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"Midnight Train to Georgia"
Gladys Knight and the Pips
"Midnight Plane To Houston" became "Midnight Train to Georgia" – and Atlanta R&B group Gladys Knight and the Pips' best-known tune.
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Jim Weatherly
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Soul
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Imagination
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1973
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