Gladys Knight
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Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia), is an American soul singer and actress. She is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s.
Knight joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1997. She has occasionally teased the LDS Prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley, that his flock needs to inject some "pep" into their music. Ms. Knight created and now directs the LDS (Mormon) choir Saints Unified Voices [1]. SUV has released a Grammy Award-winning CD entitled One Voice, and occasionally performs at LDS stake firesides.
Trivia
- Knight is ranked number eighteen in the 2005 Guinness Book of World Records' list of the most successful female musical artists of all time.
- Knight is ranked number eighteen on VH1 network's list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock.
- In 1995, Knight was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.
- Gladys Knight sang "Georgia On My Mind" at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA.
- Knight owns a chain of chicken and waffles restaurants based in Atlanta.[1] The Gladys Knight & Ron Winans' Chicken & Waffles currently have three locations: two in the Atlanta area and one in Largo, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., in The Boulevard at the Capital Centre.
