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Gladys Knight (b. 1944)
Original entry by
Hal Jacobs, Decatur, 03/11/2005
Last edited by NGE Staff on 03/22/2013
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As one of Motown's leading ladies of soul in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Gladys Knight was the driving force behind Gladys Knight and the Pips, an all-family music group from Atlanta. The group attracted a worldwide audience and won numerous awards during its forty-year career, scoring
Gladys Knight and the Pips perform onstage in 1974. The family quartet formed in 1952 and toured the "Chitlin' Circuit" throughout the 1950s. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the group recorded its biggest hits, including "I Heard It through the Grapevine" (1967) and "Midnight Train to Georgia" (1973).
Gladys Knight and the Pips
its only number-one pop hit in 1973 with the soul classic "Midnight Train to Georgia."
Knight was born on May 28, 1944, into a family that was part of Atlanta's growing black middle class. She began her musical career at the age of four with a church recital, then toured and sang in southern churches with the Morris Brown College choir, an Atlanta gospel group, from 1950 to 1953. As a seven-year-old prodigy, she achieved national recognition by winning top honors on Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, a popular television talent show in which winners were selected by mail-in votes.
In 1952 the family music group was born during a child's birthday celebration at the Knight home. Joining an impromptu performance with Knight were her older brother, Merald "Bubba"; her sister, Brenda; and two cousins, Elenor and William Guest. From these humble beginnings, the Pips emerged—the name was taken from the nickname of a cousin ("Pip") who encouraged the youngsters to become professionals. After the departure of Brenda and Elenor, cousin Edward Patten filled out the family quartet during the group's heyday.
By 1957 Gladys Knight and the Pips were touring nationally on the "Chitlin' Circuit," playing exclusively to black audiences in clubs and theaters throughout the segregated South. During these tours they performed as the opening act for some of the biggest names in rhythm and blues—Sam Cooke, Ike and Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, and B. B. King. In 1961 the group scored their first rhythm-and-blues (R&B) top twenty hit with "Every Beat of My Heart."
After devoting a couple of years to her husband, fellow musician Jimmy Newman, and their new baby, Knight returned to the music business in 1964. In 1966 the group brought its gospel-tinged sound to the Motown label in Detroit, Michigan, where they found a home for the next seven years with such fellow performers as the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and the Temptations.
Gladys Knight and the Pips reached the height of their popularity (first at Motown, then at Buddah Records) with such hits as "I Heard It through the Grapevine" (#1 on the R&B chart, #2 on the pop chart in 1967), "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" (#1 R&B, #2 pop in 1973), "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" (#1 R&B, #3 pop in 1974), "I've Got to Use My Imagination" (#1 R&B, #4 pop in 1974), and "Midnight Train to Georgia" (#1 R&B, #1 pop in 1973)."Midnight Train to Georgia" was originally entitled "Midnight Plane to Houston" until Knight revised the lyrics to reference her home state.
Legal problems kept the group from performing together in the late 1970s, and when they reemerged in the early 1980s, they toured the exclusive casino and supper-club circuit with a different sound—easy listening and adult contemporary.
Gladys Knight strikes the pose used on the cover of her 2001 solo album At Last. Knight began her solo career in the late 1980s after reuniting briefly with her family band, the Pips, earlier in the decade.
Gladys Knight
At the same time, Knight made several film and television appearances before beginning a new career as a solo singer in the late 1980s. The group was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
In her 1997 autobiography, Between Each Line of Pain and Glory, Knight describes candidly the ups and downs in her professional and private life, which include several marriages and an addiction to gambling. Despite her struggles, she concludes, "Bring on the pain. Bring on the glory. I will be in this fight to share my gifts, to enjoy my blessings, and to be loved."
As of 2009 Knight lives in Nevada. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she directs the Saints Unified Voices Choir, which received a Grammy Award in 2006 for the album One Voice.
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Gladys Knight and the Pips perform onstage in 1974. The family quartet formed in 1952 and toured the "Chitlin' Circuit" throughout the 1950s. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the group recorded its biggest hits, including "I Heard It through the Grapevine" (1967) and "Midnight Train to Georgia" (1973).
Gladys Knight strikes the pose used on the cover of her 2001 solo album At Last. Knight began her solo career in the late 1980s after reuniting briefly with her family band, the Pips, earlier in the decade.
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Further Reading
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music , 3d ed., comp. and ed. Colin Larkin (London: Muze, 1998), s.v. "Gladys Knight and the Pips."
Gladys Knight, Between Each Line of Pain and Glory: My Life Story (New York: Hyperion, 1997).
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Gladys Knight (b. 1944)
Original entry by
Hal Jacobs, Decatur, 03/11/2005
Last edited by NGE Staff on 03/22/2013
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As one of Motown's leading ladies of soul in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Gladys Knight was the driving force behind Gladys Knight and the Pips, an all-family music group from Atlanta. The group attracted a worldwide audience and won numerous awards during its forty-year career, scoring
Gladys Knight and the Pips perform onstage in 1974. The family quartet formed in 1952 and toured the "Chitlin' Circuit" throughout the 1950s. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the group recorded its biggest hits, including "I Heard It through the Grapevine" (1967) and "Midnight Train to Georgia" (1973).
Gladys Knight and the Pips
its only number-one pop hit in 1973 with the soul classic "Midnight Train to Georgia."
Knight was born on May 28, 1944, into a family that was part of Atlanta's growing black middle class. She began her musical career at the age of four with a church recital, then toured and sang in southern churches with the Morris Brown College choir, an Atlanta gospel group, from 1950 to 1953. As a seven-year-old prodigy, she achieved national recognition by winning top honors on Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, a popular television talent show in which winners were selected by mail-in votes.
In 1952 the family music group was born during a child's birthday celebration at the Knight home. Joining an impromptu performance with Knight were her older brother, Merald "Bubba"; her sister, Brenda; and two cousins, Elenor and William Guest. From these humble beginnings, the Pips emerged—the name was taken from the nickname of a cousin ("Pip") who encouraged the youngsters to become professionals. After the departure of Brenda and Elenor, cousin Edward Patten filled out the family quartet during the group's heyday.
