With Knight singing lead and The Pips providing lush harmonies and graceful choreography, the group went on to achieve icon status, having recorded some of the most memorable songs of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The group debuted their first album in 1960, when Knight was just sixteen. The group was renamed Gladys Knight & The Pips, and following George’s departure in 1962, the classic line-up was in place. In 1959, Brenda and Elenor left the group, replaced by cousin Edward Patten and friend Langston George. They called themselves The Pips in honour of their cousin/manager, James Pip Woods. Three years later, she won the grand prize on television’s “Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour,” and the following year, her mother Elizabeth Knight created the group consisting of Gladys, her brother Bubba, her sister Brenda and her cousins William and Elenor Guest. Georgia-born, Knight began performing gospel music at age four in the Mount Mariah Baptist Church and sang as a guest soloist with the Morris Brown College Choir. This seven-time Grammy winner has enjoyed #1 hits in Pop, Gospel, R&B and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television, and live performance. Very few singers over the last fifty years have matched her unassailable artistry. Tickets for Sunday 4th June priced from €71 including booking fee & €1.50 restoration levy on sale with The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has long been one of the greatest. She will now play two dates at 3Olympia Theatre on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th June 2023 as part of The Farewell Tour. Due to phenomenal demand Empress of Soul, the legendary Gladys Knight, has confirmed a second concert date at 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin on Sunday 4th June.
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