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GRAMMY award-winning Gladys Knight, known as the “Empress of Soul”, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and author.
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.
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In 1998, Gladys Knight celebrated her 50th anniversary of sharing with the world her gifts of voice and spirit. Georgia-born Knight began performing gospel music at age four in her church and as a special guest soloist with the Morris Brown College Choir. At age seven, she won Ted Mack’s “Amateur Hour” (the 50’s TV version of today’s “American Idol“) and its $2,000 grand prize.
At age eight – following encouragement by parents – she, brother Bubba, sister Brenda, and cousins William and Elenor Guest formed a “little group” called The Pips – “Pips” coming from their manager, cousin James “Pip” Woods.
In 1959, Brenda and Elenor left the group, replaced by cousin Edward Patten and friend, Langston George, and the group became Gladys Knight and The Pips. Following Langston’s departure in 1962, Gladys Knight & The Pips remained a quartet until 1989, when they decided to pursue different career paths. (The Pips have since broken up.)
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Gladys Knight talks enthusiastically about each of her songs as she describes the people and landscape in great detail, including the subtlest motivations that animate the characters. “When I write,” says Gladys, “I try to paint a picture in my mind rather than come up with words that rhyme. I could never do a song that I didn’t believe in.”
“Every song has to touch me emotionally and spiritually in some way. I couldn’t do a song that I was cold about. Even if it were a hit, it just wouldn’t be a hit for me.”
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In the community, Gladys Knight lends her hand to philanthropic efforts including the American Cancer Society, the Minority AIDS Project, programs for Battered Women and Abused Children, AMFAR, Homelessness, Hunger Prevention, and Crisis Intervention.
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