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Gladys Knight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gladys Knight was born to Merald Woodlow Knight and Sarah Elizabeth Woods. Gladys Knight discovered she was pregnant in 1960, and married her boyfriend Jimmy Newman. Gladys Knight and the Pips were later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gladys_Knight   (761 words)

Gladys Knight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Gladys Knight (born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a legendary African-American RandB/soul singer and actress. Gladys Knight and the Pips were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and Ms. Gladys Knight and the Pips during the Buddah Records period of the 1970s. www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Gladys_Knight_and_the_Pips   (1083 words)

Gladys Knight Gladys Knight and her brother Merald 'Bubba' were born into a family rooted in singing: their parents, Merald and Elizabeth, had both been members of Wings Over Jordan, one of Atlanta's foremost gospel choirs. Gladys made her public singing debut at the Mount Mariah Baptist Church when she was only 4, and had toured Florida and Alabama with The Morris Brown Choir before her fifth birthday. In 1985, Gladys had a leading role in a short-lived American TV sitcom, Charlie & Co. Later that year, she joined Stevie Wonder and Elton John on Dionne Warwick & Friends' AIDS charity single, "That's What Friends Are For", which was a US #1 and a Grammy winner. www.classicbands.com /gladys.html   (1183 words)

Gladys Knight & the Pips - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Greatest Hits @ Soundbug Gladys Knight & The Pips has had a lot more than just ten hits, but the first 8 songs on this album is perhaps their 8 best. Gladys Knight & The Pips started their hit-making career in the early 1960s and in my opinion reached their peak in the period from 1968 to 1974 that is covered by this album. Gladys Knight and the Pips is a musical institution, a phenomenom that will be warming hearts, and soothing souls long after mother earth has vaporized. www.soundbug.com /asin/B000000CTV   (815 words)

Biography of Gladys Knight with gold-music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Knight made her solo singing debut at the age of four in the Mount Mariah Baptist Church in Atlanta. Knight and the Pips left Motown in 1973 for Buddah Records, a subsidiary of Arista (the group later took Motown to court for unpaid royalties). Knight and the Pips hosted their own TV special in the summer of 1975, and in 1976, Knight made an appearance in the film Pipe Dreams, for which she and the Pips also recorded the soundtrack album. www.gold-music.com /fiches/fiche_10800.php   (704 words)

WSAV.com - Savannah / Hilton Head - News, Weather and Sports | Edwin Patten of 'Gladys Knight & The Pips' Dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Edward Patten, a member of the music group Gladys Knight and The Pips, died early this morning at a hospital in Michigan. Gladys Knight and the Pips' roots are in Atlanta. Gladys Knight and the Pips were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. www.wsav.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSAV/MGArticle/SAV_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031781238468&path=!frontpage   (188 words)

Buy The Ultimate Collection by Gladys Knight and the Pips from CD-shopper.co.uk in association with Amazon Gladys Knight and the Pips made some records before they signed to Motown, but those records were not successful, so these are the earliest important recordings. Gladys recorded the song at around the same time as Marvin Gaye, but Motown originally selected the version by Gladys and the Pips for single release. Gladys Knight is best remembered for the recordings she made after she left Motown for Buddah, including Midnight train to Georgia, but her Motown music is well worth a listen. www.cd-shopper.co.uk /cds/detail/the-ultimate-collection/B000001ANX.html   (540 words)

World Book || Gladys Knight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Gladys Knight (1944-...) ranks among the greatest singers in the history of American rhythm and blues music. Gladys Knight and the Pips finally achieved sustained popularity after they signed with Motown Records and recorded "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1967). Due to a dispute between record companies, Gladys Knight and the Pips could not record together from 1978 to 1980, when the four were reunited. www2.worldbook.com /features/aamusic/html/knight.htm   (345 words)

ABC News: Member of Gladys Knight & the Pips Dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Edward Patten, lower left, a member of Gladys Knight & The Pips, died early Friday, Feb. 25, 2005, at St. Mary's Mercy Hospital in Livonia, Mich. He was 65. Patten is shown with Singer Gladys Knight, right, and the other members of her former back-up group "The Pips," William Guest, left, and Merald "Bubba" Knight in New York's Motown Cafe in this Jan. 16, 1996 file photo. ATLANTA Feb 25, 2005 — Edward Patten, a member of the Grammy-winning Gladys Knight & The Pips, died early Friday at a suburban Detroit hospital, said his cousin, another member of the group. abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=531428&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (301 words)

