Gladys Knight

Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight dalam konser di Chumash Casino Resort di Santa Ynez, California, 12 Oktober, 2006.
Informasi latar belakang
Nama lahir	Gladys Maria Knight
Lahir	28 Mei 1944 (umur 79)
Asal	Atlanta, Georgia, Amerika Serikat
Genre	R&B, Soul
Tahun aktif	1952-kini
Label	Vee-Jay, Motown, Buddah, Columbia, MCA, Verve
Artis terkait	Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight (lahir 28 Mei 1944) merupakan seorang penyanyi R&B atau Soul Amerika keturunan Afrika. Gladys Knight terkenal akan hits musik yang ia ciptakan selama tahun 1960-an sampai 1970-an saat berada di label rekaman Motown dan Buddah Records bersama kelompoknya Gladys Knight & the Pips. Gladys Knight dijuluki The Empress of Soul di industri musik. Gladys Knight telah memenangkan 7 kali penghargaan musik bergengsi Grammy Award dan telah di lantik di Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Singel

Beberapa single hits Gladys Knight diantaranya :

• 1978: "It's A Better Than Good Time"
• 1979: "Am I Too Late"
• 1979: "I Just Want To Be With You"
• 1985: "That's What Friends Are For" (dengan Dionne Warwick, Elton John dan Stevie Wonder) (US #1 Pop, R&B and AC, UK #16)
• 1987: "Love Overboard" (#13 Pop, #1 R&B)
• 1989: "License to Kill" (#6 UK, #18 US AC)
• 1990: "If I Knew Then What I Know Now" (dengan Kenny Rogers) (#9 US AC)
• 1991: "Meet Me in the Middle"
• 1991: "Men" (R&B #2)
• 1991: "Superwoman" (dengan Dionne Warwick dan Patti LaBelle): airplay-only
• 1992: "Where Would I Be"
• 1994: "End of the Road" Medley: "If You Don't Know Me by Now"/"Love Don't Love Nobody"
• 1994: "I Don't Want to Know" (R&B #32)
• 1995: "Next Time" (R&B #30)
• 2003: Feelin' Good (Vacilon)^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]} (Jazz/Salsa/R&B)

Album

• 1978: Miss Gladys Knight
• 1979: Gladys Knight
• 1991: Good Woman
• 1994: Just For You
• 1998: Many Different Roads
• 2001: At Last
• 2005: One Voice (dengan Saints Unified Voices)
• 2006: Before Me
• 2006: A Christmas Celebration (dengan Saints Unified Voices)

Referensi

Pranala luar

• Official website Diarsipkan 2015-11-02 di Library of Congress Web Archives
• Gladys Knight di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
• Saints Unified Voices Diarsipkan 2010-02-21 di Wayback Machine.
• Article explaining the creation of Saints Unified Voices Diarsipkan 2008-12-08 di Wayback Machine.