- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Gladys Knight (b. 1944)
- Creator:
- Jacobs, Hal
- Date of Original:
- 2005-03-11
- Subject:
- Singers--United States
Women singers--United States
African American singers
African American women singers
Musicians--United States
African American musicians
African American women musicians
Women musicians--United States
Rhythm and blues musicians--United States
Knight, Gladys, 1944- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Gladys Knight. As one of Motown's leading ladies of soul in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Gladys Knight was the driving force behind Gladys Knight and the Pips, an all-family music group from Atlanta. The group attracted a worldwide audience and won numerous awards during its forty-year career, scoring its only number-one pop hit in 1973 with the soul classic "Midnight Train to Georgia."
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/gladys-knight-b-1944/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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