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  • Gladys Knight and The Pips performed on The Midnight Special March 8, 1974
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 228

  • @wardka
    @wardka 11 місяців тому +218

    I didn't realize at the time how devastatingly beautiful Glady's Knight was.

    • @speedspeed121
      @speedspeed121 8 місяців тому +15

      I concur. I was thinking the same thing

    • @KarrasK5
      @KarrasK5 8 місяців тому +9

      +1❤❤

    • @gregster61
      @gregster61 7 місяців тому +12

      Yeah. She's particularly adorable here.

    • @TwandaySpr06
      @TwandaySpr06 7 місяців тому +22

      Shes still beautiful

    • @chrisspearline767
      @chrisspearline767 7 місяців тому +6

      Yes indeed

  • @theiceman6941
    @theiceman6941 Місяць тому +35

    Damn, Gladys Knight was beautiful!

  • @TheDjdonnie68
    @TheDjdonnie68 2 місяці тому +24

    She was gorgeous ! And what a voice !!

  • @tlbp1480
    @tlbp1480 4 місяці тому +16

    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.

  • @that70sgirl90
    @that70sgirl90 11 місяців тому +60

    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! 💖

  • @user-ye5wx3ts9c
    @user-ye5wx3ts9c 3 місяці тому +16

    She's such a firecracker! There's nothing like a performer who pours their soul into their work.

    • @pdunay1
      @pdunay1 2 місяці тому

      and there's another...ua-cam.com/video/7fgKhuqNtxw/v-deo.html

  • @StephanieJeanne
    @StephanieJeanne 11 місяців тому +89

    Gladys makes singing from your soul look so dang easy! She's awesome! I always loved The Pips, too! This put a smile on my face.😊✌️

  • @iandowney4630
    @iandowney4630 28 днів тому +9

    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 ❤❤❤

  • @Bigeazy87
    @Bigeazy87 11 місяців тому +39

    Gorgeous lady with one of the best voices ever!

  • @mulatacatachufla
    @mulatacatachufla Місяць тому +7

    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!!

  • @Freptboy
    @Freptboy Місяць тому +7

    I have the pleasure to meet her at Disney World years ago and she is the most wonderful lady.

  • @peterle6883
    @peterle6883 2 місяці тому +12

    Those Pips were amazing and styling.

  • @helmutsecke3529
    @helmutsecke3529 11 місяців тому +19

    The Pips bustin' those smooth ass moves and on point with the backing vocals! I can't watch the Pips without bloody crying ♥️.

  • @DianaJG8
    @DianaJG8 11 місяців тому +31

    Always loved watching Gladys perform! And what a beautiful lady with a fantastic voice! ❤

  • @rjs2005
    @rjs2005 11 місяців тому +20

    Such a beautiful lady with a beautiful voice and soul. Combine her with the superb Pips, and you have a song that touches your soul like few others.

  • @wajobu
    @wajobu 19 днів тому +7

    Happy 80th Birthday to Gladys Knight!

  • @hmwelch99
    @hmwelch99 8 місяців тому +16

    I could watch this 100 times and it would not get old.

  • @MrAitraining
    @MrAitraining 8 місяців тому +24

    Best performance of this song I've ever heard. She sounds great and that band is terrific. Big sound.

    • @tonyhoran3263
      @tonyhoran3263 7 місяців тому +1

      Agreed! That band is SO tight!!

    • @chriscastillo4275
      @chriscastillo4275 5 місяців тому +2

      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.

  • @IMunlucky
    @IMunlucky 2 місяці тому +8

    Fifty years and it's still great. Remember it like it was yesterday. Thank you for posting.

  • @gwenoliver4963
    @gwenoliver4963 Місяць тому +9

    Beautiful eyes!

  • @rebeccawagner4167
    @rebeccawagner4167 Місяць тому +5

    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 🎉🎉

  • @KMN-bg3yu
    @KMN-bg3yu 9 місяців тому +10

    As I watch these wonderful clips from decades ago it actually saddens me. What happened to our music folks? Where did it all go wrong?

