Gladys Knight & the Pips top ten singles, "I've Got to Use My Imagination" and "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". The release of "Imagination" sparked a consecutive series of million-selling gold-certified albums for the label including the soundtrack to the movie, "Claudine"; "I Feel a Song" and "2nd Anniversary". In 1975, the group scored a mid-season variety series, "The Gladys Knight & the Pips Show", that aired for four episodes on NBC. During this time, the group recorded more hit singles, including "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)", "Part-Time Love", "Love Finds Its Own Way" and the live recording, "The Way We
Backing track only the vocals live to simplify the process of mixing the performance, because it means that the sound engineers do not have to set up microphones for different backing bands. Backing tracks can also be bought online through a backing track supplier and used for home practice or use in live shows. Prior to the advent of computers, backing tracks were generally employed through the use of audio tape synced with the live performance. In the 1980s, Timbuk 3 was an early band which openly used backing tracks in live performances. The band openly displayed their "boom-box" as the third