⬇️ GLADYS KNIGHT ⬇️
(Shirley Valerie Horn)
DISCOGRAPHY 1967-2014 (59CD)
DISCOGRAPHY 1967-2014 (59CD)
BIOGRAPHY
Shirley Valerie Horn (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul",
is an American recording artist, songwriter, businesswoman, humanitarian
and author.
A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, she is best known for the hits she
recorded during the 60's & 70's, for both the Motown and Buddah
Records labels, with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, the most
famous incarnation of which also included her brother Merald "Bubba"
Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest.
Knight was born in Oglethorpe, Georgia, the daughter of Sarah Elizabeth
(née Woods) & Merald Woodlow Knight, Sr, a postal worker.
She first achieved minor fame by winning Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour
TV show contest at the age of 7 in 1952. The following year, she, her
brother Merald, sister Brenda, and cousins William and Elenor Guest formed
a musical group called The Pips (named after another cousin, James "Pip"
Woods).......