- Produced by
- Curtis Mayfield, American, 1942 - 1999
- Written by
- Curtis Mayfield, American, 1942 - 1999
- Recorded by
- Knight, Gladys & The Pips, American, 1953 - 1989
- Subject of
- Jones, James Earl, American, born 1931
- Carroll, Diahann, American, 1935 - 2019
- Published by
- Buddah Records, American, 1967 - 1986
- Subject of
- Knight, Gladys, American, born 1944
- Knight, Bubba, American, born 1942
- Patten, Edward, American, 1939 - 2005
- Guest, William, American, 1941 - 2015
- Hilton-Jacobs, Lawrence, American, born 1953
- Blackwell, Tamu, American, born 1955
- Stephens, Socorro, born 1966
- Jones, Eric
- Curtis, Yvette, American, born 1960
- Kruger, David
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- vinyl , cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (album jacket): 12 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (31.8 x 31.4 cm)
- Description
- A vinyl record (a) with cardboard jacket (b) and paper sleeve (c).The front of the album jacket features a central color image of three men and one woman, Gladys Knight and the Pips. Knight wears a blue dress and the three men wear matching red shirts with blue vests and ties. The central image is surrounded by seven (7) color images from the film, in oval shaped vignettes. At top is [GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS] in red text followed by [Singing / The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Claudine / Starring / JAMES EARL JONES DIAHANN CARROLL]. Beneath this in blue text is [Score written and produced by / CURTIS MAYFIELD].The back of the record sleeve features large color image of James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll kissing.
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Record Albums
- Type
- record covers
- long-playing records
- Topic
- Actors
- Film
- Funk (Music)
- Hollywood (Film)
- Motown (Music)
- Popular music
- Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Soul (Music)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
- Object number
- 2012.152.152abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1974 Buddah Records, Inc
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




