Knight,Gladys & The Pips Every Beat Of My Heart CD

Seven-times Grammy winner GLADYS KNIGHT, aka "The Empress Of Soul", has long established herself at top table, having carved out a swathe of hit records with her backing group THE PIPS, who included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight Jr. And her cousins, William Guest and Edward Patten. But although they are perhaps best remembered for their mid-60s/early-90s hits, they'd actually gotten started in the very late 50s. This compilation comprises everything they recorded between 1957 and '62, long before their "glory years". It includes their earliest hits, 'Every Beat Of My Heart', 'Guess Who', 'Letter Full Of Tears', 'Operator', and the "Letter Full Of Tears" LP. Also featured are a couple of singles which The Pips recorded without Gladys, as well as a pair of her solo 45s. This is a gloriously impressive body of work, easily the equal of a lot of their later, MOR-fied million sellers.

1. Whistle My Love (As the Pips) 2. Ching Chong (As the Pips) 3. Every Beat of My Heart (As the Pips) Original Huntom/Vee Jay Version 4. Every Beat of My Heart Fury Version 5. Room in Your Heart 6. Guess Who 7. Stop Running Around 8. Letter Full of Tears 9. You Broke Your Promise 10. Operator 11. I'll Trust in You 12. Morning, Noon ; Night 13. I Really Didn't Mean It (Aka Love Call) 14. What Shall I Do? 15. I Can't Stand By 16. Come See About Me (Gladys Knight Solo) 17. I Want That Kind of Love (Gladys Knight Solo) 18. Queen of Tears (Gladys Knight Solo) 19. A Love Like Mine (Gladys Knight Solo) 20. Before Now and After Then 21. One More Lonely Night 22. How Do You Say Goodbye 23. What Will Become of Me 24. It Hurts Me So Bad 25. The Pips - Linda 26. The Pips - Darling 27. The Pips - I Had a Dream Last Night 28. The Pips - Happiness (Is the Light of Love)