  • @janicetrimmell6897
    @janicetrimmell6897 11 місяців тому +34

    You guys sure do have a way of posting musical sunshine on a Sunday morning. Love this.

  • @MrAitraining
    @MrAitraining 9 місяців тому +10

    Gladys sounds great and so cute. Pips in synch and doing their thing. Awesome

  • @benholland1331
    @benholland1331 8 місяців тому +13

    I’m in love with her, she was drop dead gorgeous ❤❤❤❤

  • @juanitapattillo-kf3lh
    @juanitapattillo-kf3lh 9 місяців тому +10

    One of my favorite singers. A phenomenal voice. So glad I've seen her in person!

  • @nojimmyray
    @nojimmyray 11 місяців тому +12

    Gladys is a vocal goddess but, damn those pips sure are smooth,. what a song !

  • @ardiris2715
    @ardiris2715 11 місяців тому +21

    That sure as hell wasn't lip-synced.
    (:

    • @themidnightspecialtvshow
      @themidnightspecialtvshow  11 місяців тому +7

      You are 100%, correct,Burt

    • @deirdre108
      @deirdre108 3 місяці тому

      I prefer this upbeat version over the studio cut. Damn, they're so good.

  • @RCvMR
    @RCvMR 16 днів тому +3

    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!

  • @holtridge7337
    @holtridge7337 2 місяці тому +7

    This helps me when I am depressed.

  • @duncan5705
    @duncan5705 Місяць тому +6

    Absolutely gorgeous and just the best record ever!

  • @user-kc9rc3ij2g
    @user-kc9rc3ij2g 4 місяці тому +4

    They don't have this kind of wonderful music anymore! Such a beautiful lady! Glad I grew up with the music they had back then!🎙️🤟

  • @UncleMikeNJ
    @UncleMikeNJ 19 днів тому +2

    If there have been ten perfect songs in my lifetime, this may well be one of them.

  • @FairwayJack
    @FairwayJack Годину тому

    Ms Knight has the best growl in R&B history ... all her vocal flourishes truly make her music glorious

  • @RememberTheTime09
    @RememberTheTime09 Місяць тому +5

    A singing DOLL! Love it!

  • @GeeBee909
    @GeeBee909 11 місяців тому +9

    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

  • @HalCBass
    @HalCBass 11 місяців тому +8

    This is why America is Great. Nothing like this anywhere else

  • @esperanzaalegre6466
    @esperanzaalegre6466 4 місяці тому +5

    Que hermosa y natural se ve Gladicita,y qué voz,que tipos aquellos que guardo en mi corazón ❤extraño esos años😢

  • @cartoondesignrevealed
    @cartoondesignrevealed 11 місяців тому +8

    “And the hits just keep on comin’ !”

  • @peterle6883
    @peterle6883 2 місяці тому +6

    Gorgeous. And those Pips were amazing.

  • @norberthofmann8391
    @norberthofmann8391 10 місяців тому +7

    I love this unique beautyful Lady with extraordinary voice ❤

    • @phillipshegog
      @phillipshegog 8 місяців тому

      What a classy lady,and boy,can she belt out a song?

  • @mahonrimartins1767
    @mahonrimartins1767 9 місяців тому +3

    I had a crush when I was kid and saw the vynil cover from my mother's collection...

  • @steveGould-cg6bk
    @steveGould-cg6bk 4 місяці тому +6

    ❤❤.. she is one1 very beautiful lady.. you're comment was dead on shot!! ❤❤

  • @RichWeigel
    @RichWeigel Місяць тому +2

    I would have loved to catch that midnight train with Gladys to Georgia back in 1974. Sadly I was only four at the time.

  • @leonoranicolaysen2784
    @leonoranicolaysen2784 6 місяців тому +3

    I simply adore her. I always will. I used to play her songs (on cassette!) When my son was a baby. Her voice soothed him to sleep. 🙂

  • @Viktors633
    @Viktors633 8 днів тому +2

    She is fantastic, we love you Gladys.