By 1957 Gladys Knight and the Pips were touring nationally on the "Chitlin' Circuit," playing exclusively to black audiences in clubs and theaters throughout the segregated South. During these tours they performed as the opening act for some of the biggest names in rhythm and blues—Sam Cooke, Ike and Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, and B. B. King. In 1961 the group scored their first rhythm-and-blues (R&B) top twenty hit with "Every Beat of My Heart."
After devoting a couple of years to her husband, fellow musician Jimmy Newman, and their new baby, Knight returned to the music business in 1964. In 1966 the group brought its gospel-tinged sound to the Motown label in Detroit, Michigan, where they found a home for the next seven years with such fellow performers as the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and the Temptations.
Gladys Knight and the Pips reached the height of their popularity (first at Motown, then at Buddah Records) with such hits as "I Heard It through the Grapevine" (#1 on the R&B chart, #2 on the pop chart in 1967), "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" (#1 R&B, #2 pop in 1973), "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" (#1 R&B, #3 pop in 1974), "I've Got to Use My Imagination" (#1 R&B, #4 pop in 1974), and "Midnight Train to Georgia" (#1 R&B, #1 pop in 1973)."Midnight Train to Georgia" was originally entitled "Midnight Plane to Houston" until Knight revised the lyrics to reference her home state.
Legal problems kept the group from performing together in the late 1970s, and when they reemerged in the early 1980s, they toured the exclusive casino and supper-club circuit with a different sound—easy listening and adult contemporary.
Gladys Knight strikes the pose used on the cover of her 2001 solo album At Last. Knight began her solo career in the late 1980s after reuniting briefly with her family band, the Pips, earlier in the decade.
Gladys Knight
At the same time, Knight made several film and television appearances before beginning a new career as a solo singer in the late 1980s. The group was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
In her 1997 autobiography, Between Each Line of Pain and Glory, Knight describes candidly the ups and downs in her professional and private life, which include several marriages and an addiction to gambling. Despite her struggles, she concludes, "Bring on the pain. Bring on the glory. I will be in this fight to share my gifts, to enjoy my blessings, and to be loved."
As of 2009 Knight lives in Nevada. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she directs the Saints Unified Voices Choir, which received a Grammy Award in 2006 for the album One Voice.
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Gladys Knight and the Pips perform onstage in 1974. The family quartet formed in 1952 and toured the "Chitlin' Circuit" throughout the 1950s. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the group recorded its biggest hits, including "I Heard It through the Grapevine" (1967) and "Midnight Train to Georgia" (1973).
Gladys Knight strikes the pose used on the cover of her 2001 solo album At Last. Knight began her solo career in the late 1980s after reuniting briefly with her family band, the Pips, earlier in the decade.
close
Further Reading
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music , 3d ed., comp. and ed. Colin Larkin (London: Muze, 1998), s.v. "Gladys Knight and the Pips."
Gladys Knight, Between Each Line of Pain and Glory: My Life Story (New York: Hyperion, 1997).
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Soul Survivor In Her New Memoir, Gladys Knight Looks Back At Nearly Five Decades In Show Business. Pips And All. By All Indications, The Singer's Story Is Far From Over.
By Annette John-Hall, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Posted: October 05, 1997
A singer's speaking voice doesn't have to jibe with her stage voice. Still, the soft, lilting sound coming through the closed bedroom door of the Four Seasons couldn't possibly be Gladys Knight.
We all know Knight's voice. A rich, heart-and-gut contralto, it's as much her trademark as Mick Jagger's lips are his or Tina Turner's gams are hers. For 37 years, until she went solo in 1989, her gospel-hued vocals provided the lead for Gladys Knight and the Pips, the rhythm-and-blues group as legendary for its longevity as for its hits.
Knight's voice got baby boomers through their adolescent joys and heartaches. They felt for her when she plaintively acknowledged, ``There can be no way this can have a happy ending,'' on her 1973 classic, ``Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye).'' And when she passionately declared ``I got to go, I got to go, I got to go'' on the 1974 chart-buster ``Midnight Train to Georgia,'' who didn't urge Gladys to go, girl! Go be with your man for all of us!
The lilt, it turns out, doesn't belong to Knight at all, but to her daughter, Kenya Jackson, 33. A more delicate version of her mother, Jackson is accompanying Knight on a 13-city tour to promote the singer's new memoir, Between Each Line of Pain and Glory: My Life Story (Hyperion). Mother and daughter are also promoting Kenya's Gourmet Bakery, the restaurant they recently opened near their Las Vegas homes.
Graciously, Knight emerges wearing a full smile, a musky fragrance, and the sharpest pair of black leather shoes this side of King of Prussia.
``How are you?'' she asks in that unmistakably husky voice, plopping down on the couch like a friend with a lot of catching up to do.
Two questions immediately come to mind. First, how on earth does she manage to look so vibrant at 53? And second, just how big is that ice- cube-shaped diamond she's flashing on her well-manicured hand?
Les Brown gave her the ring when they got engaged, but now that Knight is divorcing the nationally known motivational speaker after two years of marriage, she's switched it from her left hand to her right.
The last chapter of her book was supposed to be, as she writes, a happy ending. Instead, as she gathered her final thoughts, process servers knocked on her door and handed her divorce papers filed by Brown.
``I don't think I'd even read all the way through those papers before he was issuing a press release announcing our divorce to the media,'' she writes.
What happened?
Just to clarify, Knight states, she did not leave Brown because he contracted prostate cancer, which is how he made it appear. Not that she's well-informed about his case: Brown cut all communication with Knight after serving her with the papers.
``When he changed doctors,'' she says, ``I wasn't even let in on that.'' (Brown reportedly is on the mend; he's scheduled to speak in Philadelphia next month.)
What brought the marriage down, she says, is the stuff that tries so many relationships: the strain of juggling two careers; of trying to maintain what was often a long-distance relationship; of dealing, she says, with Brown's craving for female attention not her own.