Member of Gladys Knight & the Pips dies ATLANTA - Edward Patten, a member of Gladys Knight & The Pips, died early Friday at St. Mary's Mercy Hospital in Livonia, Mich. He was 65. Gladys Knight & the Pips formed in Atlanta with Knight joined by her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins Guest and Patten. Gladys Knight & the Pips were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. www.freep.com /news/latestnews/pm2998_20050225.htm   (379 words)

GLADYS KNIGHT Taking his advice, they hired him as their manager and called themselves The Pips in his honor (later on, it was said to stand for "Perfection In Performance"). Retitled "Midnight Train To Georgia", it became Gladys Knight And The Pips' greatest hit in 1973 -A pop and R&B #1 and a British hit two years later, it also won them one of two Grammy awards in 1974. Over the years,Gladys Knight has moved away from her earlier soul and gospel sound and toward an easy listening, adult contemporary style, and continues to thrill audiences where ever she performs. www.angelfire.com /co/helper/gladys.html   (1045 words)

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Classic Motown Knight's tough vocals left them slightly out of the Motown mainstream, and throughout their stay with the label the group were regarded as a second-string act. Later that year, Knight and The Pips elected to leave Motown for Buddah Records, unhappy at the label's shift of operations from Detroit to Hollywood. Gladys made her acting debut in Pipedream in 1976, for which the group recorded a soundtrack album. classic.motown.com /artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=27   (596 words)

Member of Gladys Knight & the Pips dies ATLANTA (AP) -- Edward Patten, a member of Gladys Knight & The Pips, died early Friday at St. Mary's Mercy Hospital in Livonia, Mich. He was 66. Knight had been performing for several years when she hired Patten, her cousin, as a backup singer in 1959. Gladys Knight & the Pips recorded for Motown from 1966-1973 and for Buddah Records from 1973-77. www.freep.com /news/statewire/sw112204_20050225.htm   (235 words)

Gladys Knight - LDS Musician Gladys Knight formed the Pips with her brother and some cousins. Gladys talks enthusiastically about each of her songs as she describes the people and landscape in great detail, including the subtlest motivations that animate the characters. Yesterday, today and tomorrow Gladys Knight is truly a "Legend in Her Own Time" expressing herself as singer, entertainer, songwriter, producer, actress, entrepreneur and humanitarian. www.ldsmusicworld.com /artists/gladys_knight.html   (702 words)

Gladys Knight : Pips Gladys Knight (born May 28, 1944) is a legendary American soul singer; she first launched to fame with The Pips in 1961, with "Every Beat of My Heart". Along with the Pips, Knight was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Gladys Knight has continued touring and recording occasionally, though the Pips have retired. www.fastload.org /pi/Pips.html   (228 words)

Gladys Knight & The Pips   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Gladys sounds great, interacting well with the audience, the Pips stay in the background, and the band is sharp and well-recorded. Knight's last Buddah release and first solo album is kind of a mess. Knight's Columbia debut is a faceless assortment of disco, pop and ballads, produced by Jack Gold and Knight. www.warr.org /knight.html   (3286 words)

Gladys Knight &.../ The Honey Cone/ Bobby Hutton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gladys Knight andamp;.../ The Honey Cone/ Bobby Hutton We don't have an article called "Gladys Knight and.../ The Honey Cone/ Bobby Hutton" Search for "Gladys Knight and.../ The Honey Cone/ Bobby Hutton" in... en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gladys_Knight_&.../_The_Honey_Cone/_Bobby_Hutton   (66 words)

KNIGHT, Gladys, and the Pips : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) An incredibly long-lived family act (the Guests are cousins) began on Merald's tenth birthday, when Gladys, who had been singing in a touring church group before she was five, had won talent competitions and appeared several times on TV and organized an impromptu group. Gladys made her acting debut in Pipe Dreams '76; there was a split with Buddah and a brief split with the Pips as Gladys was prevented from working with them because of a dispute with Buddah (they were on Casablanca; Gladys on CBS/Columbia) before an inevitable reunion. She was also heard on Frank Sinatra's Duets II '94 (one of the better tracks on his last album). www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/k/K76.HTM   (422 words)

Gladys Knight And The Pips - Wal-Mart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Several of Gladys Knight and the Pips greatest hits weren't released on the Motown label, but the group will always be remembered as a Motown legend because it was there that they were given the boost needed to make it in the industry. Gladys Knight and the Pips began touring extensively and were finally noticed by Motown in 1966. Gladys Knight and the Pips received the Heritage Award at the Soul Train Music Awards for its 30 years of making music in 1978. www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3539462   (1027 words)

Gladys Knight And Pips Ringtones, Ringtone Gladys 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. They struggled throughout the early 60's (changing their name to "Gladys Knight & The Pips" in the process) before coming to Motown, where they promptly scored several hits. 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. www.advancedringtones.co.uk /gladys-knight-and-pips_ringtones_n.htm   (397 words)

