The Pips

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vocal group

The Pips were an American vocal group best known as the longtime backing singers and collaborators for soul legend Gladys Knight.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Pips canonical	9
the Pips	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	vocal group ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1989 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1952 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gladys Knight & the Pips NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct	Gladys Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award ⓘ
basedIn	Atlanta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Ashford & Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Whitfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
disbanded	1989 ⓘ
formedIn	1952 ⓘ
formedInCity	Atlanta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedInCountry	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasGenderComposition	mixed-gender group ⓘ
inductedInto	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ
inductedIntoYear	1996 ⓘ
influencedGenre	contemporary R&B NERFINISHED ⓘ soul-pop ⓘ
languageOfPerformance	English ⓘ
memberOf	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement	multiple Top 10 hits on Billboard charts ⓘ
notableFor	backing vocals for Gladys Knight ⓘ collaborations with Gladys Knight ⓘ
notableTour	touring as Gladys Knight & the Pips in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
notableWork	Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me NERFINISHED ⓘ I Heard It Through the Grapevine NERFINISHED ⓘ If I Were Your Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ Midnight Train to Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalMember	Eleanor Guest NERFINISHED ⓘ Gladys Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ Merald "Bubba" Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ William Guest NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Motown sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLeadVocalist	Gladys Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Buddah Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Columbia Records ⓘ Motown ⓘ Soul Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	choreographed stage routines ⓘ tight harmonies ⓘ
vocalRole	backing vocals ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Midnight Train to Georgia → backingBand → The Pips ⓘ

Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) → performer → The Pips ⓘ

Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) → hasBackingVocalGroup → The Pips ⓘ

If I Were Your Woman → backingBand → The Pips ⓘ

Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me → associatedAct → The Pips ⓘ

Love Overboard → hasMusicalArtist → The Pips ⓘ

Gladys Knight & the Pips → originalName → The Pips ⓘ

I’ve Got to Use My Imagination → backingBand → The Pips ⓘ

I’ve Got to Use My Imagination → backingVocals → The Pips ⓘ

subject surface form: I’ve Got to Use My Imagination (Gladys Knight & the Pips recording)

I’ve Got to Use My Imagination (Gladys Knight & the Pips hit) → backingVocalsBy → The Pips ⓘ

subject surface form: I've Got to Use My Imagination

this entity surface form: the Pips

I’ve Got to Use My Imagination (Gladys Knight & the Pips hit) → isAssociatedWith → The Pips ⓘ

subject surface form: I've Got to Use My Imagination

this entity surface form: the Pips