``It's not so much that I had a problem with his ex-girlfriends, because I have a lot of men friends, too,'' Knight says matter-of-factly. ``My thing was decorum. Whatever you do, there's a way to do it. If you're telling the world that I'm your joy and I'm your No. 1, well, there has to be a commitment behind it.''
Though Knight didn't appreciate the way Brown handled their breakup, she harbors no ill will toward him, ``and it's not because I want blue ribbons for compassion,'' she says. ``There's a reason why Les Brown came into my life, and only the Heavenly Father knows why. It will be revealed to me soon enough. . . . I know that I am a better public speaker because of him.
``And even though I'm going through a divorce right now,'' the diva says with a chuckle, ``I'm totally somewhere else. I'm happier than I've ever been.''
On the verge of celebrating 50 years in show business, Knight is starting anew, and the biggest renewal has been spiritual. Following her son and daughter, she was recently baptized into the Mormon faith.
``I know, I know,'' she says, anticipating the question before it's asked. ``There are a lot of misconceptions about the Latter-day Saints, especially about their past exclusionary practices toward African Americans. . . .
``Of course I asked. I said, `Wassup with y'all and black people?' The answer was that it's the perfect church run by imperfect people. That was the answer I wanted to hear.''
Faith in God, she insists, is the only way she's survived three failed marriages, a teenage pregnancy, a gambling addiction, and a life spent on the road.
In fact, it was the Mount Moriah Baptist Church in her native Atlanta that gave Gladys Maria Knight her first stage when she was 4 years old. Even back then, everyone knew she possessed a gift, a voice so special and mature that it prompted a stranger to ask Knight's mother if Gladys was a midget.
``My mom told me I was an old soul, so I gathered I had an old voice in there,'' she writes.
At 8, Knight was a winner on Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour on national television and formed a group with older brother Merald (Bubba) and cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. They called themselves the Pips, after James Woods, their former manager, whose nickname was Pip.
By 12, Gladys Knight and the Pips were traveling the Chitlin' Circuit - the Apollo in New York, the Regal in Chicago and, yes, the Uptown in Philly - and opening for soul stars such as Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson.
Knight's memoir is full of catty showbiz tidbits, such as how Aretha Franklin - whom Gladys had known since childhood - brushed right past her without saying hello during an awards show. ``Nothing. Not a glance. Not a word,'' Knight writes. ``She could sing it and spell it, but she was't interested in giving any respect to me.''
Knight also reveals that Diana Ross was so haughty that Motown artists referred to her as ``Miss Cute.'' And she sets the record straight on the Dionne Warwick-Patti LaBelle riff that occurred while the trio taped the Sisters in the Name of Love special in 1989.
LaBelle wrote in her 1996 memoir that Warwick dissed her by complaining she sang too loud. Knight says it wasn't a putdown, just a request. ``In [Dionne's] view,'' Knight writes, ``Patti was singing as a soloist even when the three of us were supposed to be harmonizing. . . . Dionne asked Patti in a very pleasant but firm manner to stay on her note. She didn't jump all over her as Patti has put it since then.''
By the time Gladys Knight and the Pips signed with Motown in the mid-'60s, they were a polished act made up of a powerful lead vocalist and three background singers with moves so silky smooth they sent the Temptations scurrying back to the choreographer's studio.
Still, Knight writes, her time with Motown was frustrating. Though the label wrote a string of hits for them, starting with ``Heard It Through the Grapevine'' in 1967 and continuing with ``If I Were Your Woman'' in 1971 and ``Neither One of Us'' in 1973, Berry Gordy considered the Pips and other groups, including the Marvelettes and Martha and the Vandellas, in Motown's second tier of artists. They all watched as the Temptations, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and the Supremes broke from the pack.
After seven years with Motown, Gladys and the guys signed with Buddah, a new label that promised them the promotional support and attention they thought they deserved. Buddah, she writes, even gave them cars: ``Bubba and I picked out Mercedes. William and Edward drove home Cadillacs.''
Buddah's biggest gift, though, came in the form of a tune about a woman deliberating over whether to follow her man to a ``simpler place in time.'' ``Midnight Train to Georgia'' - whose original lyrics used a plane as the mode of transportation and Houston as the destination, but were changed to reflect Knight's fear of flying and her love for her home state - shot to the top of the R&B charts. In 1974, Gladys Knight and the Pips took home Grammys in both the pop and R&B categories.
But while her professional life blossomed, her personal life was unraveling. Already Knight had endured two failed marriages. She married her first husband, jazz musician Jimmy Newman, at 16 and immediately had a baby, Jimmy Jr., now 37. Neither Newman, who died a drug addict at 35, nor Knight's second husband, Barry Hankerson, could handle Knight's superstardom.
Neither could some other members of her family. Her son by Hankerson, Shanga, now 21, developed a severe eating disorder and weighed 320 pounds by age 11. And Knight - grappling with conflicting desires to perform and stay home with her kids, wounded from a grueling custody battle for Shanga, and confronted with a $1 million IRS bill - sought solace at the baccarat tables of Las Vegas.
She realized her hobby had become an addiction when she won $45,000, only to lose all of it the same night. Gamblers Anonymous helped her regain control.
Today Gladys Knight is healthy and busy. Her immediate projects include a gospel album with gospel-crossover star Kirk Franklin. And she is, as always, surrounded by family. Son Jimmy works as her manager. Brother Bubba manages her on the road, which extends around the world. Shanga, tall, handsome and fit, works at his mother's new chicken-and-waffles restaurant in Atlanta. And 80-year-old Gram - Knight's mother, Sarah, the woman who stayed home to raise her daughter's children - rises every morning to open her daughter's office in Las Vegas.
The only missing piece is a man. But if he doesn't come along, says Knight, it won't be because of her.
``I'm a good cook. I'm a good homemaker. I know how to take care of a man. And the right man won't have a problem taking care of me.''
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Soul Survivor In Her New Memoir, Gladys Knight Looks Back At Nearly Five Decades In Show Business. Pips And All. By All Indications, The Singer's Story Is Far From Over.
