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Gladys Knight & The Pips

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Group. Formed 1953. Disbanded 1989.

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Biography

Gladys Knight & the Pips were an R&B/soul musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1967) and "Midnight Train to Georgia" (1973). The longest-lived incarnation of the act featured Gladys Knight on lead vocals, with The Pips, who included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and their cousins Edward Patten and William Guest, as backup singers.

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Albums releases

Release title Release date
Knight Time / A Little Knight Music 2006
Silk N' Soul / The Nitty Gritty 2006
Everybody Needs Love / Feelin' Bluesy 2006
If I Were Your Woman / Standing Ovation 2006
Neither One of Us / All I Need Is Time 2006
 

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