Midnight Train to Georgia
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A Tribute to the Motown Greats...Smokey Robinson and The Miracles' "Tears of a Clown," Stevie Wonder's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)," Gladys Knight and the Pips' "Midnight Train to Georgia" and many more. Public Ticket Information V. Holmes Productions' "A Tribute to... In this article: Motown, Governors State University, Chicago Public Radio, Midnight Train to Georgia, What's Going On, Marvin Gaye, and Illinois |
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MSN | October 29, 2009
'Midnight Train to Georgia' was Fawcett's song
WENN) -- Late actressA Farrah FawcettA inspired soul classic "Midnight Train to Georgia." The tune, which was a huge hit for Gladys Knight & The Pips, was originally titled "Midnight Plane to Houston" until Whitney Houston's mum Cissy...
In this article: Whitney Houston, Jim Weatherly, and Gladys Knight & the Pips
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New Kerala | October 28, 2009
Midnight Train To Georgia Was Farrah Fawcett's Song
Late actress FARRAH FAWCETT inspired soul classic MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA. The tune, which was a huge hit for Gladys Knight and The Pips, was originally titled Midnight Plane to Houston until Whitney Houston's mum Cissy rejigged it.
In this article: Farrah Fawcett, Lee Majors, Whitney Houston, Jim Weatherly, and Gladys Knight and The Pips
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Wenn Blog | October 27, 2009
Who's the old cow?
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Contactmusic.com | October 27, 2009
Farrah Fawcett - Midnight Train To Georgia Was Fawcetts Song
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In this article: Farrah Fawcett, Lee Majors, Whitney Houston, Jim Weatherly, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and California
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Telegraph.co.uk - Travel | October 23, 2009
Music on the train: Great railrelated songs
...also inspired some memorable music. Michael Kerr compiles a list of his favourite rail-related songs. Gladys Knight, who sang the classic 'Midnight Train to Georgia' Photo: GETTY IMAGES Trains have inspired a lot of great music as well as...
In this article: Grooveshark, The Daily Telegraph, Gladys Knight, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Everly Brothers
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Wales Online | October 18, 2009
Music: Music review: Gladys Knight, Cardiff International Arena
...Pips - Gladys' older brother Merald 'Bubba' Knight, to the delight of the fans. After nearly two hours, Knight waved us off on the Midnight Train to Georgia and we woo-wooed in all the right places, before the final encore I Will Survive -...
In this article: Gladys Knight, Cardiff International Arena, Flash Player, Michael Jackson, JavaScript, Heard It Through The Grapevine, I'll Be There, and Wind Beneath My Wings
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Music: PREVIEW: Gladys Knight at the CIA
...in Las Vegas, Gladys Knight could be forgiven for not looking forward to a winter of gigs in damp old Britain. But the 65-year-old Midnight Train to Georgia singer, who plays Cardiff International Arena tonight, is in an almost raucously...
In this article: Gladys Knight, Michael Jackson, CIA, Britain, Las Vegas, and Cardiff International Arena
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | October 15, 2009
Gladys Knight and The (Senate) Pips
He doesn't even know which party he belongs to, having given money to defeat Ted Kennedy and John Kerry and to elect George W. Bush. "Midnight Train to Georgia. '' If Pags finishes a distant fourth, maybe he'll leave town and buy a share of...
In this article: Michael Capuano, Martha Coakley, Stephen Pagliuca, Gladys Knight, City Year, and US Senate
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Gladys Knight To Retire, Says Jackson
...Soul legend GLADYS KNIGHT is set to retire from music after her current U.K. tour, according to her close pal TITO JACKSON. The Midnight Train to Georgia singer is playing a series of high-profile shows in Britain this month (Oct09) and is...
In this article: Tito Jackson, Gladys Knight, The Jacksons, Dionne Warwick, and U.K.
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Bleacher Report | October 03, 2009
College Football's Midnight at the Oasis
...songwriter. Although he was the leader of a football team during the most intense social times, he later penned the huge R&B hits "Midnight Train To Georgia", "Neither One Of Us (Wants to be The First To Say Goodbye)", and "(You're) The...
In this article: SEC, Heisman Trophy, Grammy, Gladys Knight and The Pips, California, and Nebraska
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"Midnight Train to Georgia" is a 1973 number-one hit single by Gladys Knight & the Pips, their second release after departing Motown Records for Buddah Records. Written by Jim Weatherly, and included on the Pips' 1973 LP Imagination, "Midnight Train to Georgia" won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus and has become Knight's signature song.
The theme of the song is how romantic love can conquer differences in background. The boyfriend of the song's narrator is a failed musician who left his native Georgia to move to Los Angeles to become a "superstar, but he didn't get far". He decides to give up, and "go back to the life he once knew." Despite the fact that she's settled and secure in herself, the narrator decides to move to Georgia with him:
:"And I'll be with him
:On that midnight train to Georgia
:I'd rather live in his world
:Than live without him in mine."
The song was originally recorded by singer Cissy Houston, and released as a single a year earlier. Jim Weatherly had recorded one of his own songs, "Midnight Plane to Houston," on Jimmy Bowen's Amos Records. "It was based on a conversation I had with somebody... about taking a midnight plane to Houston," Weatherly recalls. "I wrote it as a kind of a country song. Then we sent the song to a guy named Sonny Limbo in Atlanta and he wanted to cut it on Cissy Houston... he asked if I minded if he changed the title to 'Midnight Train to Georgia.' And I said, I don't mind. Just don't change the rest of the song.'" Cissy Houston took Weatherly's song into the R&B chart. Her version can be found on the CD Midnight Train to Georgia: The Janus Years.
"Midnight Train to Georgia" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Rolling Stone ranked it #432 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
- Name:
- Midnight Train to Georgia
- Genre:
- Soul
- Release Date:
- August 01, 1973
- Preceded By:
- "All I Need Is Time"
- Produced by:
- Tony Camillo & Gladys Knight & the Pips
- Recorded By:
- Gladys Knight & the Pips
- Length:
- 4:38
- Record Label:
- Buddah
- Recording Dates:
- 1973
- B Side:
- "Midnight Train to Georgia (Instrumental)"
- Audio Format:
- 7" vinyl single
- From Album:
- Imagination
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