Definitions for the nitty gritty
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1. The Nitty Gritty

   The Nitty Gritty is a 1963 song written by Lincoln Chase and recorded by Shirley Ellis. Released by Congress Records, it reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1964. Motown released a version of "The Nitty Gritty" by Gladys Knight & The Pips in mid-1969 on its Soul imprint. It went to #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Soul chart. A version by Diana Ross & The Supremes can be found on the 2001 edition of their album, Anthology. Southern Culture on the Skids covered it on the Dirt Track Date album.

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1. The Nitty Gritty

   The link to the Shirley Ellis' page on Deezer where you can listen the nitty gritty song and others "The Nitty Gritty" is a 1963 song written by Lincoln Chase and recorded by Shirley Ellis. Released by Congress Records, it reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1964. Motown released a version of "The Nitty Gritty" by Gladys Knight & The Pips in mid-1969 on its Soul label. It went to #19 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #2 on its Soul chart. The "Nitty Gritty" guitar instrumental by Doug Sahm was a theme in the film Idiocracy. A different song, "Nitty Gritty", was a single by Scottish rock band Primal Scream, released in October 2006. It was the third single lifted from the band's album Riot City Blues.

How to pronounce the nitty gritty?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of the nitty gritty in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of the nitty gritty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of the nitty gritty in a Sentence

1. Martin Appleton-Clare:

   I saw the pies when I came in and it was a little bit daunting, but we got into the nitty gritty, second time champion, I'm happy with the performance.

2. Johnny LaZebnik:

   So often, gay romances are a subplot or alluded to or shown in some kind of montage or as a punchline, and what I think I was really excited about, with this episode, we get to see -- without spoiling too much -- the beginning, middle and who knows how it ends of a gay relationship, of really getting into the nitty-gritty of how gay people date, how they meet, what it's like.

3. Michael Martyn:

   It's going to be bad ... when you really get down to the nitty gritty and find out the results of this fire, it's going to be devastating, devastating.

4. Sarah Casasnovas:

   We ca n’t neglect that folks are going through a lot, we’re talking about learning loss when people are trying to survive. We want to make sure that they are learning the overall concepts. We ca n’t get too concerned with the nitty-gritty of testing and grades.

5. Patricia Espinosa:

   We have to accept that not all the nitty gritty details can be agreed by Katowice.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nitty_Gritty
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=the nitty gritty