Greenwich Time Signal
The Greenwich Time Signal (GTS), popularly known as the pips, is a series of six short tones broadcast at one-second intervals by many BBC Radio stations. The pips were introduced in 1924 and have been generated by the BBC since 1990 to mark the precise start of each hour. Their utility in calibration is diminishing as digital broadcasting entails time lags.
Structure
There are six pips (short beeps) in total, which occur on the 5 seconds leading up to the hour and on the hour itself. Each pip is a 1 kHz tone (about half way between musical B5 and C6), the first five of which last a tenth of a second each, while the final pip lasts half a second. The actual moment when the hour changes – the "on-time marker" – is at the very beginning of the last pip.
When a leap second occurs (exactly one second before midnight UTC), it is indicated by a seventh pip. In this case the first pip occurs at 23:59:55 (as usual) and there is a sixth short pip at 23:59:60 (the leap second) followed by the long pip at 00:00:00. The possibility of an extra pip for the leap second thus justifies the final pip being longer than the others, so that it is always clear which pip is on the hour. Before leap seconds were conceived, the final pip was the same length as the others. Although "negative" leap seconds can also be used to make the year shorter, this has never happened in practice.
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia that remained active on the music charts and performing circuit for three decades.
Starting out as simply The Pips in 1952, derived from a cousin's nickname, the founding members were Gladys Knight, brother Merald "Bubba" Knight, sister Brenda Knight and cousins William and Eleanor Guest. After a couple years performing in talent shows, the group signed with Brunswick Records in 1957, recording a couple of singles that failed to chart. Brenda Knight and Eleanor Guest were eventually replaced by another cousin, Edward Patten and a non-relative, Langston George in 1959. This lineup produced the group's first hit single, "Every Beat of My Heart". After the single was released on three different labels, they changed their name to Gladys Knight & The Pips shortly afterwards. Langston George left the same year and Gladys Knight left in 1962 to start a family with musician Jimmy Newman. Knight rejoined in 1964 and this lineup continued until the group's disbandment in 1989.
Pip
Pip, Pips, Pipp, PIP or PIPS may refer to:
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P.I.P.S.
P.I.P.S. is a term (recursive acronym) for Symbian software libraries that means, P.I.P.S. Is POSIX on Symbian OS. It is intended to help C language programmers in migration of desktop and server middleware, applications to Symbian OS based mobile smartphone devices.
Software libraries
The PIPS software libraries provides C and C++ application programming interfaces in standard C libraries such as
- libc - The "C Standard Library" with system APIs mapped to Symbian OS APIs for better performance
- libm - A mathematical library
- libpthread - Implements POSIX-style threading support in terms of the underlying Symbian OS thread support
- libdl - Implements POSIX-style dynamic linking which extends the dynamic loading model of Symbian OS
Podcasts:
The Pips
ALBUMS
- Street Corner Symphonies: The Complete Story of Doo Wop, Volume 13 released: 2013
- Malt Shop Memories: Wake Up, Little Susie released: 2006
- 60s Soul Sessions released: 2004
- 20 Original Mod Classics released: 2004
- The Classic Rhythm & Blues Collection: The Sixties released: 2001
- The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll: 1960-1961 released: 1996
- So In Love Vol. 1 released: 1995
- The R&B Box: 30 Years of Rhythm and Blues released: 1994
- All Woman 3 released: 1994
- A Taste of Doo Wop, Volume One released: 1993
- The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1961 Still Rockin' released: 1993
- Teenage Rebels! - Dead End Street released: 1992
- Chicago Hit Factory - The Vee-Jay Story 1953-1966 released:
- The R&B Box: 30 Years of Rhythm & Blues, Volume 4 released:
- Super Hits of the 70's released:
