Giving Up was my first musical introduction to the passionate, dramatic and hormone fueled emerging teen years. As such, it was an epiphany, and still tugs at my gut!
Jan.6th: Happy birthday R&B-Disco Singer-songwriter-Arranger-Record Producer Van McCoy (1940-1979) writer and producer of this Gladys Knight & The Pips classic, approximately 700 song copyrights to his credit. Thank you and god bless. RIP. Thanks for the upload, koollatter. Blessings
My first introduction to Gladys Knight in 1964.
When she sings "Lord he's all I've got" I was lost to the voice and captured forever.
My one regret is that I've never seen her live :0(