Gladys Knight & the Pips: Gladys Knight and the Pips (DJM)
Simon Frith, Street Life, 6 March 1976
SHE'S JUST GONNA have to get used to it. When you're the greatest pop singer in the world (and she is) and have been together with your group since 1952 (soon be 25 years – think of that, Rolling Stones!) you can expect something or other of yours to be out on some label or other every month of the year. So.
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