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Gladys Knight & The Pips

Nitty Gritty

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“The Nitty Gritty” is a 1963 song written by Lincoln Chase and recorded by Shirley Ellis. Released by Congress Records, it reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1964. Motown released a version of “The Nitty Gritty” by Gladys Knight & The Pips in mid-1969 on its Soul label. It went to #19 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and #2 on its Soul chart. The “Nitty Gritty” guitar instrumental by Doug Sahm was a theme in the film Idiocracy. A different song, “Nitty Gritty”, was a single by Scottish rock band Primal Scream, released in October 2006. It was the third single lifted from the band’s album Riot City Blues. Read on...

Song lines: ♪ Get on down, get on down ... Get right down to the real nitty gritty ♫

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