- The Classic Rhythm + Blues Collection: 1960-1963 released:
Street Corner Symphonies: The Complete Story of Doo Wop, Volume 13
Released 2013- Blue Moon
- When We Get Married
- Please Mr. Postman
- Daddy's Home
- Runaround Sue
- Duke of Earl
- My True Story
- Barbara-Ann
- Every Beat of My Heart
- I Really Love You
- Gypsy Woman
- Let Me In
- Glitter in Your Eyes
- Foot Stompin', Part 1
- A Little Bit of Soap
- Smoky Places
- Some Kind of Wonderful
- Bristol Stomp
- Lover's Island
- The Watusi
- It's Unbelievable
- Heart and Soul
- Look in My Eyes
- It Will Stand
- Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)
- Nothing but Good
- That's What Girls Are Made For
- Nag
- Tonight I Fell in Love
- Check Yourself
- Tonight (Could Be the Night)
- There's No Other (Like My Baby)
- The Continental Walk
- Long Tall Girl
- Those Oldies but Goodies (Remind Me of You)
60s Soul Sessions
Released 2004- Baby I Need Your Loving
- Harlem Shuffle
- Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
- Tired of Being Lonely
- You Can't Hurry Love
- Duke of Earl
- Twin Time
- Barefootin'
- Too Hot to Hold
- New Girl
- Dancing in the Street
- These Things Will Keep Me Loving You
- Touch Me, Hold Me, Kiss Me
- Uptight (Everything's Alright)
- Who Is She
20 Original Mod Classics
Released 2004- Getting Mighty Crowded
- Nothing Can Stop Me
- I'll Keep on Holding On
- All or Nothing
- Biff! Bang! Pow!
- Over Under Sideways Down
- Dancing in the Street
- Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine
- Fortune Teller
- Something Has Hit Me
- Light My Fire
- Big City
- I Dig Everything
- Come Home Baby
- Am I the Same Girl
- Have More Time
- The Who Who Song
- Yeh Yeh
- She's About a Mover
The Classic Rhythm & Blues Collection: The Sixties
Released 2001- Hold On I'm Coming
- Knock on Wood
- In the Midnight Hour
- Chain of Fools
- Slip Away
- He Will Break Your Heart
- I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
- 634-5789
- Every Beat of My Heart
- Respect
- Soul Man
- Blue Moon
- Raindrops
- Stand By Me
- (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
- Tighten Up
- If You Need Me
- Duke of Earl
- Green Onions
- When a Man Loves a Woman
The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll: 1960-1961
Released 1996- Will You Love Me Tomorrow
- Lonely Teenager
- Spanish Harlem
- When We Get Married
- Cherry Pie
- Are You Lonesome Tonnight?
- Burning Bridges
- Walk on By
- I Fall to Pieces
- Running Scared
- Please Stay
- Can't Help Falling in Love
- So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)
- I Want to Be Wanted
- You Don't Get What You've Got (Until You Lose It)
- Every Beat of My Heart
- Those Oldies but Goodies (Remind Me of You)
- I Love How You Love Me
- The Old Lamplighter
- Moon River
So In Love Vol. 1
Released 1995- Here We Are
- Where Does My Heart Beat Now
- Through the Barricades
- Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
- Eternal Flame
- Can't Get It Out of My Head
- So Amazing
- Dream With Me
- Just Around the Corner
- My Side of the Bed
- I'm Not in Love
- The Power of Love
- Someone to Hold
- Love… Thy Will Be Done
- Wherever You Are Tonight
- California Here I Come
The R&B Box: 30 Years of Rhythm and Blues
Released 1994- Five Guys Named Mo
- When My Man Comes Home
- Flying Home, Part 1
- The Honeydripper
- Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
- Drifting Blues
- R.M. Blues
- Ol’ Man River
- King Size Papa
- Fine Brown Frame
- Elevator Boogie
- Chicken-Shack Boogie
- The Huckle-Buck
- The Deacon’s Hop
- Drinkin’ Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee
- Baby Get Lost
- Cupid Boogie
- Please Send Me Somebody to Love
All Woman 3
Released 1994- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
- Dreams
- Get Here
- The Best
- Little Bird
- No Ordinary Love
- Move Closer
- Mad About the Boy
- My One Temptation
- Free
- I Love Your Smile
- Time to Make You Mine
- The Way We Were
- Stay With Me Baby
- Promise Me
- I Drove All Night
- Down That Road
- Gotta Get It Right
- It's Too Late
- Nothing Compares 2 U
A Taste of Doo Wop, Volume One
Released 1993- I Really Do
- Evil Woman
- Crazy Over You
- This Is the Night
- Newly Wed
