Gladys Knight & the Pips and the guys were like my own children!" The group was a touring standout during this period with Knight's contralto lead vocals and the Pips' impeccable choreography and characteristic background vocals becoming highlights. By the end of 1965, Berry Gordy was scouting to get the group signed to his fabled Motown Records label. Though the three Pips wanted to sign with the label, Gladys Knight initially refused, due to her fears that the label would overlook them over the more popular artists on his roster. They would sign with Motown in 1966, being assigned to Motown's Soul Records label, a
Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band Limb, Ben Handysides, Patrick Ahern and Eric Donohue. Other musicians to have performed in the band include Zachary Amos and Jennifer Denitto. Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band is a London-based indie rock band led by singer-songwriter Keith Top of the Pops. The band was formed at an Art Brut gig in New York City in 2006, after a support band dropped out, and Keith, who had produced Art Brut's first two singles, played some of his songs