  • @redbarchetta8782
    @redbarchetta8782 6 місяців тому +7

    That voice still chills me. Love it.

    • @ralphcrisp2896
      @ralphcrisp2896 5 місяців тому

      I know..."I've got Georgia on my mind!"

    • @JARVISK600
      @JARVISK600 5 місяців тому

      Incredible . Music was so different back then. Timeless music❤

  • @robertdelaney4332
    @robertdelaney4332 10 місяців тому +6

    On my list of songs i will never get tired of listening to.

  • @loilt5091
    @loilt5091 11 місяців тому +5

    What a voice & she’s so cute, to boot‼️

  • @deadpan80
    @deadpan80 11 місяців тому +8

    what awesome performance - surpasses the original recording!!! Really enjoying these MS clips, so many great performance seeing the light of day again.

  • @stelvis7413
    @stelvis7413 19 днів тому +1

    Gladys Knight and the Perfection In Performance Pips. Huge part of the soundtrack of our lives. Happy 80th to Gladys.❤

  • @helene9402
    @helene9402 9 місяців тому +3

    She became even greater as she got older❤

  • @paquichillon-wh9cg
    @paquichillon-wh9cg 4 місяці тому +3

    Eres fantástica eso es tener talento tiene una voz maravillosa muchi simas gracias por aver la con partido con todos nosotros ❤❤❤

  • @joymcdonald8240
    @joymcdonald8240 8 місяців тому +2

    I watched this episode with my mother then we went to Vegas and saw them live my mother had never been to a live show before and it was a great night

  • @THEHERMANATORANDSPURGLE2833
    @THEHERMANATORANDSPURGLE2833 10 місяців тому +4

    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

  • @AsianBeautyThanksForThe.Likes1
    @AsianBeautyThanksForThe.Likes1 3 місяці тому +3

    They are all so talented

  • @pedrotroche2737
    @pedrotroche2737 2 місяці тому +4

    That's LIVE!

  • @Allin7days
    @Allin7days 27 днів тому +2

    A beautiful music and singing...

  • @johnsechrest1880
    @johnsechrest1880 5 місяців тому +2

    She is one of a kind, singing and beautiful even now

  • @lsp65
    @lsp65 11 місяців тому +5

    The voice of a goddess!

  • @victorestevanovich7218
    @victorestevanovich7218 7 місяців тому +2

    Que espectáculo 5 estrellas,Gladys and the Pips.
    Just magnificent!!!❤

  • @bazthehandyman
    @bazthehandyman 10 місяців тому +3

    Absolute epic....will be carved in stone forever.

  • @benholland1331
    @benholland1331 8 місяців тому +4

    What a voice she had ❤❤❤❤

  • @VCT3333
    @VCT3333 11 місяців тому +5

    RIP, Tony Joe White. Gladys and the Pips do justice to this song.

  • @dondee5439
    @dondee5439 9 місяців тому +3

    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.

    • @bonsuosei2697
      @bonsuosei2697 7 місяців тому

      It was, however, first recorded by Cissy Houston ( Whitney's Mom). Gladys Knight and the Pips' version became the most popular and the bigger hit.

    • @bonsuosei2697
      @bonsuosei2697 6 місяців тому

      @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.

    • @neildavies3624
      @neildavies3624 2 місяці тому

      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

  • @firsteerr
    @firsteerr 10 місяців тому +1

    when them moves are so effortless and the voice is effortlessly belting out this banger
    thats classy

  • @shortbus
    @shortbus 7 місяців тому +1

    This is one of my greatest songs for sure - man...she can sing!

  • @ceebeeii6723
    @ceebeeii6723 11 місяців тому +4

    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!

  • @bobthortwack7960
    @bobthortwack7960 4 дні тому

    Just spectacular. Fantastic. Pure talent. Motown 4ev!

