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
Gladys Knight & the Pips musical director. Eventually Gladys reunited with the Pips and signed with a local New York label, Maxx Records, that year. During that time, Newman served as the group's musical director. During this period, the group would be mentored by Maurice King and Cholly "Pops" Atkins; their association with King going back to the group's early years traveling to Detroit. The group recorded a third top 40 single with Van McCoy's "Giving Up". The group developed a reputation for exciting and polished live performances that enabled them to work even without the benefit of best-selling records. Choreographer Atkins designed "fast-stepping" dance