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Gladys Knight
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American singer (born 1944)
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Gladys Knight is an American singer, actor, and composer born in Atlanta in 1944. She is a contralto who performs in the soul and rhythm and blues genres. Her career began in 1952, and she has recorded for Motown, Columbia Records, and MCA Records. Knight is a member of the group Gladys Knight & the Pips and the organization Alpha Kappa Alpha.
She has received the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the National Medal of Arts. Knight is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and speaks English. She is also recognized as an actor in the acting department.
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Film & TV
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Known for
- A Little Women's Christmas — Bertie Henderson2024
- American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special — Self2024
- A Motown Christmas — Self2024
- Gladys Knight at the BBC — Self2024
- Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan — Self (archive footage)2023
- I'm Glad It's Christmas — Cora Ross2022
- Coming 2 America — Gladys Knight2021
- Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over — Self2021
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Self - Musician2021
- VERZUZ — Self2020
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1944
Discography
- Miss Gladys Knight1978
- Gladys Knight1979
- You Bring Out The Best In Me1979
- Licence to Kill1989
- Good Woman1991
- Men1991
- Just for You1994
- The Greatest Hits1998
- Many Different Roads1999
- At Last2001
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 199,747
- Total plays
- 1,082,119
Tags
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a legendary American R&B/soul singer and actress. She is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, the most famous incarnation of which also included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest. Knight started to record solo material due to legal issues that forced her and The Pips to r
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gladys
- Family name
- Knight
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- MCA Records
- Official website
- gladysknight.com
- Image
- Gladys Knight - 2016.jpg
- Voice type
- contralto
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- Commons category
- Gladys Knight
- date of birth
- 1944-05-28
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- member of
- Gladys Knight & the Pips
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- social media followers
- 434074
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Gladys Maria Knight
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