Flashback: Gladys Knight

By Mick Harper

Pop, Rock, and Soul Trivia.

1. What was the Bristol Stomp?

2. Name the first chart topper for Gladys Knight & the Pips.

3. Which group released "In the Still of the Night"?

4. Who was Jiles Perry Richardson Jr.?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: "Come bring me your softness, Comfort me through all this madness."

Answers

1. A dance done to the song of the same name by The Dovells in 1961. See YouTube for examples of the dance. Don't miss the grandma in the patched jeans demonstrating the dance.

2. "Every Beat of My Heart," in 1961. They didn't have another No. 1 hit until "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" in 1967 and "If I Were Your Woman" in 1970.

3. The Five Satins, in 1956. It's been covered by numerous others and used in several films, including "Dirty Dancing" in 1987 and "The Irishman" in 2019.

4. Richardson, or JP, was The Big Bopper, who wrote and released "Chantilly Lace" as well as many others. He died in 1959 in the plane crash that also killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.

5. "With You I'm Born Again," by Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright, in 1979. The song was used in the soundtrack of the 1979 film "Fast Break."

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