'Gladys Knight and the Pips' History:
AboutGladys Knight, her brother Merald, sister Brenda, plus two other relatives, William and Elenor Guest, formed the Pips in 1952 when Gladys was just 8 years old. Brenda and Elenor left soon after, and by 1961 when they scored their first big hit, "Every Beat Of My Heart," the group had settled on the four members that stayed together for the next twenty-five years. They struggled throughout the early 60s (changing their name to "Gladys Knight & The Pips" in the process) before coming to Motown, where they promptly scored several hits. By the early 70s, though, they had tired of the Gordy regime and headed off to Buddah, where they had phenomenal initial success. For the past twenty years it's been up and down, with frequent breaks from recording and occasional solo outings, mostly without much commercial success. I'm not too sure what the other Pips ever contributed, and Gladys is in the Aretha Franklin mold (R&B belter/sensitive interpreter) but not nearly as good, so the group really needs strong songwriting to succeed. And of course strong songwriting is the hardest thing to come by in this industry. source: http://www.warr.org/knight.html |
Gladys Knight and the Pips Discography:
| the singles album | |
| the very best of - disk 1 | |
| the way we were | |
| touch | |
| vintage gold | |
| working overtime |
