I’ve always wanted to be a Pip.
You know, the backing singers that harmonize their voices and dance steps behind Gladys Knight? It just looks like it’d be a fun job. I’ve been practicing recently since rediscovering my copy of 1973s Imagination.
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This was their first release after jumping off the Motown ship and on to Buddah Records. This album produced their first and only Hot 100 #1, the song that convinced me to take up Pipping, Midnight Train to Georgia.
So, let’s hear a big “choo-choo!” for Merald Knight, Eddie Patten, and William Guest… the Pips!
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