- You're Everything to Me
- Please Don't Leave Me
- Fine Sweet Woman
- I Can't Refuse
- Met a Girl on the Corner
- You Said You Loved Me
- Happiness
- Up on the Mountain
- Love of My Own
- Caddy Bo
- For All We Know
- Now That It's Over
- Great Googly Moo
- Marsha
- Kiss Me
- Shombalor
- The Twist
- That You Love Me
- Joni
- Every Beat of My Heart
The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1961 Still Rockin'
Released 1993- Who Put the Bomp
- School Is Out
- Let the Four Winds Blow
- Walk Right Back
- Look in My Eyes
- Wheels
- Momma Said
- Little Egypt
- A Little Bit of Soap
- Gypsy Woman
- This Time
- Pretty Little Angel Eyes
- Take Good Care of My Baby
- Gee Whiz
- Every Beat of My Heart
- Rama Lama Ding Dong
- Last Night
- Barbara-Ann
- Ya Ya
- Hundred Pounds of Clay
- Please Stay
- I Love How You Love Me
Chicago Hit Factory - The Vee-Jay Story 1953-1966
- Baby, It’s You
- Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite
- You Don’t Have to Go
- At My Front Door
- You Painted Pictures
- Hands Off
- I’ll Be Forever Loving You
- Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby
- Up on the Mountain
- Oh What a Nite
- You’ve Got Me Dizzy
- Little Rain
- Everyone’s Laughing
- The Sun Is Shining
- Honest I Do
- You Can Make It If You Try
- Have Faith
- For Your Precious Love
- I Love You Honey
- Here I Stand
- Nobody but You
- I’m Gonna Get My Baby
- Just Keep It Up
- Hey Little Girl
- Just a Little Bit
- How About That
- Baby What You Want Me to Do
- Easy Lovin’
The R&B Box: 30 Years of Rhythm & Blues, Volume 4
- The Girl Can't Help It
- Young Blood
- Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)
- Little Bitty Pretty One
- Maybe
- Don't You Just Know It
- For Your Precious Love
- A Lover's Question
- Kansas City
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Hey Little Girl
- Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)
- At Last
- Spanish Harlem
- Every Beat of My Heart
- I Pity the Fool
- Mother -In-Law
- Blue Moon
Super Hits of the 70's
- Get It On
- It's A Heartache
- You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
- Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
- Angelo
- Sad Sweet Dreamer
- Under The Moon Of Love
- Love's Got A Hold On Me
- Kung Fu Fighting
- Black & White
- Egyptian Reggae
- Rapper's Delight
- Substitute
- The Wall Street Shuffle
- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
- Mean Girl
- This Flight Tonight
- Brontosaurus
- Jeans On
- Shame Shame Shame
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White Lightening
by: The BabysWhen I was young
They took me to the dentist
I had a toothache
But that's okay
They gave me some time
And that night in my bedroom
I worked it loose
Like I used to do
One little boy in a dentist's chair
Heard a hundred angels
flying past him
What a gas
Sitting there
The same little boy with a few more years
Took a sniff of this
A taste of that
What a drag
Nothing there
And then one day he saw you walk
And heard you didn't talk
Saw the writing on the wall
It didn't thunder anymore
White lightening it's got nothing on you
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Oh it didn't shine like you Lord
White lightening way out in the blue
With a million angels singin'
Oh it didn't sound like you Lord
Come on to tell when I tell you to breathe in
I will take out everything while you're sleeping
Always refusing the heavenly music
When you awake it will have a new meaning
White lightening it's got nothing on you
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Oh it didn't shine like you Lord
White lightening way out in the blue
With a million angels singin'
Oh it didn't sound like you Lord
Come on to tell when I tell you to breathe in
I will take out everything while you're sleeping
Always refusing the heavenly music
When you awake it will have a new meaning
White lightening it's got nothing on you
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Oh it didn't shine like you Lord
White lightening way out in the blue
With a million angels singin'
Latest News for: the pips
Thanks to the PIP benefit I could work. So why remove it?
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