The Best That Ever Happened: 18 Greatest Hits

~ Release by Gladys Knight & the Pips (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Midnight Train to Georgia
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 74), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 432) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 470)
recording of:
Midnight Train to Georgia
lyricist and composer:
James D. Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
4.54:45
2Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
cover recording of:
Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
lyricist and composer:
James D. Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
43:51
3I’ve Got to Use My Imagination
part of:
RuPaul’s Drag Race Lip Sync Performances (season 4) (number: 9)
recording of:
I’ve Got to Use My Imagination
writer:
Gerry Goffin and Barry Goldberg (blues rock keyboardist and producer)
3.83:35
4On and On
recording of:
On and On
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
4:23
5The Way We Were / Try to Remember
medley including a recording of:
The Way We Were
lyricist:
Alan Bergman (American lyricist) (in 1973) and Marilyn Bergman (in 1973)
composer:
Marvin Hamlisch (in 1973)
publisher:
Pathe Publications (Far East) Limited, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and Colgems-EMI Music Inc. (in 1973)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
The 46th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1973 winner)
part of:
The Way We Were
medley including a recording of:
Try to Remember (The Fantasticks)
lyricist:
Tom Jones (musical theatre lyricist)
composer:
Harvey Schmidt
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music (UK) and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
4:40
6I Feel a Song (in My Heart)
cover recording of:
I Feel a Song in My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Tony Camillo and Mary Sawyer
3:25
7Part Time Love
cover recording of:
Part Time Love
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
2:36
8Don’t Burn Down the Bridge
recording of:
Don't Burn Down the Bridge
lyricist and composer:
Ron Miller (US songwriter Ronald Alonzo Miller)
4:47
9Where Peaceful Waters Flow
recording of:
Where Peaceful Waters Flow
lyricist and composer:
James D. Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
34:30
10So Sad the Song
recording of:
So Sad the Song
lyricist:
Gerry Goffin
composer:
Michael Masser
publisher:
Prince St. Music (Also known as "Prince St. Music") and Screen Gems–EMI Music (USA, affiliated with BMI)
3:55
11Pipe Dreams
recording of:
Pipe Dreams
lyricist and composer:
Tony Camillo
4:25
12Love Finds Its Own Way
cover recording of:
Love Finds Its Own Way
lyricist and composer:
Jim Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
4:01
13Baby Don’t Change Your Mind
cover recording of:
Baby Don’t Change Your Mind
lyricist and composer:
Van McCoy
3.653:18
14I Can See Clearly Now
cover recording of:
I Can See Clearly Now
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Nash (US reggae/pop singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Cayman Music, CP Masters B V, Dovan Music, Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Artemis Music Limited, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:25
15Make Yours a Happy Home
recording of:
Make Yours a Happy Home
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
4:40
16Home Is Where the Heart Is
recording of:
Home Is Where the Heart Is
writer:
Joe Cobb (Joe “Youngblood” Cobb; songwriter, producer, composer, writer) and Van McCoy
5:16
17Georgia on My Mind
cover recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
3:55
18Come Back and Finish What You Started
cover recording of:
Come Back and Finish What You Started
writer:
Joe Cobb (Joe “Youngblood” Cobb; songwriter, producer, composer, writer) and Van McCoy
publisher:
Interior Music Corp., Van McCoy Music Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:23

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ASIN:DE: B001JB17Y2 [info]