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Gladys Knight (b. 28 Might 1944, Atlanta, Georgia, USA), her sibling Merald ‘Bubba’ (b. 4 Sept 1942, Atlanta, Georgia, USA), sister Brenda and cousins Elenor Visitor and William Visitor (b. 2 July 1941, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, d. 24 Dec 2015, Detroit, Michigan, USA) shaped their first vocal group within their …

Even though Pips never really had any commercial success independently, these were well-known for the distinctive background harmonies which they supplied for Gladys Knight for quite some time. From 1961’s “Every Defeat of My Center” to 1973’s “Midnight Teach to Georgia” to 1988’s “Like Overboard,” the Pips supported Knight using …

Simply because obscure R&B legends go, the Mighty Hannibal remains possibly the most interesting to grace the stage or airwaves from the 1950s and 1960s. An initial cousin of maligned Clinton consultant Vernon Jordan along with a flamboyant participant all his existence, Hannibal’s music was as thrilling as his existence. …