Jan and Dean

The group continued to tour until Berry's death in March, 2004, with 1960s nostalgia providing them with a ready audience. Gladys Knight was married to Barry Hankerson, uncle of singer Aaliyah. As a result, the group did not perform again until 1973, and made an official comeback in 1978 on tour with the Beach Boys. SUV has released a CD entitled One Voice, and occasionally performs at LDS stake firesides. Early in 1966 Jan was involved in a serious motor vehicle accident, resulting in severe head injuries. Knight created and now directs the LDS (Mormon) choir Saints Unified Voices [1] (http://www.suvchoir.org). Subsequent hits included "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" (1964) and the eerily portentous "Dead Man's Curve" (1964). Ms.

Playing local venues, they met and performed with the Beach Boys, and discovered the appeal of the latter's "surf sound".With considerable help from Brian Wilson, they eventually scored a number one national hit with "Surf City" (1963). Hinckley, that his flock needs to inject some "pep" into their music. With the help of friend Herb Alpert and producer Lou Adler, they scored a modest hit with Baby Talk (1959), and then entered a long dry spell. She has occasionally teased the LDS Prophet, Gordon B. After Dean returned from an army stint and Arnie went off to other pursuits (by 1962, he was a hugely successful rock and roll deejay in Boston), the two began to make music again as Jan and Dean. Knight joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1997. Their first commercial success was Jennie Lee (1958), an ode to a local burlesque performer which they recorded along with pal Arnie Ginsberg. Knight continues to tour and record occasionally, although the Pips have retired.

They first performed on stage as The Barons at a high school dance. Ms. Primitive recording sessions followed soon after, in a makeshift studio in Jan's garage. Knight was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. They began singing together after football practice at University High School in Los Angeles. Along with the Pips, Ms. Jan Berry (April 3, 1941, Los Angeles -- March 26, 2004) and Dean Torrence (born March 10, 1940, Los Angeles) were a rock and roll duo briefly popular in the early 1960s as part of the "surf music" craze inspired by The Beach Boys. 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.