![]() She also sang her only solo hit – ‘License to Kill’, the theme from the James Bond film of the same name. Knight began her set with the little-known Gladys Knight & the Pips song ‘Make Yours a Happy Home’, before blitzing through some of her many hits with the Pips: ‘The Nitty Gritty’, ‘Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me’, ‘Baby, Don’t Change Your Mind’, ‘Part Time Love’, ‘Come Back and Finish What You Started’, ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’ (the biggest Motown hit until Marvin Gaye‘s version took that spot), ‘Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First to Say Goodbye’, ‘The Way We Were’, ‘Love Overboard’ – and, of course, ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’, which she saved until last (save the best for last, right?). Warwick makes relaxed music that you appreciate aurally, so that was not surprising, but Knight’s music is a mix – much of it is sit-down music, whilst some of it is groovy, yet most of the audience stayed sat for the full duration of the show. Like Warwick’s concert, everybody stayed sat for Knight’s. He has a lovely voice, though crooning is difficult – you’re always going to be compared to the greats (and Michael Bublé, of course). Knight’s opening act was Mark Kingswood, a friendly crooner who took the audience back in time. She has aged like fine wine, and her voice, too, has gotten better with age – becoming richer over time. The woman is as fit as a fiddle! It is hard to believe that she is 78 – she looks, and sounds, so much younger. Knight, meanwhile, was last in the UK a mere few years ago, and whilst I presumed this tour would be her farewell – like Ross, she’s 78 – I have changed my mind since seeing her. Ross has not said as such, but it is her first UK tour in 15 years, and she’s going hard – she closed the Jubilee celebrations, and she’s got the Legend’s slot at Glastonbury – she’s going out with a bang, isn’t she? Warwick is being very candid about her tour being her last – it’s billed as S he’s Back: One Last Time. Her most recent achievements include a grammy for a duet with Ray Charles "Heaven Help us All" from his last album "Ray Charles", and another Grammy for her album with the All Saints choir.I have been anticipating June 2022 for a long time – in the space of a fortnight, I got to see Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, and Gladys Knight – three African-American female icons! Gladys' most recent albums are "At Last" and "Before Me" which are doing very well. Tragedy struck in 1999, when her eldest son, Jimmy, Jr., died in his sleep at the age of 36. Her fourth solo LP, Just for You, went gold and was nominated for the 1995 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. It rose to #1 on the R&B album chart and featured the #2 R&B hit "Men". Gladys Knight's third solo LP, Good Woman, was released in 1991. In 1985, she co-starred on the CBS sitcom Charlie and Co. Futhering her popularity, Gladys made guest-starring television appearances throughout the eighties and nineties with roles on Benson, The Jeffersons, A Different World, Living Single, The Jamie Foxx Show and New York Undercover. In 1989, Gladys recorded the title track for the James Bond movie Licence to Kill, a top 10 hit both in the UK and Germany. Gladys 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 later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. After a successful 1988 tour, the Pips retired and Gladys Knight began a career as a solo artist. By the end of the decade, the act had begun to tour, and had replaced Brenda Knight and Eleanor Guest with cousins Edward Patten and Langston George. The following year, she, her brother Merald, sister Brenda, and cousins William and Eleanor Guest formed a musical group called The Pips. ![]() At the age of 7, after months of competition, due to her powerful singing voice, Gladys won the finals on the very popular Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour TV show contest. Gladys Knight was born to Merald Woodlow Knight and Sarah Elizabeth Woods in 1952.
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