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Gladys knight6/20/2023 ![]() “Getting to do one of the greatest songs in history for one of the greatest performers in history was a little much for me tonight, but what an honor to get to sing ‘Midnight Train To Georgia’ for one of the sweetest, most beautiful souls, both inside and out, Gladys Knight. “I’ve honored other artists and I got honored last year and now I’m back to honor another artist, and I got to tell you honoring the other artist is the fun part,” Brooks said, according to Music Mayhem Magazine. Knight will be among the 2022 Kennedy Center. Their music included doo-wop, the Motown sound and 70s soul. 28 - Brooks called Knight one of the “greatest performers in history,” Music Mayhem Magazine reported. Gladys Knight and The Pips were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Following the performance - which was filmed on Dec. The group was renamed Gladys Knight & The Pips, and following George’s departure in 1962, the classic line-up was in place. She is a four-time Grammy Award-winner, and is best known for the songs she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s and beyond, both as a solo artist and with her group Gladys Knight and the Pips. In 1959, Brenda and Elenor left the group, replaced by cousin Edward Patten and friend Langston George. Gladys Knight is known as the ‘Empress of Soul’, and for good reason. Knight smiled and beamed as Brooks brought her song to life for the audience in Washington, D.C. They called themselves The Pips in honor of their cousin/manager, James Pip Woods. “Gladys Knight is not only the Empress of Soul, she’s the heart and soul of soul,” Brooks said in a statement shared on his website. “When she sang ‘We Shall Be Free’ last year, I couldn’t stop smiling and crying. And when they asked me to pay tribute to her, I couldn’t say ‘yes’ fast enough.” Gladys Knight performed at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2021, paying tribute to one of the honorees, Garth Brooks, with a rendition of his song We Shall Be Free.
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