The Midnighters the first million-selling hit for Gladys Knight & the Pips), and "Starting from Tonight" (written by Tucker). Ballard began writing for the group and became its lead singer. The group had some success and moved to another King Records subsidiary, Federal Records, for which they recorded "Get It", their first major R&B hit, which spent seven weeks in the Top 10 on the R&B chart and also sold well in mainstream markets. Around this time, the group's name was considered too similar to that of another group on the King roster, the "5" Royales, and the name was changed to
The Five Orange Pips of ships who were at both Pondicherry in January/February 1883 and at Dundee in January 1885 and recognises a Georgia-registered sloop named the " Lone Star", that he infers as a reference to Texas. Furthermore, Holmes confirms that "The Lone Star" had docked in London a week before. Holmes sends five orange pips to the captain of the "Lone Star", and then sends a telegram to the Savannah police claiming that the captain and two mates are wanted for murder. The "Lone Star" never arrives in Savannah, due to a severe gale. The only trace of the boat is a