Gladys Knight: The Empress of Soul

Check out the amazing career of The Empress of Soul.

Gladys Maria Knight was born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, GA. - Photo:Federick M. Brown/Getty Images
She gained fame at age 7 when Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour TV show contest. - Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
It was that same year, at age 7, Gladys along with her family created the group “the Pips” which included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest. - Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesWith no hit record, Gladys Knight & the Pips left Motown for Buddah Records in 1973. - Photo: Frank Carroll/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank

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Gladys Maria Knight was born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, GA. - Photo:Federick M. Brown/Getty Images

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