  • @gtc1961
    @gtc1961 18 днів тому +1

    When I hear this song, all I picture in my mind is the Pips' routine.

  • @jackblack1675
    @jackblack1675 7 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @roundnround365
    @roundnround365 2 місяці тому +2

    Performing art of the soul elevating kind.

  • @michaeldixon908
    @michaeldixon908 10 місяців тому +1

    What a classy, natural talent. This golden oldie brought a smile. Pleasure to watch

  • @BenKleintjens
    @BenKleintjens 8 місяців тому +3

    Wat een heerlijk nummer en zo waanzinig goed gebracht door Gladys

  • @kevinkurtz9889
    @kevinkurtz9889 3 місяці тому +1

    What class, we will never see this again.

  • @blackmagic6
    @blackmagic6 Місяць тому +1

    There are two things about Gladys Knight that are undeniably true. Firstly she was stunningly beautiful and secondly she was a talented artist.

  • @broadcasttttable
    @broadcasttttable 3 місяці тому +1

    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.

  • @pamelajj8082
    @pamelajj8082 3 місяці тому +1

    Wow! So Exciting! So wonderful.! ❤

  • @robertdavey3381
    @robertdavey3381 2 дні тому

    My youth brilliant.

  • @avrahambentzvi
    @avrahambentzvi 11 місяців тому +2

    She also did this one on The Muppet Show 😂 great to see it sung live with the Pips 😊

  • @gordoh7634
    @gordoh7634 11 місяців тому +5

    Is there such thing as perfect pitch and perfect rhythm? You just heard and saw it if so.

  • @AndresManosalvas
    @AndresManosalvas 11 місяців тому +6

    Player with baby come back, ambrosia with you are the only woman, Shannon by Henry Gross are good examples of good songs that appeared on this show that we all want to see.

  • @lindabrown6545
    @lindabrown6545 5 місяців тому +1

    So unique!! Unable to replicate; not even close!!!

  • @brianwray4320
    @brianwray4320 11 місяців тому +5

    I love this so much! Thanks for the upgrade! Midnight Special is the Best!

  • @maria.fernanda277
    @maria.fernanda277 11 місяців тому +3

    adorable !

  • @melissawells5779
    @melissawells5779 Місяць тому +1

    Beautiful ❤

  • @EckmanTube
    @EckmanTube 10 місяців тому +4

    Backing band crushing it!

  • @frankybass72
    @frankybass72 7 місяців тому

    what a voice, what a song!! Gladys Knight forever will be one of my favorite all times singer

  • @Lillyxxxo
    @Lillyxxxo 7 місяців тому +1

    Gladys is gorgeous and the Pips are so handsome they all so talented

  • @davejonsson3440
    @davejonsson3440 11 місяців тому +3

    Phenomenal performance!

  • @michaelanthonyvideos
    @michaelanthonyvideos 11 місяців тому +1

    What an amazing voice!

  • @speedspeed121
    @speedspeed121 8 місяців тому +2

    Man. This is a hit!

  • @givemeabreak7273
    @givemeabreak7273 Місяць тому +1

    a class act when music and song was king

  • @diegoportillo21
    @diegoportillo21 4 місяці тому +1

    Shes sooooo beautiful ❤

  • @iguarni
    @iguarni 5 днів тому

    Legendary Singer

  • @65dougk
    @65dougk 11 місяців тому +5

    Gladys was hot, Woo-woo!

  • @cartoondesignrevealed
    @cartoondesignrevealed 11 місяців тому +2

    From MIDNIGHT to MIDNIGHT. That’s right!

  • @bobell69
    @bobell69 8 місяців тому +1

    My favourite song of all time.

  • @user-jg2qw8cw3m
    @user-jg2qw8cw3m 3 місяці тому

    Años 70 tiempos hermosos de juventud de felicidad los extrañaré toda mi vida mi ❤

  • @cindyyeager4532
    @cindyyeager4532 11 місяців тому +2

    Great music