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In their early Motown career, Gladys Knight and the Pips toured as the opening act for Diana Ross and the Supremes.

Gladys Knight & the Pips joined the Motown Records roster in 1966, and, although initially regarded as a second-string act, scored several major hit singles, including 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine', (recorded first by Marvin Gaye but actually released a year later), Take Me In Your Arms & Love Me' (1967), 'Friendship Train' (1969), 'If I Were Your Woman' (1970), 'I Don't Want to Do Wrong' (1971), the 'Grammy Award winning 'Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)' (1972), and 'Daddy Could Swear (I Declare)' (1973). They signed with Larry Maxwell's Maxx label in 1964 and released several modest hits produced by Van McCoy, including the original version of 'Giving Up' and 'Lovers Always Forgive'. They stayed with Fury through 1962, although the hits dried up.

#GLADYS KNIGHT TOUR FULL#

With the success of their follow-up, 'Letter Full of Tears', Fury released their first album. Both labels issued different versions of the song, with the Vee Jay/Huntom version outselling the Fury remake. At the same time, the group signed with Bobby Robinson's Fury label. In 1961, the group recorded 'Every Beat of My Heart' on the tiny Atlanta Huntom label, which was picked up by Vee Jay. By the end of the decade, the act had begun to tour, and had replaced Brenda Knight and Eleanor Guest with Gladys Knight's cousin Edward Patten and friend Langston George. The following year, she, her brother Merald, sister Brenda, and cousins William and Elenor Guest formed a musical group called the Pips (named after another cousin, James 'Pip' Woods). She first achieved minor fame by winning Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour TV show contest at the age of seven in 1952. Knight was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of Sarah Elizabeth (née Woods) and Merald Woodlow Knight, Sr., a postal worker. 5 Gladys Knight & Ron Winans' Chicken & Waffles.

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