In 1999, she completed a starring run on Broadway in the smash musical hit “Smokey Joe’s Café.”
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That same year, she showcased her acting ability when she co-starred with Flip Wilson in the CBS comedy “Charlie & Co.” Other acting roles followed on such TV shows as “Benson,” “The Jefferson’s” and “New York Undercover,” and in such television films as “Pipe Dreams,” “An Enemy Among Us” and “Desperado.” She recorded the title theme for the James Bond movie “License to Kill” (1989). In 1986, she produced and starred in the Cable Ace Award-winning “Sisters in the Name of Love,” an HBO special co-starring Dionne Warwick and Patti LaBelle. Her involvement in other creative undertakings, business ventures and humanitarian activities has been extensive, and has brought her honors from industry and community alike. Williams III, Jon John, Jamey Jaz, Keith Thomas, Tom Dowd and Tiger Roberts. “At Last” showed the world that she still has what it takes to record a hit album, employing the talents of contemporary producers like Randy Jackson, Gary Brown and James D.C. Knight enjoyed another #1 hit in 1985 when she teamed with Stevie Wonder, Elton John, and Dionne Warwick on “That’s What Friends are For.” She and Stevie Wonder sang together again for the successful Frank Sinatra Duets II album, joining his voice for the song “For Once in My Life” in 1994.Īll told, Knight has recorded more than 38 albums over the years, including four solo albums during the past decade: “Good Woman” (1991) “Just for You” (1994) the inspirational “Many Different Roads” (1999) and “At Last” (2001). The party kept rolling with hits like “On and On” from the Academy Award nominated soundtrack of Curtis Mayfield’s “Claudine,” the 1974 comedy about love in the inner city.
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Top 20 hits, like “Every Beat of My Heart,” “Letter Full of Tears,” “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” and “If I Were Your Woman,” set the stage for an amazing run in the mid-1970s, with Top 10 gold-certified singles like “Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First to Say Goodbye),” “I’ve Got to Use My Imagination,” “Best Thing to Ever Happen to Me” and the #1 smash “Midnight Train to Georgia” established Gladys Knight and The Pips as the premiere pop/R&B vocal ensemble in the world. With Knight singing lead and The Pips providing lush harmonies and graceful choreography, the group went on to achieve icon status, having recorded some of the most memorable songs of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The group debuted their first album in 1960, when Knight was just sixteen. The group was renamed Gladys Knight & The Pips, and following George’s departure in 1962, the classic line-up was in place.
In 1959, Brenda and Elenor left the group, replaced by cousin Edward Patten and friend Langston George. They called themselves The Pips in honour of their cousin/manager, James Pip Woods. Three years later, she won the grand prize on television’s “Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour,” and the following year, her mother Elizabeth Knight created the group consisting of Gladys, her brother Bubba, her sister Brenda and her cousins William and Elenor Guest. Georgia-born, Knight began performing gospel music at age four in the Mount Mariah Baptist Church and sang as a guest soloist with the Morris Brown College Choir. This seven-time Grammy winner has enjoyed #1 hits in Pop, Gospel, R&B and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television, and live performance. Very few singers over the last fifty years have matched her unassailable artistry. Tickets for Sunday 4th June priced from €71 including booking fee & €1.50 restoration levy on sale with The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has long been one of the greatest. She will now play two dates at 3Olympia Theatre on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th June 2023 as part of The Farewell Tour. Due to phenomenal demand Empress of Soul, the legendary Gladys Knight, has confirmed a second concert date at 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin on Sunday 4th June.
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