Gladys Knight Clubs Pips To Death I awoke this morning to find Gladys Knight standing at the foot of my bed wrapped completely in tin-foil from the neck down, smoking a cigar. She had a whip in her left hand, and a Louisville slugger in the right, and she was clubbing each of the Pips to death, one by one. Fortunately, Gladys Knight appeared with her bat and clubbed Pia the pirate into submission. www.birdhouse.org /words/sandman/pips.html   (686 words)

Gladys Knight & The Pips CD Review We're approaching a new millennium and Gladys Knight still remains a hot diva in the realms of Rhythm & Blues. Curtis Mayfield, a prolific songwriter and mastermind for the movie soundtrack, "Superfly," as well as the legendary Diva of Soul, Gladys Knight & The Pips, assimilated their talent, creativity, and muses to originate the musical element required for this 20th Century Fox movie. Gladys Knight has been recording top hits for most of her music career. www.mnblues.com /cdreview/cd-pips.html   (622 words)

Midnight Train To Georgia by Gladys Knight And The Pips Songfacts Gladys Knight and the Pips recorded Weatherly's "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" in 1973 and released it as a kiss-off record as their contract to Motown Recording Company (Soul Record) was expiring. Try not to crack up, especially when the Pips get to the part where they sing "whoo whoo" to simulate the train. It was great to see Gladys Knight getting her props when she was a guest on American Idol. www.songfacts.com /detail.lasso?id=1940   (481 words)

Gladys Knight & The Pips Gladys Knight and the Pips are undoubtedly one of the most significant groups in music history. Gladys felt that most of the good songs were given to other groups such as The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, and Diana Ross and the Supremes. In 1989, after 40 years of performing together, Gladys Knight announced that she was going solo. www.msu.edu /~pinsoneb/gladys.html   (602 words)

Golden Voice -- GLADYS KNIGHT In 1966, Gladys Knight and the Pips were signed to Motown 's Soul subsidiary, where they were teamed up with producer/songwriter Norman Whitfield. Later that year, Knight and The Pips elected to leave Motown for Buddah, unhappy at the label's shift of operations from Detroit to Hollywood. Merald remained with Gladys Knight when she achieved a UK Top 10 that year with the James Bond movie song 'Licence To Kill', and released A Good Woman the following year. www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/Delta/7733/gladys_knight.html   (1292 words)

Gladys Knight & the Pips MP3 Downloads - Gladys Knight & the Pips Music Downloads - Gladys Knight & the Pips Music ... The first album cut by Gladys Knight & The Pips for Buddah Records was a watershed in their history. Co-produced by the group and Tony Camillo, Imagination embodied all of what Gladys Knight & the Pips had learned in their previous six years at Motown, watching the way their records were made, combined with the maturity of the sound that they'd... The result was four hit songs, including the chart-topping "Midnight Train To Georgia" (originally written as "Midnight Plane to Houston") and one of the biggest selling albums in their history--Imagination was sophisticated soul at its best, Knight belting out numbers with great forcefulness and passion while the group provided delicate back-up. www.mp3.com /albums/9115/summary.html   (361 words)

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Moviefone: Movie Celebrities - Gladys Knight & the Pips: MAIN Langston George and the group became Gladys Knight and The Pips. Following Langston's departure in 1962, Gladys Knight and The Pips remained a quartet until... Gladys Knight, her brother Merald, sister Brenda, plus two other relatives,... movies.aol.com /celebrity/main.adp?sid=318996   (229 words)

Gladys Knight & The Pips Posters & Prints - Where to buy Gladys Knight & The Pips Posters & Prints Online.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Gladys Knight & The Pips Posters and Prints - Where to buy Gladys Knight & The Pips Posters and Prints Online. The surface is treated to protect against moisture, dust, dirt, fingerprints, and protects your Gladys Knight and The Pips print against UV comparable to standard glass. More Gladys Knight and The Pips posters from allposters.com www.01-posters.com /music/c13879-gladys-knight-and-the-pips.htm   (169 words)

WOAI: San Antonio News - A Member of Gladys Knight & The Pips Passes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Patten, a cousin of Knight, known for his tenor voice, joined the group in 1959. He encouraged the quintet to sing professionally and became its booking agent -- and by the late '50s, Knight and her relatives were touring with Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke as an opening act. By 1962, Gladys Knight & the Pips had become famous thanks to the 1961 hit "Every Beat of My Heart." The group really got it's legs when they signed to Motown in 1966. www.woai.com /living/music/story.aspx?content_id=34633072-9A14-4DB9-9520-8F19296541D2   (244 words)

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