![]() And at the time, we weren't being so typecast in music as sometimes we are today. KNIGHT: Well, actually, my mom and dad had created with the church family a recital for me. GROSS: What was the church like, and what did you sing? GROSS: Now, you started singing in church, I guess, when you were 4 years old? Now, since you started your career as a child, I want to start our interview. TERRY GROSS: Gladys Knight, congratulations. It was part of the 15th anniversary celebration of City Arts & Lectures, which presents onstage conversations with leading figures in literature, criticism and the performing arts. Terry interviewed Gladys Knight that year in San Francisco. In 1996, Gladys Knight and the Pips were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In the 1970s, after leaving Motown, she sang deeply affecting adult ballads such as "Midnight Train To Georgia" and "You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me." Gladys Knight is perhaps the only performer in Motown history who had hits before joining the label and after leaving it. We've come to end of our road - road.īIANCULLI: Gladys Knight and the Pips began their eight-year stay at Motown in 1966, turning out hits, which included "I Heard It Through The Grapevine," "If I Were Your Woman" and "Neither One Of Us." Before joining Motown, they recorded their first hit, "Every Beat Of My Heart," when Gladys was still in high school. Now is the time for the showdown, so let me give you the lowdown. If I stay around, you'll surely tear it all apart. Like a kid behind the wheel, you've been reckless with my heart. Too much for me, baby - more than my heart can stand. GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS: (Singing) Ooh, got to get away from you fast as I can. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE END OF OUR ROAD") ![]() To conclude our series, an interview with Gladys Knight. That festival is the subject of the recent documentary "Summer Of Soul," directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson. During our "Summer Of Soul" series, we've been featuring interviews from our archives with performers who were part of the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a series of free concerts showcasing all kinds of black music. Gladys Knight was raised in a musical family, and together with her brothers Brenda, Merald Jr., Kenneth, and David they created the singing group “The Pips.” Gladys Knight and the Pips went on to have a lot of success in the music business thanks to songs like “Midnight Train to Georgia” and “Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye).This is FRESH AIR. Her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Woods Knight, was a stay-at-home mom, while her father, Merald Knight Sr., worked for the post office. and Sarah Elizabeth Woods Knight are her parents’ names. On May 28, 1944, Gladys Knight was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. Gladys Knight’s parents: Meet Sarah Elizabeth Woods & Merald Woodlow Knight Sr. ![]() The performance was inspired by a broken record player, and Gladys’ mother, Elizabeth Knight, encouraged the gifted quintet to join a group. Gladys, Bubba, Brenda, and their cousins Eleanor and William Guest performed together for the first time at Bubba’s tenth birthday celebration the same year.
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