By Annette John-Hall, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Posted: October 05, 1997
A singer's speaking voice doesn't have to jibe with her stage voice. Still, the soft, lilting sound coming through the closed bedroom door of the Four Seasons couldn't possibly be Gladys Knight.
We all know Knight's voice. A rich, heart-and-gut contralto, it's as much her trademark as Mick Jagger's lips are his or Tina Turner's gams are hers. For 37 years, until she went solo in 1989, her gospel-hued vocals provided the lead for Gladys Knight and the Pips, the rhythm-and-blues group as legendary for its longevity as for its hits.
Knight's voice got baby boomers through their adolescent joys and heartaches. They felt for her when she plaintively acknowledged, ``There can be no way this can have a happy ending,'' on her 1973 classic, ``Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye).'' And when she passionately declared ``I got to go, I got to go, I got to go'' on the 1974 chart-buster ``Midnight Train to Georgia,'' who didn't urge Gladys to go, girl! Go be with your man for all of us!
The lilt, it turns out, doesn't belong to Knight at all, but to her daughter, Kenya Jackson, 33. A more delicate version of her mother, Jackson is accompanying Knight on a 13-city tour to promote the singer's new memoir, Between Each Line of Pain and Glory: My Life Story (Hyperion). Mother and daughter are also promoting Kenya's Gourmet Bakery, the restaurant they recently opened near their Las Vegas homes.
Graciously, Knight emerges wearing a full smile, a musky fragrance, and the sharpest pair of black leather shoes this side of King of Prussia.
``How are you?'' she asks in that unmistakably husky voice, plopping down on the couch like a friend with a lot of catching up to do.
Two questions immediately come to mind. First, how on earth does she manage to look so vibrant at 53? And second, just how big is that ice- cube-shaped diamond she's flashing on her well-manicured hand?
Les Brown gave her the ring when they got engaged, but now that Knight is divorcing the nationally known motivational speaker after two years of marriage, she's switched it from her left hand to her right.
The last chapter of her book was supposed to be, as she writes, a happy ending. Instead, as she gathered her final thoughts, process servers knocked on her door and handed her divorce papers filed by Brown.
``I don't think I'd even read all the way through those papers before he was issuing a press release announcing our divorce to the media,'' she writes.
What happened?
Just to clarify, Knight states, she did not leave Brown because he contracted prostate cancer, which is how he made it appear. Not that she's well-informed about his case: Brown cut all communication with Knight after serving her with the papers.
``When he changed doctors,'' she says, ``I wasn't even let in on that.'' (Brown reportedly is on the mend; he's scheduled to speak in Philadelphia next month.)
What brought the marriage down, she says, is the stuff that tries so many relationships: the strain of juggling two careers; of trying to maintain what was often a long-distance relationship; of dealing, she says, with Brown's craving for female attention not her own.
``It's not so much that I had a problem with his ex-girlfriends, because I have a lot of men friends, too,'' Knight says matter-of-factly. ``My thing was decorum. Whatever you do, there's a way to do it. If you're telling the world that I'm your joy and I'm your No. 1, well, there has to be a commitment behind it.''
Though Knight didn't appreciate the way Brown handled their breakup, she harbors no ill will toward him, ``and it's not because I want blue ribbons for compassion,'' she says. ``There's a reason why Les Brown came into my life, and only the Heavenly Father knows why. It will be revealed to me soon enough. . . . I know that I am a better public speaker because of him.
``And even though I'm going through a divorce right now,'' the diva says with a chuckle, ``I'm totally somewhere else. I'm happier than I've ever been.''
On the verge of celebrating 50 years in show business, Knight is starting anew, and the biggest renewal has been spiritual. Following her son and daughter, she was recently baptized into the Mormon faith.
``I know, I know,'' she says, anticipating the question before it's asked. ``There are a lot of misconceptions about the Latter-day Saints, especially about their past exclusionary practices toward African Americans. . . .
``Of course I asked. I said, `Wassup with y'all and black people?' The answer was that it's the perfect church run by imperfect people. That was the answer I wanted to hear.''
Faith in God, she insists, is the only way she's survived three failed marriages, a teenage pregnancy, a gambling addiction, and a life spent on the road.
In fact, it was the Mount Moriah Baptist Church in her native Atlanta that gave Gladys Maria Knight her first stage when she was 4 years old. Even back then, everyone knew she possessed a gift, a voice so special and mature that it prompted a stranger to ask Knight's mother if Gladys was a midget.
``My mom told me I was an old soul, so I gathered I had an old voice in there,'' she writes.
At 8, Knight was a winner on Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour on national television and formed a group with older brother Merald (Bubba) and cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. They called themselves the Pips, after James Woods, their former manager, whose nickname was Pip.
By 12, Gladys Knight and the Pips were traveling the Chitlin' Circuit - the Apollo in New York, the Regal in Chicago and, yes, the Uptown in Philly - and opening for soul stars such as Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson.
Knight's memoir is full of catty showbiz tidbits, such as how Aretha Franklin - whom Gladys had known since childhood - brushed right past her without saying hello during an awards show. ``Nothing. Not a glance. Not a word,'' Knight writes. ``She could sing it and spell it, but she was't interested in giving any respect to me.''
Knight also reveals that Diana Ross was so haughty that Motown artists referred to her as ``Miss Cute.'' And she sets the record straight on the Dionne Warwick-Patti LaBelle riff that occurred while the trio taped the Sisters in the Name of Love special in 1989.
LaBelle wrote in her 1996 memoir that Warwick dissed her by complaining she sang too loud. Knight says it wasn't a putdown, just a request. ``In [Dionne's] view,'' Knight writes, ``Patti was singing as a soloist even when the three of us were supposed to be harmonizing. . . . Dionne asked Patti in a very pleasant but firm manner to stay on her note. She didn't jump all over her as Patti has put it since then.''
By the time Gladys Knight and the Pips signed with Motown in the mid-'60s, they were a polished act made up of a powerful lead vocalist and three background singers with moves so silky smooth they sent the Temptations scurrying back to the choreographer's studio.
