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"The Nitty Gritty"

Single by Shirley Ellis

from the album The Nitty Gritty

B-side

"Give Me a List"

Released

1963

Genre

R&B, novelty

Length

2:12

Shirley Ellis singles chronology

"The Nitty Gritty"
(1963)

"(That's) What the Nitty Gritty Is"
(1964)

"The Nitty Gritty"

Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips

from the album Nitty Gritty

B-side

"Got Myself a Man"

Released

June 26, 1969

Recorded

1969

Length

2:59

Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology

"Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)"
(1969)

"The Nitty Gritty"
(1969)

"Friendship Train"
(1969)

"The Nitty Gritty" is a 1963 song written by Lincoln Chase and recorded by Shirley Ellis. Released by Congress Records, it reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1964. In Canada it was No. 19 for 2 weeks.

Cover versions

Motown released a version of "The Nitty Gritty" by Gladys Knight & The Pips in mid-1969 on its Soul imprint. It reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on the soul chart. In Canada it reached No. 27.
A version by Diana Ross & The Supremes can be found on the 2001 edition of their album, Anthology.
Southern Culture on the Skids covered it on the Dirt Track Date album.

Popular culture

A televised performance of the dance associated with the song by Robert Banas, recorded for a January 1964 episode of The Judy Garland Show, has had more than 18 million views on YouTube, 60 years after its original airing.

References

Considine, J.D.; Coleman, Mark; Evans, Paul; McGee, David (1992). "Gladys Knight and the Pips". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Random House. pp. 163–164.
Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 205.
"CHUM Hit Parade - December 30, 1963".
"CHUM Hit Parade - January 6, 1964".
Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 330.
"RPM Top 100 Singles - August 30, 1969" (PDF).
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Best 60s Dancer Boy Ever - The Nitty Gritty. YouTube.

v t e Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight Merald "Bubba" Knight William Guest Edward Patten Brenda Knight Eleanor Guest Langston George
Studio albums	Everybody Needs Love Nitty Gritty If I Were Your Woman Neither One of Us All I Need Is Time Imagination I Feel a Song 2nd Anniversary The One and Only Visions All Our Love
Soundtrack albums	Claudine
Compilation albums	The Ultimate Collection
Singles	"Every Beat of My Heart" "Letter Full of Tears" "Giving Up" "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" "Everybody Needs Love" "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" "The End of Our Road" "It Should Have Been Me" "I Wish It Would Rain" "The Nitty Gritty" "If I Were Your Woman" "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" "The Look of Love" "Midnight Train to Georgia" "I've Got to Use My Imagination" "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" "On and On" "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" "The Way We Were/Try to Remember" "Save the Overtime (For Me)" "Hero" "Love Overboard" "Baby, Don't Change Your Mind"
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