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Song of the Day #5,594: ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ – Gladys Knight & The Pips

The week of October 27, 1973, found Gladys Knight & The Pips at #1 with the classic ‘Midnight Train to Georgia.’ This song, the band’s first #1, spent two weeks at the top spot. It became Knight’s signature song.

‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ was written by country singer-songwriter Jim Weatherly as ‘Midnight Plane to Houston.’ His plaintive version is worth a listen, though the track definitely reached a higher level in the hands of Gladys Knight & The Pips.

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Song of the Day #4,919: ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Live, partial)’ – Gladys Knight & The Pips

Get Back was the year’s most captivating music documentary, but plenty of other candidates hit big and small screens in 2021.

Among those I haven’t seen (yet) are Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry, Listening to Kenny G, Woodstock ’99: Peace, Love and Rage, and any of the four(!) different Britney Spears documentaries released this year.

But I did catch three others that I’ll highlight this week.

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