Still, Knight writes, her time with Motown was frustrating. Though the label wrote a string of hits for them, starting with ``Heard It Through the Grapevine'' in 1967 and continuing with ``If I Were Your Woman'' in 1971 and ``Neither One of Us'' in 1973, Berry Gordy considered the Pips and other groups, including the Marvelettes and Martha and the Vandellas, in Motown's second tier of artists. They all watched as the Temptations, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and the Supremes broke from the pack.
After seven years with Motown, Gladys and the guys signed with Buddah, a new label that promised them the promotional support and attention they thought they deserved. Buddah, she writes, even gave them cars: ``Bubba and I picked out Mercedes. William and Edward drove home Cadillacs.''
Buddah's biggest gift, though, came in the form of a tune about a woman deliberating over whether to follow her man to a ``simpler place in time.'' ``Midnight Train to Georgia'' - whose original lyrics used a plane as the mode of transportation and Houston as the destination, but were changed to reflect Knight's fear of flying and her love for her home state - shot to the top of the R&B charts. In 1974, Gladys Knight and the Pips took home Grammys in both the pop and R&B categories.
But while her professional life blossomed, her personal life was unraveling. Already Knight had endured two failed marriages. She married her first husband, jazz musician Jimmy Newman, at 16 and immediately had a baby, Jimmy Jr., now 37. Neither Newman, who died a drug addict at 35, nor Knight's second husband, Barry Hankerson, could handle Knight's superstardom.
Neither could some other members of her family. Her son by Hankerson, Shanga, now 21, developed a severe eating disorder and weighed 320 pounds by age 11. And Knight - grappling with conflicting desires to perform and stay home with her kids, wounded from a grueling custody battle for Shanga, and confronted with a $1 million IRS bill - sought solace at the baccarat tables of Las Vegas.
She realized her hobby had become an addiction when she won $45,000, only to lose all of it the same night. Gamblers Anonymous helped her regain control.
Today Gladys Knight is healthy and busy. Her immediate projects include a gospel album with gospel-crossover star Kirk Franklin. And she is, as always, surrounded by family. Son Jimmy works as her manager. Brother Bubba manages her on the road, which extends around the world. Shanga, tall, handsome and fit, works at his mother's new chicken-and-waffles restaurant in Atlanta. And 80-year-old Gram - Knight's mother, Sarah, the woman who stayed home to raise her daughter's children - rises every morning to open her daughter's office in Las Vegas.
The only missing piece is a man. But if he doesn't come along, says Knight, it won't be because of her.
``I'm a good cook. I'm a good homemaker. I know how to take care of a man. And the right man won't have a problem taking care of me.''
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The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has long been one of the greatest. Very few singers over the last fifty years have matched her unassailable artistry. This seven-time GRAMMY Award®-winner has earned number one hits in Pop, R&B and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television and live performance.
In addition to dozens of live performances throughout the year, Knight currently stars in the syndicated sitcom “The First Family,” on BET/CENTRIC, where she plays the mother of the President. This fall, Knight will lend her musical expertise again for the second season of CENTRIC’s original series “Apollo Live.” Joining judges Doug E. Fresh and Michael Bivins, the legendary songstress will give guidance to hopeful contestants each week. She is also currently developing several other television projects.
Other recent television and film credits include the Tyler Perry film “I Can Do Bad All By Myself,” a cameo on the Emmy Award-winning NBC hit comedy “30 Rock,” the holiday-themed “Holidaze,” her first animated project to which she also contributed a track, among others. Knight also appeared as a guest judge on FOX’s smash hit “American Idol,” and performed in the show’s always star-studded finale.
Georgia-born, Knight began performing gospel music at age four in the Mount Mariah Baptist Church and sang as a guest soloist with the Morris Brown College Choir. Three years later, she won the grand prize on television’s “Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour,” and the following year, she, along with her brother Bubba, her sister Brenda and her cousins William and Elenor Guest, formed The Pips. In 1959, Brenda and Elenor left the group and were replaced by Cousin Edward Patten and friend Langston George. The group was renamed Gladys Knight & The Pips, and following George’s departure in 1962, the classic line-up was in place.
A humanitarian and philanthropist, Knight is devoted to various worthy causes, including the American Diabetes Association, for which she is a national spokesperson, the American Cancer Society, the Boys & Girls Club of America, the Minority AIDS Project amFAR and Crisis Intervention. She has been honored by numerous organizations as well, including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and B’Nai Brith, among others.
Today, Knight helps oversee her busy personal entertainment corporation. She is a mother, great-grandmother, performer and a businesswoman with a spiritual outlook on life. Faith in God has been the driving force behind all of Knight’s endeavors, guiding her through her many successes.
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The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has long been one of the greatest. Very few singers over the last fifty years have matched her unassailable artistry. This seven-time GRAMMY Award®-winner has earned number one hits in Pop, R&B and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television and live performance.
In addition to dozens of live performances throughout the year, Knight currently stars in the syndicated sitcom “The First Family,” on BET/CENTRIC, where she plays the mother of the President. This fall, Knight will lend her musical expertise again for the second season of CENTRIC’s original series “Apollo Live.” Joining judges Doug E. Fresh and Michael Bivins, the legendary songstress will give guidance to hopeful contestants each week. She is also currently developing several other television projects.
Other recent television and film credits include the Tyler Perry film “I Can Do Bad All By Myself,” a cameo on the Emmy Award-winning NBC hit comedy “30 Rock,” the holiday-themed “Holidaze,” her first animated project to which she also contributed a track, among others. Knight also appeared as a guest judge on FOX’s smash hit “American Idol,” and performed in the show’s always star-studded finale.
Georgia-born, Knight began performing gospel music at age four in the Mount Mariah Baptist Church and sang as a guest soloist with the Morris Brown College Choir. Three years later, she won the grand prize on television’s “Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour,” and the following year, she, along with her brother Bubba, her sister Brenda and her cousins William and Elenor Guest, formed The Pips. In 1959, Brenda and Elenor left the group and were replaced by Cousin Edward Patten and friend Langston George. The group was renamed Gladys Knight & The Pips, and following George’s departure in 1962, the classic line-up was in place.
