Gladys Knight
ABOUT GLADYS KNIGHT
Known as Empress of Soul, Knight gained fame with Gladys Knight & the Pips, who released hits like "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight Train to Georgia."
She won a small-time TV contest when she was seven, giving her family confidence to start up The Pips.
She won the 1986 Grammy for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for 'That's What Friends Are For,' which she sang with Elton John and Stevie Wonder .
She married James Newman in 1960, Barry Hankerson in 1974, Les Brown in 1995, and William McDowell in 2001. She and Newman had a daughter named Kenya and a son named James III and she also had a son named Shanga with Hankerson.
She appeared on the fourteenth cycle of Dancing with the Stars with Jaleel White .
