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+ | Gladys Knight - One of the great soul singers, Gladys Knight was a performer from her childhood years, forming the Pips with her brother Merald and a couple cousins. They made the Top Ten in 1961 with the heavily doo wop-influenced "Every Beat of My Heart," and recorded some fine, nowadays overlooked, pop-soul sides for the Fury and Maxx labels in the early and mid-'60s, sometimes under the direction of songwriter Van McCoy. A couple singles from this period, "Letter Full of Tears" and "Giving Up," made the Top 40, but Gladys Knight didn't hit her commercial stride until she moved to Motown in 1966. Steeped in the gospel tradition, like so many soul singers, Gladys Knight & the Pips developed into one of Motown's most dependable acts, although they never quite scaled the commercial or artistic heights of fellow stars on the label like the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and the Temptations. With Norman Whitfield providing the production and much of the songwriting, the Pips fit into the mainstream of Motown's machine well, scoring big hits with some rabble-rousers (like "Friendship Train" and the original version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"), mainstream mid-tempo soul ("It Should Have Been Me" and "The End of Our Road, ") and smooth ballads like "If I Were Your Woman." In 1973, Gladys Knight had her biggest Motown hit with "Neither One of Us," which made number two; shortly afterwards, she and the Pips left Motown for Buddah. The group were briefly superstars in 1973-74, reeling off the smashes "Midnight Train to Georgia" (their only number one), "I've Got to Use My Imagination," and "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me." This ranked as some of their best material, but Gladys Knight soon moved toward an easy listening, adult contemporary direction, one that she's maintained to this day. Now performing separately from the Pips (who have retired), her days as a high-charting star ended after the mid-'70s, although Gladys Knight remains fairly popular, and maintained an active recording career into the new millennium. (http://www.grabow.biz/printable_pages/GladysKnight.htm) |
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Gladys Knight - One of the great soul singers, Gladys Knight was a performer from her childhood years, forming the Pips with her brother Merald and a couple cousins. They made the Top Ten in 1961 with the heavily doo wop-influenced "Every Beat of My Heart," and recorded some fine, nowadays overlooked, pop-soul sides for the Fury and Maxx labels in the early and mid-'60s, sometimes under the direction of songwriter Van McCoy. A couple singles from this period, "Letter Full of Tears" and "Giving Up," made the Top 40, but Gladys Knight didn't hit her commercial stride until she moved to Motown in 1966. Steeped in the gospel tradition, like so many soul singers, Gladys Knight & the Pips developed into one of Motown's most dependable acts, although they never quite scaled the commercial or artistic heights of fellow stars on the label like the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and the Temptations. With Norman Whitfield providing the production and much of the songwriting, the Pips fit into the mainstream of Motown's machine well, scoring big hits with some rabble-rousers (like "Friendship Train" and the original version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"), mainstream mid-tempo soul ("It Should Have Been Me" and "The End of Our Road, ") and smooth ballads like "If I Were Your Woman." In 1973, Gladys Knight had her biggest Motown hit with "Neither One of Us," which made number two; shortly afterwards, she and the Pips left Motown for Buddah. The group were briefly superstars in 1973-74, reeling off the smashes "Midnight Train to Georgia" (their only number one), "I've Got to Use My Imagination," and "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me." This ranked as some of their best material, but Gladys Knight soon moved toward an easy listening, adult contemporary direction, one that she's maintained to this day. Now performing separately from the Pips (who have retired), her days as a high-charting star ended after the mid-'70s, although Gladys Knight remains fairly popular, and maintained an active recording career into the new millennium. (http://www.grabow.biz/printable_pages/GladysKnight.htm)
