Gladys Knight is an American R&B and soul
singer. She is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s with
her group Gladys Knight & the Pips.The group was
comprised of her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins, Edward Patten and William
Guest.
Knight's album, At Last, won the 2002 Grammy Award for "Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance." In 2006, she won her seventh Grammy award in the category of
Best Gospel Choir or Gospel Chorus for the One Voice album with the Saints Unified
Voices.
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Gladys Knight began her career as the lead member of Gladys Knight & the Pips. The band joined the Motown roster in 1966, and, although regarded as a second-string act, scored several hit singles, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1967), "The Nitty Gritty" (1969), "Friendship Train" (1969), "If I Were Your Woman" (1970), "I Don't Want To Do Wrong" (1971), the Grammy winner "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" (1972), and "Daddy Could Swear (I Declare)" (1973). The act left Motown for a better deal with Buddah Records in 1973, and achieved full-fledged success that year with hits such as the Grammy-winning "Midnight Train to Georgia" (their only #1 pop hit), "I've Got to Use My Imagination" and "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". After a successful 1988 tour, the Pips retired and Gladys Knight began a career as a solo artist. Gladys Knight & the Pips were later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
While still with The Pips, Gladys Knight also joined with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder and Elton John on the 1986 AIDS benefit single, "That's What Friends Are For" which won a Grammy for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. In 1989, Gladys Knight recorded the title track for the James Bond movie License to Kill, a top 10 hit in the UK.
Gladys Knight's third solo album, Good Woman, was released in 1991. It rose to #1 on the R&B album chart and featured the #2 R&B hit "Men". Her fourth solo album, Just for You, went gold and was nominated for the 1995 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.