United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Jacobs, Hal2005-03-11Encyclopedia 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."text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Singers--United StatesWomen singers--United StatesAfrican American singersAfrican American women singersMusicians--United StatesAfrican American musiciansAfrican American women musiciansWomen musicians--United StatesRhythm and blues musicians--United StatesKnight, Gladys, 1944-Gladys Knight (b. 1944)Text