
just to let you know......the song was originally written and recorded by Jim Weatherly, entitled "Midnight plane to Houston", released in July of '72.@@bonsuosei2697
Awesome song! I believe there's a Midnight Special Gladys Knight and The Pips performance of "Use My Imagination"(?) If so, I'd love to see it again! Thanks!
