According to Bubba Knight, Porter allowed the group to co-produce the album, saying Porter would bring them the songs and allowed them to "mold it to the Gladys Knight & The Pips' way" and upon hearing their arrangements, would tell engineers to just "turn the tape on". They worked on the majority of the album with producer Joe Porter, who allowed the group creative freedom in the studio. They also recorded a good portion of the album at Motown's Hollywood studios, MoWest.
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Among the songs they would record that wound up on the album included a funk-oriented cover of Bill Withers' " Who Is She (And What Is She to You)?", a cover of " For Once in My Life" and a self-penned composition, "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare", the latter song of which they had begun promoting in the fall of 1972 through a performance on the TV program, Soul Train. In late 1972, the group began recording songs for what would be their final Motown album, Neither One of Us, at Motown's Hitsville U.S.A. The song helped to make the group's transition from R&B and soul-oriented material to more middle of the road fare. In 1972, the group had success with their cover of musician Kris Kristofferson's ballad, " Help Me Make It Through the Night". While on Motown, Knight & The Pips recorded for Soul Records, a label Motown used for acts that recorded material with more of an R&B flavor than a pop flavor. Lead singer Gladys Knight recalled on A&E's Biography that she and the group were regarded as a second-string act and that " Diana (Ross) & The Supremes, The Temptations and Marvin Gaye were given all the hits, while we took the leftovers". However, the group would recall being treated like outsiders in the label. Though well known prior to signing with Motown, they achieved widespread success with the label with hits such as " I Heard It Through the Grapevine", " Nitty Gritty" and " If I Were Your Woman". This song is noted for the last line, when Gladys Knight sings the song's title, without saying the word "Goodbye", right before the song's end.īy 1972, Gladys Knight & The Pips had spent six and a half years with Motown Records, having signed with the label in 1966.
Released on Decemon Motown's Soul Records imprint as S 35098, it became one of their biggest hit singles to date, and was also the last single the group released prior to them leaving Motown for Buddah Records in February 1973.
" Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" is a song recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips. " Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology 1972 single by Gladys Knight & the Pips "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"
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