![]() ![]() ![]() All 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. GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS sold over 4,230,000 albums, including 3,500,000 in the United States and 680,000 in the United Kingdom. Wonderfully relaxing, classy, and pleasantly void of vocal histrionics, Before Me is another important chapter and highlight in a career that is chock-full of them. The group was renamed Gladys Knight & The Pips, and following George’s departure in 1962, the classic line-up was in place. Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the Empress of Soul, is an American singer and actress. Discover Standing Ovation by Gladys Knight, Gladys Knight & the Pips released in 1971. Every single song here is already a bona fide hit, and Knight does them all justice in a way few soul singers could. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. SoulMusic Records is very proud to present On & On: The Buddah/Columbia Anthology, a hit-filled 2-CD by the iconic Gladys Knight & The Pips. At first, the prospect of Knight's soulful, gritty vocal styles taking on some of jazz's greatest moments may be a questionable proposal for jazz purists, but all hesitation can be safely swept aside during the album's opening moments, a fantastic rendition of the Ellington classic "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me." Gone are the grit and raspy nature of Knight's voice, and in their place is a smooth, sultry set of vocal cords safely in control of the delivery of the material. ![]() So this time around, Knight recruited legendary producer Phil Ramone and an impressive lineup of jazz musicians to record an album of jazz ballads and standards that influenced her during the formative years of her singing career. With 2000's At Last, she returned to the mainstream R&B circuit with a session of adult contemporary R&B that was equally accessible and refreshing, and with 2005's One Voice she collaborated with the Saints Unified Voices for a fiery gospel and praise record. Gladys Knight Albums Best Of Bond.James Bond (Deluxe Edition) Total 70s Something Inside So Strong Rocky IV The Best Year Of My Life: 1976 Miss Gladys. At a time when most of her contemporaries are satisfied reliving their glory years to appreciative audiences in casinos and theaters, Gladys Knight continues her refusal to be pigeonholed as a soul singer. ![]()
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