At age four, when Gladys Knight first began to sing publicly with her Baptist church choir in Atlanta, her mother always said God had given her a musical gift to share. By age seven, her outstanding vocal performance won the top prize at an amateur singing competition. Gladys continued to ...
Gladys Knight and the Pips were an American vocal group that was among the most popular rhythm and blues and soul groups of the 1960s and ’70s and that was unique in having a female lead singer and male backup singers.