Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: She produced Gladys Knight and the Pips , McFadden and Whitehead and John Lennon 's band Elephants Memory .
Simplified: Oliver became the first female to produce a major act when she produced the 1978 album The One and Only by Gladys Knight and the Pips . She acted as producer with John Lennon 's band Elephant 's Memory in 1980 .