They continued to search and earnestly sought the Lord in prayer for direction and guidance to a religion that would teach them true doctrine. He and his wife explored several churches, but none seemed to be the right fit. He and his wife Michelene were both raised Catholic and were married in the Catholic Church, but as they started their family, they began a quest to find a new religion. Jimmy, who graduated from the University of San Diego in 1984 at the age of 22 with a degree in business, was at that time, the manager of his mother’s group, Gladys Knight and the Pips. Knight’s story actually begins with her oldest son, Jimmy Newman. So, the question that begs an answer is how someone as popular and well-known as Gladys Knight was introduced to gospel of Jesus Christ. Knight achieved astronomical success with the Pips and as a solo artist, and still performs for audiences around the world today. The group soon gained popularity on the “Chitlin Circuit” in the South, and opened for such well-known acts as Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke. Knight was the lead vocalist of the group, and the Pips provided the melodious harmonies and energized dance routines. Brenda and Elenor left the group to get married and were replaced by another cousin, Edward Patten, and a friend, Langston George. The group consisted of Knight, her brother Merald (“Bubba”) and her sister Brenda, and two of her cousins, Elenor and William Guest. In 1952, at the age of 8 years, she formed the group “The Pips” which was named after her cousin James “Pip” Woods.
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At the age of 7, she won the Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour TV show contest. In 1948, at the tender age of 4 years, she made her solo singing debut at the Mount Mariah Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Knight’s musical journey began at a very early age. She was raised in a sound Christian home, and both of her parents were singers in the “Wings Over Jordan” gospel choir. She is the daughter of Sarah Elizabeth (née Woods) and Merald Woodlow Knight, Sr., who was a postal worker. Gladys Maria Knight was born on in Atlanta, Georgia. What many people may not know is that Gladys Maria Knight is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (inadvertently referred to as the Mormon Church by the media and others.) When she now sings the song “You Are the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me”, the “You” that she refers to is her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. There is another side of the story that people may not be quite as familiar with, and that is the story of her new found faith. It is no small wonder that she is known as the “Empress of Soul.”īut, the success that Knight has achieved through the years in the music industry is only part of her story. She is a seven-time Grammy awards winner (four as a solo artist and three with the Pips.) She is currently ranked number eighteen in the 2005 Guinness Book of World Records’ list of the most successful female musical artists of all time. The group is long remembered for such 19 classic songs as “I Heard It through the Grapevine,” “Neither One of Us,” “Midnight Train to Georgia,” “If I Were Your Woman,” and “You Are the Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me,” just to name a few of her many hits for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels. The group consisted of Gladys, her brother Merald “Bubba” Knight, and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest Knight. When most people hear the name Gladys Knight they perhaps think of the soulful musical combination of Gladys Knight & the Pips. Gladys Knight is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author.
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