Pages in category "Famous Mormons"
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- Nathan Pacheco
- Kelly Packard:Mormon Actress
- Ron Packard
- Madilyn Paige: Mormon Singer
- Jabari Parker: Mormon Athlete
- Leon Parson
- Paul Huntsman
- J.D. Payne
- Marvin Payne
- Sam Payne
- Virginia Pearce
- Kim Peek
- Anne Perry
- Janice Kapp Perry
- Steven Kapp Perry
- Brad E. Petersen
- Stewart Petersen: Mormon Actor
- Robert Peterson: Mormon Singer
- Mark Philbrick
- The Piano Guys
- Aprilynne Pike:Mormon Author
- Noelle Pikus-Pace
- Dennis Pitta
- Louise Plummer
- Anne Osborn Poelman
- Brady Poppinga: Mormon Athlete
- Casey Poppinga
- Clark Kelley Price: Mormon Artist
- Prince Ata
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- Giovanna Raccosta:Mormon Artist
- John Rader
- Cal Rampton
- Lewis Ramsey: Mormon Artist
- Walter Rane:Mormon Artist
- Jordan Rapana
- Arthur Rascon
- Carmen Rasmusen
- V. Lane Rawlins
- Red Yeti
- C. Shane Reese
- Andy Reid
- Harry Reid
- Mike Reid
- Rose Marie Reid
- Alvino Rey:Mormon Musician
- Dan Reynolds: Mormon Musician
- Alma Richards:Mormon Athlete
- Amy Tolk Richards:Mormon Artist
- J. Kirk Richards
- Larry Richman
- Mindy Smoot Robbins
- Mark Rober
- Kevin B. Rollins
- Clinton Romesha
- Ann Romney
- George W. Romney
- Lenore Romney
- Mitt Romney
- Blake Roney
- Adam Rosales:Mormon Athlete
- Al Rounds: Mormon Artist
- Rudy Ruettiger
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- Yuki Saito:Mormon Entertainer and Author
- Matt Salmon
- Ron Saltmarsh
- Yeah Samake
- Cecil O. Samuelson
- Brandon Sanderson: Mormon Author
- Ken Sansom: Mormon Actor
- Charles Roscoe Savage
- Clark Schaffer: Mormon Artist
- Gary Scheide
- Jon Schmidt
- Karl-Heinz Schnibbe
- Derek Schouman
- Rick Schroder
- Heidi Schulz: Mormon Author
- Larry Scott
- Brent Scowcroft
- Shirley Sealy: Mormon Author
- Richard A. Searfoss
- John S. Sears: Mormon Artist
- Alex Sharpe
- Shay Carl
- SHeDAISY
- Nathan Sheets
- Charlotte Sheffield
- Ellis Reynolds Shipp
- Eric B. Shumway
- Norman D. Shumway
- Ryan Shupe and the RubberBand
- Vaiangina Sikahema
- Mike Simpson
- Elizabeth Smart
- Dennis Smith
- Gordon Smith
- Hyrum W. Smith
- Jason Smith: Mormon Animator
- Lucky Blue Smith: Mormon Model
- Ryan Smith
- Seth Adam Smith:Mormon Blogger
- Vitale "Vic" So'oto
- Daniel Sorensen
- James Sorenson
- Evan Stephens
- Shawn Stevens: Mormon Actor
- Chris Stewart: Mormon Author
- LeConte Stewart: Mormon Artist
- Ora Pate Stewart
- Ted Stewart
- Lindsey Stirling: Mormon Hip-Hop Violinist
- Cathy Stokes
- KayCee Stroh:Mormon Performer
- Bruce Summerhays:Mormon Golfer
- Sarah Sun
- Katrina Lantos Swett
- Richard Swett
- Liz Lemon Swindle
- Scott Swofford:Mormon Producer
- Paul K. Sybrowsky
- Synderes
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- George E. Wahlen
- Lexi Walker
- Olene Walker
- Stanley Wanlass
- Paul M. Warner
- Arthur V. Watkins
- Stanley H. Watts
- Sara Webb: Mormon Dancer
- Eric Weddle
- Danquart Weggeland: Mormon Artist
- Dan Wells: Mormon Author
- Franklin L. West
- Judge Wetzel Whitaker
- William Whitaker: Mormon Artist
- Brooke White
- Kay Whitmore: Mormon Businessman
- Alex Whittingham
- Fred Whittingham
- Kyle Whittingham
- Brad Wilcox
- Jaren Wilkey: Mormon Photographer
- Ernest L. Wilkinson
- Carol Lynch Williams: Mormon Author
- Marc Wilson
- Zach Wilson
- Hal Wing:Mormon Businessman