The act was particularly successful in Europe, and especially the United Kingdom. In the summer of 1974, Knight and the Pips recorded the soundtrack to the successful film Claudine with producer Curtis Mayfield. The act left Motown for a better deal with Buddah Records in 1973, and achieved the full-fledged success that year with hits such as the Grammy-winning “Midnight Train to Georgia”, “I’ve Got to Use My Imagination,” “The Way We Were/Try To Remember” and “Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me”.
Berry Gordy later told Knight that she was giving his act a hard time. Gladys Knight stated in her memoirs that Ross kicked her off the tour because the audience’s reception to Knight’s soulful performance overshadowed her. In their early Motown career, Gladys Knight and the Pips toured as the opening act for Diana Ross and The Supremes. Gladys Knight & the Pips joined the Motown Records roster in 1966 (while the band had no “sure hit”),[ and, although initially regarded as a second-string act, scored several major hit singles, including “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (recorded first by Marvin Gaye, his version not released until 1968), “Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me” (1967), “Friendship Train” (1969), “If I Were Your Woman” (1970), “I Don’t Want To Do Wrong” (1971), the Grammy Award-winning “Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)” (1972), and “Daddy Could Swear (I Declare)” (1973).
She then married William McDowell in 2001. In 1995, Knight married motivational speaker Les Brown, but they separated and divorced in 1997. The couple had one son, Shanga Hankerson. In 1974, Knight married producer Barry Hankerson, who is the uncle of the late singer Aaliyah. After being separated for seven years, Knight divorced Newman in 1973, and he died a few years later. Their son, James ‘Jimmy’ Gaston Newman III was born in 1962, and a year later had her only daughter, Kenya. Newman became a drug addict and left the family when Knight was 20. She had a miscarriage, but the couple went on to have two children. At 16 years old, she became pregnant and married musician James ‘Jimmy’ Newman in 1960. Gladys Knight has been married four times and has three children in total. She has a sister, Brenda, and one living brother, Merald Jr, and one late brother, David. Gladys was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and was the daughter of Merald Woodlow Knight Sr, a postal worker, and Sarah Elizabeth (née Woods).
She stands at a height of 5 feet 3inches(1.61 m). Gladys is a woman of average stature, she also appears to be quite tall in stature in her photos. She celebrates her birthday on May 28 every year. Glady is 76 years old as of 2020, she was born on May 28, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight is known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which also included her brother Merald “Bubba” Knight and cousins Edward Patten and William Guest. Gladys Knight (born as Gladys Maria Knight) known as the “Empress of Soul”, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and author. Frequently Asked Questions About Gladys Knight.
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