Gladys Knight & The Pips

Gladys Knight and the Pips formed in Atlanta in 1952 when Gladys was just 8 years old. After several minor hits in the early 60s, the group signed with Motown in 1967 and had several hits including I Heard it Through the Grapevine, The End of Our Road, The Nitty Gritty, Friendship Train, If I Was Your Woman, I Don't Want to Do Wrong, and Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye. The original group consisted of Gladys Knight, her sister Brenda, her brother Bubba, and cousins William and Eleanor Guest. Edward Patten, another cousin, joined the group in 1959. By 1967, Brenda and Eleanor had left the group.