A humanitarian and philanthropist, Knight is devoted to various worthy causes, including the American Diabetes Association, for which she is a national spokesperson, the American Cancer Society, the Boys & Girls Club of America, the Minority AIDS Project amFAR and Crisis Intervention. She has been honored by numerous organizations as well, including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and B’Nai Brith, among others.
Today, Knight helps oversee her busy personal entertainment corporation. She is a mother, great-grandmother, performer and a businesswoman with a spiritual outlook on life. Faith in God has been the driving force behind all of Knight’s endeavors, guiding her through her many successes.
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“One Voice” - A Presentation of Music & Testimony
Through familiar hymns and spoken words, the 100 voices of the Saints Unified Voices (SUV Choir) harmonizes with “One Voice” in worship and celebration of Jesus Christ as it takes the audience on an extraordinary multicultural adventure of music and testimony. The choir’s performance of energetic soulful music praising Jesus Christ dominates the presentation.
Legendary entertainer Gladys Knight not only directs this Grammy Award-winning choir, but she also shares her faith in Jesus Christ and her religious journey. And yes, she sings too! Gladys Knight’s enthusiasm for the gospel of Jesus Christ and her professionalism make this musical presentation a truly extraordinary experience that touches the hearts of God’s children from every nation, kindred, tongue and faith.
SUV Presentations are usually held at one of the meetinghouses of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Presentations are a private religious event and therefore are not advertised to the general public. Admission is free, but tickets are required due to limited seating and are available by invitation from members of the host stakes or mission(s). The Saints Unified Voices does not distribute tickets, but we can direct you to the host mission.
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“…It was the most inspirational evening I have ever spent. I cannot describe how you made me feel. I sat there spellbound with tears in my eyes. God is truly working miracles through all of you.” - Texas
“Thank you..thank you! The music was exhilarating, uplifting, inspiring, and simply amazing!” – Michigan
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Audience is encouraged to arrive at least 60 minutes prior to start of presentation to allow time to park and get in line outside. Doors open about 30 minutes prior to start of presentation, with seating on a first come first serve basis. Seats in the chapel may NOT be saved.
A standby line is available.
Live video feed is provided into the gym on large screen(s) to improve the visual experience.
Extensive audio equipment is utilized throughout the chapel and gym so the sound experience is the same wherever you sit.
This program is not intended for children. If you must bring children, we recommend you avoid sitting close to the loud speakers.
Read the back of your ticket for full instructions.
HOUSE OF THE LORD
Please be respectful of the House of the Lord. This is a private religious program, not a commercial event.
No photography, video, or recording is allowed. Please leave cameras home.
Turn off cell phones upon entering church. Do not use cell phones to record or photograph,
Autographs are not available.
SPECIAL NEEDS
Seating for handicapped and other special needs is about 40 minutes prior to start of presentation. Those arriving after this time will be seated as space is available on a first come first serve basis.For assistance with seating in the “Special Needs” area, including ASL, please proceed to the ticket line and ask an usher for assistance.
Due to limited handicapped seating in the “Special Needs” areas, no more than two companions may accompany a handicapped person. Others in the party must remain in the general ticket line. Your understanding that seating is limited to those with special needs is appreciated.
Please refer to the back of your ticket for full instructions.
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Through familiar hymns and spoken words, the 100 voices of the Saints Unified Voices (SUV Choir) harmonizes with “One Voice” in worship and celebration of Jesus Christ as it takes the audience on an extraordinary multicultural adventure of music and testimony. The choir’s performance of energetic soulful music praising Jesus Christ dominates the presentation.
Legendary entertainer Gladys Knight not only directs this Grammy Award-winning choir, but she also shares her faith in Jesus Christ and her religious journey. And yes, she sings too! Gladys Knight’s enthusiasm for the gospel of Jesus Christ and her professionalism make this musical presentation a truly extraordinary experience that touches the hearts of God’s children from every nation, kindred, tongue and faith.
SUV Presentations are usually held at one of the meetinghouses of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Presentations are a private religious event and therefore are not advertised to the general public. Admission is free, but tickets are required due to limited seating and are available by invitation from members of the host stakes or mission(s). The Saints Unified Voices does not distribute tickets, but we can direct you to the host mission.
Follow us on Twitter SUV Choir@suvchoir for announcements of when and where we are performing. A general schedule of SUV Presentations is not available.
Scroll down for more information....
“…It was the most inspirational evening I have ever spent. I cannot describe how you made me feel. I sat there spellbound with tears in my eyes. God is truly working miracles through all of you.” - Texas
“Thank you..thank you! The music was exhilarating, uplifting, inspiring, and simply amazing!” – Michigan
“…I have never been as touched and moved as I was at your performance. I want to thank you all for lifting our spirits and helping us to feel hope again…” - California
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WHAT TO EXPECT...
Audience is encouraged to arrive at least 60 minutes prior to start of presentation to allow time to park and get in line outside. Doors open about 30 minutes prior to start of presentation, with seating on a first come first serve basis. Seats in the chapel may NOT be saved.
A standby line is available.
Live video feed is provided into the gym on large screen(s) to improve the visual experience.
Extensive audio equipment is utilized throughout the chapel and gym so the sound experience is the same wherever you sit.
This program is not intended for children. If you must bring children, we recommend you avoid sitting close to the loud speakers.
Read the back of your ticket for full instructions.
HOUSE OF THE LORD
Please be respectful of the House of the Lord. This is a private religious program, not a commercial event.
No photography, video, or recording is allowed. Please leave cameras home.
Turn off cell phones upon entering church. Do not use cell phones to record or photograph,
Autographs are not available.
SPECIAL NEEDS
Seating for handicapped and other special needs is about 40 minutes prior to start of presentation. Those arriving after this time will be seated as space is available on a first come first serve basis.For assistance with seating in the “Special Needs” area, including ASL, please proceed to the ticket line and ask an usher for assistance.
