![]() and Ben Stiller performed on American Idol to raise money for charity. In 2008 Gladys, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. In the spring of 2008, Knight appeared alongside Chaka Khan, Patti Labelle and Diana Ross at the 'Divas with Heart' concert in aid of cardiac research, at New York's Radio City Hall. Knight is ranked number eighteen on VH1 network's list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock. In 2008, a duet between Knight and Johnny Mathis was released on Mathis' album A Night to Remember. In 2005, a duet between Knight and Ray Charles of "You Were There" was released on Charles' duets album Genius & Friends. SUV has released a Grammy Award-winning CD titled One Voice, and occasionally performs at LDS church firesides. Knight created and now directs the Mormon-themed choir Saints Unified Voices. Hinckley, that his flock needs to inject some "pep" into their music. She had occasionally teased LDS Church president, the late Gordon B. Knight joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1997. In 1992 Vernon Ray Blue II, choir master of the year asked Gladys to record his first single "He Lifted Me" ![]() Her fourth solo LP, Just for You, went gold and was nominated for the 1995 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. Knight and LaBelle would collaborate the same year on "I Don't Do Duets", a duet with Patti LaBelle from LaBelle's album Burnin'. The album also featured "Superwoman", written by Babyface and featuring Dionne Warwick and Patti LaBelle. It rose to #1 on the R&B album chart and featured the #2 R&B hit "Men". Knight's third solo LP, Good Woman, was released by MCA in 1991. In 1989, Gladys Knight recorded the title track for the James Bond movie Licence to Kill, a top 10 hit both in the UK, reaching #6, and Germany. While still with The Pips, Knight joined with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John on the 1986 AIDS benefit single, "That's What Friends Are For" which won a Grammy for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. Gladys Knight & the Pips were inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. After a successful 1988 tour, the Pips retired and Knight began her solo career. Its lead single, "Love Overboard", was a successful hit and won a third Grammy for the act as well. In 1987, Knight decided to pursue a solo career, and she and the Pips recorded their final LP together, All Our Love (1987), for MCA Records. During this period, Knight kicked a gambling addiction to the game baccarat. The act enlisted former Motown producers Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson for their first two LPs- About Love (1980) and Touch (1981). Signing with Columbia Records in 1980 and restored to its familiar quartet form, Gladys Knight & the Pips began releasing new material. ![]() Problems listening to this file? See media help. Gladys Knight & the Pips' version of the song, from their 1967 album Everybody Needs Love. In the early 1980s, Johnny Mathis invited Gladys to record two duets – "When A Child Is Born" (previously a hit for Mathis) and "The Lord's Prayer". Upon their divorce, Hankerson and Knight were embroiled in a heated custody battle over Shanga Ali. Knight and Hankerson remained married for four years, during which time they had a son, Shanga Ali. Having divorced James Newman II in 1973, Knight married Barry Hankerson (future uncle of R&B singer Aaliyah), then Detroit mayor Coleman Young's executive aide. Knight and the Pips continued to have hits until the late 1970s, when they were forced to record separately due to legal issues, resulting in Knight's first solo LP recordings- Miss Gladys Knight (1978) on Buddah and Gladys Knight (1979) on Columbia Records. The film failed at the box-office, but Knight did receive a Golden Globe Best New Actress nomination. ![]() For example, "Midnight Train to Georgia" hit the UK pop charts Top 5 in the summer of 1976, a full three years after its success in the U.S.ĭuring this period of greater recognition, Knight made her motion picture acting debut in the film Pipe Dreams, a romantic drama set in Alaska. However, a number of the Buddah singles became hits in the UK long after their success in the US. 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 full-fledged success that year with hits such as the Grammy-winning " Midnight Train to Georgia" (#1 on the pop and R&B chart), "I've Got to Use My Imagination," and " You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". Knight and the Pips perform aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger on November 1, 1981. ![]()
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