{"id":2478,"date":"2015-10-27T07:05:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T12:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keenerpodcast.com\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2015-10-26T17:49:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T22:49:46","slug":"the-musical-match-of-a-lifetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keener13.org\/?p=2478","title":{"rendered":"The Musical Match Of A Lifetime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Songwriter Jim Weatherly (C) with Gladys Knight and the Pips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Bob Berry<\/p>\n

It seems all great singers, or groups-the ones who do not write their own material, have one great muse.<\/p>\n

At Motown, it was The Supremes<\/a><\/strong> with Holland-Dozier-Holland. At Stax-Volt, David Porter and Isaac Hayes<\/a><\/strong> with Sam and Dave. The Monkees with Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart<\/a><\/strong>. It’s a long list.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0Gladys Knight and the Pips<\/a><\/strong>, it was a former All-SEC quarterback<\/a><\/strong> from Ole Miss, Jim Weatherly<\/a><\/strong>; who wrote 1973’s Grammy Award-winning “Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First to Say Goodbye)<\/a><\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

It was the beginning of a magical run. \u00a0Dissatisfied with their second-tier status at Motown, Gladys and the Pips moved to\u00a0a new record label, Buddah<\/a><\/strong>, recording Weatherly’s “Where Peaceful Waters Flow”, the million-selling “You’re The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me<\/a><\/strong>“, and “Between Her Goodbye and My Hello.”<\/p>\n

And, there was one more.<\/p>\n

“Midnight Train To Georgia<\/a><\/strong>” was released in August of 1973, and was an instant smash, going all the way to Number One on this day, October 27th, 1973. It became the\u00a0group’s\u00a0signature song<\/a><\/strong>, won a Grammy in 1974 for Best R&B Performance by a Group<\/a><\/strong>, was named to\u00a0Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs<\/a><\/strong> of All Time, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame<\/a><\/strong> in 1999.<\/p>\n

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