Gladys and the Pips sang for small record companies. Of her talent and the audience's response to her singing. ArethaĪcted chilly towards her and Diana Ross seemed jealous She, Tina Turner & Patti LaBelle got on well. Gladys showed diplomacy on discussing female singers. They were subjected to racial hatred & denied restroomsĪnd lodgings. Soon after her 2 male cousins & 1īrother & Gladys went on the Chitlin' Circuit as the Pips. Gladys became a choir soloist at age 4 & won the Ted MackĪmateur Hour at age 8. This family valued their faith & showed unconditional love. Later he stressed out & was fired from his main job. Her father held down 3 jobs to afford a house for Gladys loved her tight-knit birth family and aunts, uncles Rolling Stone magazine ranked Knight among the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She also recorded the theme song for the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill. Two of her songs ('I Heard It Through the Grapevine' and 'Midnight Train to Georgia') were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for 'historical, artistic and significant' value. She has won seven Grammy Awards (four as a solo artist and three with the Pips) and is an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame along with The Pips.

Knight has recorded two number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles ('Midnight Train to Georgia' and 'That's What Friends Are For'), eleven number-one R&B singles and six number-one R&B albums. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight is known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her group The Pips, which also included her brother Merald 'Bubba' Knight and cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. Gladys Maria Knight, known as the 'Empress of Soul', is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and author.

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