Gladys Knight

Gladys Knight (born May 28, 1944) is a legendary American pop and soul singer.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Knight first launched to fame with The Pips in 1961, with "Every Beat of My Heart". In spite of a few more hits, Knight did not achieve widespread success until 1966, after signing to Motown. "Friendship Train", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "If I Were Your Woman" became huge hits, though her biggest was "Neither One of Us". In the mid 1970s, the group hit its popular and critical peak with "Midnight Train to Georgia", "I've Got to Use My Imagination" and "Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me". She also joined with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John on the 1986 AIDS benefit single, "That's What Friends Are For".

In 1987, Knight acknowledged a gambling addiction to the game baccarat. She finally called Gamblers Anonymous when she lost $45,000 in one night.

In 1989 she recorded the title track to the James Bond movie Licence to Kill.

Along with the Pips, Ms. Knight was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Ms. Knight continues to tour and record occasionally, although the Pips have retired.

Knight joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1997. She has occasionally teased the LDS Prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley, that his flock needs to inject some "pep" into their music. Ms. Knight created and now directs the LDS (Mormon) choir Saints Unified Voices [1] (http://www.suvchoir.org). SUV has released a CD entitled One Voice, and occasionally performs at LDS stake firesides.

Gladys Knight was married to Barry Hankerson, uncle of singer Aaliyah.


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Gladys Knight was married to Barry Hankerson, uncle of singer Aaliyah. Johnny is very popular in Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark, where he is known as Mister Eurovision. SUV has released a CD entitled One Voice, and occasionally performs at LDS stake firesides. It could very easily have been four wins, as an earlier collaboration with Linda Martin, "Terminal 3" - which he rather sheepishly admitted had been so named simply because he happened to be sitting in Terminal 3 of Heathrow Airport when he wrote it - had finished runner-up to the winning Swedish song "Diggi-loo, diggi-ley" in 1984. Knight created and now directs the LDS (Mormon) choir Saints Unified Voices [1] (http://www.suvchoir.org). In 1992 in Sweden he won as a composer with “Why Me” sung by Linda Martin. Ms. “Hold Me Now” which Johnny wrote himself, won in 1987 in Brussels.

Hinckley, that his flock needs to inject some "pep" into their music. “What's Another Year” composed by Shay Healy won in the Netherlands in 1980. She has occasionally teased the LDS Prophet, Gordon B. Johnny Logan won the Eurovision Song Contest three times for Ireland, so far. Knight joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1997. Johnson and Richard Nixon. Knight continues to tour and record occasionally, although the Pips have retired. Kennedy, Lyndon B.

Ms. His father was a very well known Irish tenor, Patrick O'Hagan, who performed three times at The White House, for John F. Knight was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Johnny Logan's real name is Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard and he was born near Melbourne, Australia on May 13, 1954. Along with the Pips, Ms. In 1989 she recorded the title track to the James Bond movie Licence to Kill.

She finally called Gamblers Anonymous when she lost $45,000 in one night. In 1987, Knight acknowledged a gambling addiction to the game baccarat. She also joined with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John on the 1986 AIDS benefit single, "That's What Friends Are For". In the mid 1970s, the group hit its popular and critical peak with "Midnight Train to Georgia", "I've Got to Use My Imagination" and "Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me".

"Friendship Train", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "If I Were Your Woman" became huge hits, though her biggest was "Neither One of Us". In spite of a few more hits, Knight did not achieve widespread success until 1966, after signing to Motown. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Knight first launched to fame with The Pips in 1961, with "Every Beat of My Heart". Gladys Knight (born May 28, 1944) is a legendary American pop and soul singer.