Due to limited handicapped seating in the “Special Needs” areas, no more than two companions may accompany a handicapped person. Others in the party must remain in the general ticket line. Your understanding that seating is limited to those with special needs is appreciated.
Please refer to the back of your ticket for full instructions.
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Thank you for your interest in hosting the Saints Unified Voices musical presentation of "One Voice."
To learn more about hosting the Saints Unified Voices at your LDS building, stake presidents and mission presidents may email us an inquiry to receive a packet of general information. The SUV bears the costs of presentations, including travel and accommodations, so as not to be a burden to the host stakes.
The Saints Unified Voices wishes we could accept all the invitations to perform that we receive, but limited availability and limited funding make this impossible. Therefore, we only consider invitations that are in line with our mission focus, which is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and sing His praises at SUV Presentations held at meetinghouses of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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The Saints Unified Voices wishes we could accept all the invitations to perform that we receive, but limited availability and limited funding make this impossible. Therefore, we only consider invitations that are in line with our mission focus, which is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and sing His praises at SUV Presentations held at meetinghouses of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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UPDATE: Auditions are postponed until later this Spring. SUV Choir continues to seek talented LDS singers with flexible schedules! Read "General Information" below before applying. Applicants will be personally notified of audition date via the preferred communication method you indicated on your application.
Click on this link to complete and submit your application for our files.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dFpPZDR5TEFULV9SSHFKclZ3MVEtX3c6MQ
Do not submit more than one application within a 12-month period.
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Saints Unified Voices is an all-volunteer choir. Singers must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and agree to abide by the values and standards of the Saints Unified Voices Foundation, which mirror the values and standards of the LDS Church. Singers are responsible for providing, at your own expense, your own transportation to all auditions, meetings, and rehearsals in Henderson, Nevada. Performance travel outside of the greater Las Vegas area is provided by the SUV. Current passports are required.
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UPDATE: Auditions are postponed until later this Spring. SUV Choir continues to seek talented LDS singers with flexible schedules! Read "General Information" below before applying. Applicants will be personally notified of audition date via the preferred communication method you indicated on your application.
Click on this link to complete and submit your application for our files.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dFpPZDR5TEFULV9SSHFKclZ3MVEtX3c6MQ
Do not submit more than one application within a 12-month period.
General Information
Saints Unified Voices is an all-volunteer choir. Singers must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and agree to abide by the values and standards of the Saints Unified Voices Foundation, which mirror the values and standards of the LDS Church. Singers are responsible for providing, at your own expense, your own transportation to all auditions, meetings, and rehearsals in Henderson, Nevada. Performance travel outside of the greater Las Vegas area is provided by the SUV. Current passports are required.
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The Saints Unified Voices (SUV) is an all-volunteer 100-voice multicultural gospel choir directed by the "Empress of Soul" Gladys Knight. We are headquartered in the Las Vegas area, but travel nationwide (and worldwide when funds allow) to share our presentations of music and testimony praising Jesus Christ. All singers, board members and staff are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint.
To learn more about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and ask questions, click here: http://www.mormon.org
Gladys Knight and "One Voice" won the 2005 Grammy Award for "Best Gospel Album" recorded with the Saints Unified Voices. The next year, Gladys and the SUV followed up with their holiday album "A Christmas Celebration."
The Saints Unified Voices looks forward to recording another album with Gladys Knight in the future.
The Saints Unified Voices Foundation governs the SUV Choir organization. It is operated by a working board of directors who not only oversee operations of the Foundation and the choir, but are also highly involved in planning, executing and staffing the presentations. Board members are listed below in the order of first contact with hosts.
Cheryl Stewart Osborn
Eric Johnson
Lloyd Benson
Angie Zobrist
Richard Zobrist
Gaye Borden
Ron Strobelt
Greg Arnold
Kent Greene
William McDowell
Gladys Knight McDowell
To learn more about Ms. Gladys Knight, please visit:
www.GladysKnight.com
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The Saints Unified Voices (SUV) is an all-volunteer 100-voice multicultural gospel choir directed by the "Empress of Soul" Gladys Knight. We are headquartered in the Las Vegas area, but travel nationwide (and worldwide when funds allow) to share our presentations of music and testimony praising Jesus Christ. All singers, board members and staff are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint.
To learn more about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and ask questions, click here: http://www.mormon.org
Gladys Knight and "One Voice" won the 2005 Grammy Award for "Best Gospel Album" recorded with the Saints Unified Voices. The next year, Gladys and the SUV followed up with their holiday album "A Christmas Celebration."
The Saints Unified Voices looks forward to recording another album with Gladys Knight in the future.
The Saints Unified Voices Foundation governs the SUV Choir organization. It is operated by a working board of directors who not only oversee operations of the Foundation and the choir, but are also highly involved in planning, executing and staffing the presentations. Board members are listed below in the order of first contact with hosts.
Cheryl Stewart Osborn
Eric Johnson
Lloyd Benson
Angie Zobrist
Richard Zobrist
Gaye Borden
Ron Strobelt
Greg Arnold
Kent Greene
William McDowell
Gladys Knight McDowell
To learn more about Ms. Gladys Knight, please visit:
www.GladysKnight.com
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Q. Where can I buy CDs of music I heard at the SUV Presentation?
A. “One Voice,” which contains some of the music heard at SUV Presentations and won a Grammy Award for “best gospel album,” is no longer produced. However, both “One Voice” and “A Christmas Celebration” are often resold at online outlets. The Saints Unified Voices looks forward to recording another album with Gladys Knight in the future.
Q. How can I purchase SUV sheet music?
A. The Saints Unified Voices does not use sheet music so it does not exist. To learn new songs, all the choir members receive are the typed lyrics. Lyrics can usually be found online from the original recording artists.
Q. Where can I buy a DVD recording of an SUV Presentation?
A. Recordings of SUV Presentations are not available for sale.
Q. How can I obtain a schedule of SUV upcoming presentations?
A. Our general schedule is not available to the public. If you email us an inquiry about a specific city, we can let you know if we expect to be there within the year. Submit your inquiry on our "Contact Us" page.
