Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gladys Knight and the Pips at the 16th Grammy Awards on March 2, 1974, at the Hollywood Palladium. (CBS Photo Archive via Getty ...

In 1977, Richard Pryor hosted an NBC variety-show special that included at least one absolutely classic comedy bit. One of Pryor's musical guests was the Pips -- not Gladys Knight & The Pips, just the ...

Performing the 1970 hit “Friendship Train,” originally recorded by Gladys Knight & The Pips, the R&B legend was joined on stage by Mickey Guyton and later Breland, during the the CMT Music Awards on ...

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The group rolled to the top of the Hot 100 only after its exit from the Motown machine. By Trevor Anderson “MOTOWN WANTED EVERYTHING from you, and I didn’t like that,” Gladys Knight, 72, tells ...

The first syndicated episode of “Soul Train” aired October 2, 1971, and featured a performance by Gladys Knight and The Pips singing “The Friendship Train.” Other performers on that memorable episode ...

This essay is adapted from Danyel Smith’s new book, “Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop.” My questions have never changed. Been asking since L.A. was new to me. Since my first ...