Gladys Knight is an American artist, lyricist, entertainer, and money manager who is generally known for her no.1 Billboard Hot 100 singles “12 PM Train to Georgia” and “That is What Friends Are For”. She is otherwise called “The Empress of Souls”. She has won seven Grammy Awards in her music vocation. She additionally was an individual from her gathering “Gladys Knight and the Pips” with which she recorded many hits tunes during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. She additionally positioned among the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone.
She is dynamic in the online media stage with around 373k adherents on her Twitter: @MsGladysKnight
| Celebrated Name | Gladys Knight |
|---|---|
| Age | 77 Years |
| Nick Name | Gladys Knight |
| Birth Name | Gladys Maria Knight |
| Birth Date | 1944-05-28 |
| Gender | Female |
| Profession | Skater |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Husband | William McDowell |
| Place Of Birth | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Height | 5.3 |
| Ethnicity | Black |
| Hair Color | Brown-Dark |
| Nationality | American |
| Best Known For | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| Net Worth | 28000000 |
Other than on thirteenth September 2020, Knight of 77 and Patti LaBelle of 76 turned into the craftsmen to be highlighted in the Sunday’s versus “fight” on Instagram Live coordinated by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland. The occasions unite two craftsmen to face one another and have been one of the top picks of the audiences. The two legends on Sunday’s fight spread the affection without broiling one another. The pair together sang Knight’s hit with the Pips “12 PM Train to Georgia” in the Instagram live. There was no fight between them except for the solitary thing that rose up that evening was love between two legends.
Gladys Knight was born on May 28, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Her original name is Gladys Maria Knight. American is her identity/Her nationality is White while African-American is her zodiac sign.
She was born to Merald Woodlw Knight Sr.(father) and Sarah Elizabeth(mother). She has a sister, Brenda, and had two brothers, Merald Jr., and David. Her more established brother, David is dead. Her brother, Merald is additionally an American R&B artist. She was brought up in her old neighborhood, Georgia with her kin. She was keen on singing since her adolescence. As a kid, she partook in many singing contests.
While growing up, she sang in the congregation ensemble. At an extremely youthful age of 8, she won Ted Mack’s The Original Amateur Hour TV show challenge. In the year 1952, she framed a melodic gathering called the Pips with her brother Merald, her sister Brenda and her cousins, William and Eleanor Guest. They kept acting in little projects and later, her sister was supplanted by her cousin Edward Patten and Eleanor was supplanted by Langston George.
Her gathering recorded their first single “Each Beat of My Heart” in the year 1961 which got delivered on Atlanta Huntom Label. From their single, many names got dazzled and needed to sign the gathering. The gathering’s name changed to Gladys Knight and the Pips. Then, at that point, they endorsed with Bobby Robinson’s mark and Fury Records. The development of their introduction single additionally got great achievement. The gathering’s first full-length collection “Letter Full of Tears” got delivered under the Fury Labels.
Gladys Knight proceeded with her music profession with her gathering “Gladys Knight and the Pips” under the Motown Records.
The gathering proceeded to give a few hit singles like “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1967), “Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me” (1967,) and “In case I Were Your Woman” (1970)”
In the year 1972, the gathering won their first Grammy grant for their single “Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye”.
In the wake of marking with Buddah Records in 1973, the gathering proceeded to win their second grammy grant for the single “12 PM Train to Georgia” which positioned at no.1 on the pop and R&B graph.
In the year 1980, her gathering endorsed with Columbia Records and delivered two collections “About Love (1980) and Touch (1981)”.
The gathering delivered a solitary “Save The Overtime For Me” in 1983 which positioned no.1 on the R&B.
She and her gathering recorded their last collection “All Our Love” in 1987.
The collection’s lead single “Love Overboard” won a Grammy grant and positioned no.1 on the R&B.
The gathering kicked lapsed and she off seeking after an independent music profession during the 1990s.
In 1989, her gathering got drafted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and in 1996, the gathering enlisted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
While in the gathering, Knight got together with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John and proceeded to deliver a Grammy Award-winning single “That is What Friends Are For”.
In the year 1991, she delivered her third collection “Great Woman” which positioned no 45 on the Billboard Album graph
She became one of the board overseers of Saints Unified Voices(SUV) in 1992.
SUV is a Grammy Award-winning American music ensemble.
She likewise performed two tunes “His Eye Is On The Sparrow” and “The Lord’s Prayer” at the memorial service for Michael Jackson.
In the year 2014, she delivered her 30th top 40 R&B collection “Where My Heart Belongs”.
She additionally was welcome to play at the 100th Anniversary of Delaware State Fair in 2019.
Gladys Knight positions number eighteen on the VH1 organization’s rundown of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock.
She has won 7 Grammy awards(three with her gathering and four as an independent vocalist) in her vocation.
Before her music vocation, she is likewise an entertainer who appeared with the film “Unrealistic fantasies” in 1976.
She got a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for her job in the film.
She has showed up in numerous Television series, for example, ‘Benson’, ‘The Jeffersons’, ‘A Different World’, ‘Living Single’, ‘The Jamie Foxx Show’, and ‘New York Undercover’.
In the year 1985, she co-featured on the CBS sitcom “Charlie and Co” close by Flip Wilson.
She additionally contended on the fourteenth period of Dancing with the Stars in 2012.
In February 2019, she set third on “The Masked Singer”.
The American artist and entertainer, Gladys Knight has been hitched multiple times in her day to day existence. She is right now wedded to William McDowell. The couple secured the bunch in 2001. As of now, the couple dwells in North Carolina where they own a public venue that was gone to by her significant other as his school. They together have no youngster. Yet, from their past marriage, they have seventeen grandkids and ten extraordinary grandkids.
Her first marriage was with James “Jimmy” Newman. Newman was an artist. Knight became pregnant at 16 years old and afterward, she wedded Newman in 1960. She had an unsuccessful labor however they proceeded to have a child, Jimmy Gaston Newman III, and a girl, Kenya. Newman left the family when she was only 20 and they later got separated in 1973. Then, at that point a year after, she got hitched to Barry Hankerson. Hankerson is a record maker. They together have a child, Shanga Hankerson. The couple later got separated in 1979.
Then, at that point, she wedded Les Brown in 1995. Brown is a powerful orator. Their marriage didn’t keep going long and they got separated in 1997. In the last part of the 1980s, she experienced a betting fixation and later joined a restoration place. She likewise assisted with bringing up $400,000 for the Children’s Learning Centers of Fairfield County. Besides, her subsequent child, Shanga possesses a chain of chicken and waffles named “Gladys Knight and Ron Winans’ Chicken and Waffles”.
The American artist and entertainer, Gladys Knight has made an attractive measure of cash from her calling since appearing with her gathering “Gladys Knight and the Pips”. She has an expected total assets of $30 million starting at 2020. Her total assets incorporates all her property and her current income. As of now, she is carrying on with an extravagant way of life with her income.
Gladys Knight has kept up with her body very well at 77 years old. She has an earthy colored tone with dark hair and a couple of bruised eyes. She remains at a stature of 5ft 5inches and has a bodyweight of 70kg.