Gladys Knight and the Pips

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Gladys Knight and the Pips was an all family R&B and soul group. Gladys took the lead and her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest sang backup vocals. The group got together in 1953, taking the name "The Pips" with a few other family members who left soon after they started. Gladys briefly left the group in 1962 for two years to start a family, but joined back after having two children. They were not a popular as some of the other groups such as The Temptations and Diana Ross and the Supremes, and felt as though they had been cheated of popularity because they never got hits. They had many hits, though, such as I Heard it Through the Grapevine and Midnight Train to Georgia. They broke up in 1988 after their final tour. They had such a fun sound and looked like they had so much fun when they were performing.

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