MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: GLADYS KNIGHT ’67 A MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK! Gladys Knight & The Pips, 1967 Released by Motown (SOUL SS 706) in September 1967, “Everybody Needs Love” was the debut album for Gladys Knight & The Pips. The LP featured their million-seller single, “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” peaked No. 2, December, on the Billboard HOT 100.