#gladys knight

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Gladys Knight, 1974 ♡

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Gladys Knight And The Pips From The Illustrated History Of Rock Music, Jeremy Pascall, 1984

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🎶 Gladys Knight

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Bon Soir❤️🎤🚂🕺💙

Gladys Knight & The Pips 🎶 Midnight Train to Georgia

Live at TopPop 1976

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GLADYS AND HER CREW (THE PIPS) !

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Photo by Leslie Bryce.

“I remember one time I played in Liverpool and Paul and George came to see me. It was when The Beatles were at their height, and I loved their music, so that was just wonderful. They were so quiet and polite — real gentle souls.” - Gladys Knight, Liverpool Echo, November 28, 2011

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Ted Mack of the TV show The Original Amateur Hour presents the gold trophy to 8-year old Gladys Knight, July 1, 1952. Gladys, who previously sang in her church choir, was voted the winner of three nationwide broadcasts. Later that year, she and her siblings and cousins began performing professionally as Gladys Knight and the Pips.

Photo: Associated Press via the Washington Post

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Gladys Knight starred on The Muppet Show today in 1980. A running gag this episode is that the roof of the Muppet Theater has rotted through, and the show must go on despise the myriad weather conditions.

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Gladys Knight (1944-) Gladys Knight and the Pips - lead vocals; solo Songs: "Midnight Train to Georgia," "Every Beat of My Heart" Defeated Opponents: Janis Ian Propaganda: see visual

Barbra Streisand (1942-) solo - additionally an actress Songs: "Don't Rain On My Parade," "The Way We Were" Defeated Opponents: Belle Baker Propaganda: "DON'T tell me not to LIVE just SIT and PUTTER life's candy and SOMETHING i don't know the lyrics BUTTER something else i don't know rAIN ON MY PARAAAAAADE"

Visual Propaganda for Gladys Knight:

Visual Propaganda for Barbra Streisand:

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Gladys Knight joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1997. If anyone is familiar with a black member of the Church, it's usually her.

My favorite story about her comes from my husband. He served his mission in Las Vegas, where she was living at the time, and ended up getting assigned to her ward. One of the assignments the missionaries had at the time was to cut costs to the mission by finding living arrangements with members of the Church wherever possible. He was serving in her ward and was present in the ward council meeting when they brought up the need to find a source of cheaper, safe housing.

Without missing a beat, she chimed in helpfully with, "I'll just buy them a house." To which she was met with a loving, yet exasperated "Sister McDowell, you can't do that."

He said she was incredibly nice and would do anything to take care of the missionaries.

If you didn't know she had a choir for a time that was doing gospel music inspired by African and African American traditions, those albums are worth every penny. I have both of them and they're my favorite worship music I own.

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Gladys Knight , 1973 <3

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I love being this happy🩵💛

I am always grateful for this feeling.💛🩵

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1968

I was originally searching for another song from the James Brown's Original Funky Divas album but stumbled across this video I had never seen before and just had to share it!

So after yesterday's triple dose of Blue Moon of Kentucky, here's a triple serving of I Heard It Through the Grapevine!

Marva Whitney brings electrifying energy and fiery vocals to this explosive live performance!

Marvin Gaye’s version came out in

1968

and became the most iconic one :

Gladys Knight & The Pips recorded the first released version in

1967

and it was a more up-tempo take.

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