Gladys Knight & the Pips Rock n' Roll". In June 2006, Gladys Knight & the Pips were inducted into the Apollo Theater's Hall of Fame in New York City. 2017 The group was inducted into Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. Timeline The following singles reached the Top 20 on either the United States "Billboard" Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart or the United Kingdom Pop Singles Chart. Gladys Knight has received an additional four Grammy Awards as a solo artist/collaborator. Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight & the Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia that remained active on the music
Gladys Knight & the Pips now opening for top recording acts such as Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke. By 1959, Brunswick dropped the group and both Brenda Knight and Eleanor Guest left the group to begin families. They were replaced by another cousin, Edward Patten, and a friend, Langston George. Patten and George were involved in another group before joining the Pips. In 1961, they recorded their version of Johnny Otis' "Every Beat of My Heart". Because the group was without a record label, a local Atlanta label, Huntom Records, pushed the single and got a distribution deal with Vee-Jay Records to release the single.