FYI: Due to limited availability and funds, the SUV very rarely returns to the same city to offer presentations a second time.
Q. Are all SUV personnel members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
A. All choir members and board of directors, which includes Gladys Knight, are volunteers and are members of the LDS church, which is a requirement. SUV crew and band members are hired professionals who belong to a variety of faiths.
Q. Can I view a choir rehearsal?
A. All choir rehearsals are closed to the public. The choir does not rehearse regularly or frequently, so when it does rehearse all focus must be on learning and developing what the director is teaching without the distraction of an audience.
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Q. Where can I buy CDs of music I heard at the SUV Presentation?
A. “One Voice,” which contains some of the music heard at SUV Presentations and won a Grammy Award for “best gospel album,” is no longer produced. However, both “One Voice” and “A Christmas Celebration” are often resold at online outlets. The Saints Unified Voices looks forward to recording another album with Gladys Knight in the future.
Q. How can I purchase SUV sheet music?
A. The Saints Unified Voices does not use sheet music so it does not exist. To learn new songs, all the choir members receive are the typed lyrics. Lyrics can usually be found online from the original recording artists.
Q. Where can I buy a DVD recording of an SUV Presentation?
A. Recordings of SUV Presentations are not available for sale.
Q. How can I obtain a schedule of SUV upcoming presentations?
A. Our general schedule is not available to the public. If you email us an inquiry about a specific city, we can let you know if we expect to be there within the year. Submit your inquiry on our "Contact Us" page.
FYI: Due to limited availability and funds, the SUV very rarely returns to the same city to offer presentations a second time.
Q. Are all SUV personnel members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
A. All choir members and board of directors, which includes Gladys Knight, are volunteers and are members of the LDS church, which is a requirement. SUV crew and band members are hired professionals who belong to a variety of faiths.
Q. Can I view a choir rehearsal?
A. All choir rehearsals are closed to the public. The choir does not rehearse regularly or frequently, so when it does rehearse all focus must be on learning and developing what the director is teaching without the distraction of an audience.
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Date of Birth 28 May 1944 , Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Birth Name Gladys Maria Knight
Height 5' 3½" (1.61 m)
Mini Bio (1)
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author. She is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, the most famous incarnation of which also included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest. Knight has won a total of seven Grammy awards (four as a solo artist, and three with The Pips).
- Biography Source: wikipedia.org, License: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
Spouse (4)
William McDowell (12 April 2001 - present)
Les Brown (29 August 1995 - 1997) (divorced)
Barry Hankerson (12 October 1974 - 1979) (divorced) (1 child)
James Newman (1960 - 1964) (divorced) (2 children)
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Won on "Ted Mack & the Original Amateur Hour" (1948)_ at age 7.
She has 3 children from two of her four marriages.
Aunt, by marriage, of singer Aaliyah (she was married to Aaliyah's uncle Barry Hankerson).
Sister of Merald Knight, cousin of William Guest, and Edward Patten.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Gladys Knight and the Pips) in 1996.
Ranked #18 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Once performed Licence to Kill in concert at Caesars Atlantic City for Jason Allentoff and Brandon Allentoff.
Mother of Jimmy Newman III (died 1999), Kenya Jackson (née Newman), and Shanga Hankerson.
Had a gambling problem.
Parents are Merald Sr. (a postal worker) and Elizabeth (a housewife).
The name, "The Pips", came from the name of their manager, James 'Pip' Wood, who is also Knight's cousin.
Has an older sister, Brenda, and a younger brother, David.
She owns a chain of chicken and waffles restaurants based in Atlanta.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7083 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Currently tours with her choir "Saints Unified Voices" throughout the United States at LDS (Mormon) church meetinghouses, cultural events, and concerts. Ray Charles' last album contains a duet with Gladys Knight and it won a Grammy for Best Gospel Performance (Duet). [February 2005]
Personal Quotes (1)
Believe me when I say this: you can't please everyone in concert, even though I still want to. Someone always wants you to sing a song that isn't necessarily on your set list. So I'm heavy on the medleys these days.
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Date of Birth 28 May 1944 , Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Birth Name Gladys Maria Knight
Height 5' 3½" (1.61 m)
Mini Bio (1)
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author. She is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, the most famous incarnation of which also included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest. Knight has won a total of seven Grammy awards (four as a solo artist, and three with The Pips).
- Biography Source: wikipedia.org, License: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
Spouse (4)
William McDowell (12 April 2001 - present)
Les Brown (29 August 1995 - 1997) (divorced)
Barry Hankerson (12 October 1974 - 1979) (divorced) (1 child)
James Newman (1960 - 1964) (divorced) (2 children)
Trivia (16)
Won on "Ted Mack & the Original Amateur Hour" (1948)_ at age 7.
She has 3 children from two of her four marriages.
Aunt, by marriage, of singer Aaliyah (she was married to Aaliyah's uncle Barry Hankerson).
Sister of Merald Knight, cousin of William Guest, and Edward Patten.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Gladys Knight and the Pips) in 1996.
Ranked #18 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Once performed Licence to Kill in concert at Caesars Atlantic City for Jason Allentoff and Brandon Allentoff.
Mother of Jimmy Newman III (died 1999), Kenya Jackson (née Newman), and Shanga Hankerson.
Had a gambling problem.
Parents are Merald Sr. (a postal worker) and Elizabeth (a housewife).
The name, "The Pips", came from the name of their manager, James 'Pip' Wood, who is also Knight's cousin.
Has an older sister, Brenda, and a younger brother, David.
She owns a chain of chicken and waffles restaurants based in Atlanta.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7083 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Currently tours with her choir "Saints Unified Voices" throughout the United States at LDS (Mormon) church meetinghouses, cultural events, and concerts. Ray Charles' last album contains a duet with Gladys Knight and it won a Grammy for Best Gospel Performance (Duet). [February 2005]
Personal Quotes (1)
Believe me when I say this: you can't please everyone in concert, even though I still want to. Someone always wants you to sing a song that isn't necessarily on your set list. So I'm heavy on the medleys these days.
.
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a list of 36 people created 22 Aug 2011
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