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Mr. Excitement Live
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Gladys Knight & The Pips
were an
R&B
/
soul
family musical act from
Atlanta
,
Georgia
, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on
Motown
's "Soul" record label and
Buddah Records
from 1967 to 1975, including "
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
" (1967) and "
Midnight Train to Georgia
" (1973). The longest-lived incarnation of the act featured
Gladys Knight
on lead vocals, with The Pips, who included her brother
Merald "Bubba" Knight
and their cousins
Edward Patten
and
William Guest
, as backup singers.
Gladys Knight & The Pips are multiple
Grammy
and
American Music Award
winners, and are inductees into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
and the
Vocal Group Hall of Fame
in 1996 and 2001 respectively.