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marv2
05-05-2020, 08:56 AM
This sounds like a Van McCoy production:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQzWaSUPaUE
mysterysinger
05-05-2020, 10:51 AM
Fan of Van McCoy, GK&TP and this song. Van & GK&TP worked well together.
vgalindo
05-06-2020, 12:22 PM
Fan of Van McCoy, GK&TP and this song. Van & GK&TP worked well together.
I agree. Some of my favorite music of Gladys Knight and the Pips were produced by Van McCoy. Love their work.
marv2
05-06-2020, 01:35 PM
Fan of Van McCoy, GK&TP and this song. Van & GK&TP worked well together.

So this is a Van McCoy production? I could always pick out his work. Thanks.
mowest
05-06-2020, 04:40 PM
One of my favorites is “Giving Up” which Van McCoy wrote and produced on Gladys and the Pips in 1964.
marv2
05-06-2020, 04:45 PM
One of my favorites is “Giving Up” which Van McCoy wrote and produced on Gladys and the Pips in 1964.

I like that one too, oh how I like that song!
mowest
05-06-2020, 07:40 PM
I like that one too, oh how I like that song!

marv2, have you heard Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' version of “Giving Up”? It’s a very faithful cover. Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3onr9hAVXKA
marv2
05-06-2020, 07:53 PM
marv2, have you heard Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' version of “Giving Up”? It’s a very faithful cover. Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3onr9hAVXKA

I am checking it out now. Thank you Mowest!
marv2
05-06-2020, 07:54 PM
I remember the song also was used in the 1976 film, "Sparkle". It was used in the death scene of "Sister" played by Lonette McKee.
marv2
05-06-2020, 07:56 PM
Sharon Jones was such a great singer. I wished she was still here. "Giving Up" has the same flavor as Ben E. King's 1963 classic, "I Who Have Nothing".
mowest
05-06-2020, 10:56 PM
You’re welcome marv2!
jack020
05-07-2020, 03:16 AM
Sadly not live as was common on TopPop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TopPop
TomatoTom123
05-09-2020, 08:05 PM
Great song!!

And of course, the classic...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjDftWaXpA
Ollie9
05-10-2020, 05:01 AM
Oh my goodness. The Still Together album is part of the fabric of my youth. Seconded in my bedroom I would play the album to death. “Home Is” was always my favourite track. As Gladys would say, brings back memories of a time when life was slow and oh so mellow.