Rolling Stone magazine ranked Knight among the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She also recorded the theme song for the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill. It was during the preparation of the song for Houston that the titular Plane was changed to Train and Houston to Georgia. Two of her songs ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight Train to Georgia") were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "historical, artistic and significant" value. Also, prior to Gladys Knight & the Pips’ version, Midnight Train to Georgia was recorded by Cissy Houston (Whitney Houston’s mother) in 1973. It is considered Gladys Knight's signature song. It garnered the group the 1974 Grammy Award for 'Best R&B Vocal Performance' and was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. She has won seven Grammy Awards (four as a solo artist and three with the Pips) and is an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame along with The Pips. 'Midnight Train To Georgia' was not only a 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B, but also a 10 on the UK Singles chart. Knight has recorded two number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles ("Midnight Train to Georgia" and "That's What Friends Are For"), eleven number-one R&B singles and six number-one R&B albums. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight is known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her group The Pips, which also included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. Knight has recorded two number-one Billboa Gladys Maria Knight, known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and author.
Gladys Maria Knight, known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and author.
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