Gladys Knight
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Nama lahir | Gladys Maria Knight |
Lahir | 28 Mei 1944 |
Asal | Atlanta, Georgia, Amerika Serikat |
Genre | R&B, Soul |
Tahun aktif | 1952-kini |
Label | Vee-Jay, Motown, Buddah, Columbia, MCA, Verve |
Artis terkait | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
Gladys Knight (lahir 28 Mei 1944) merupakan seorang penyanyi R&B atau Soul Amerika keturunan Afrika. Gladys Knight terkenal akan hits musik yang ia ciptakan selama tahun 1960-an sampai 1970-an saat berada di label rekaman Motown dan Buddah Records bersama kelompoknya Gladys Knight & the Pips. Gladys Knight dijuluki The Empress of Soul di industri musik. Gladys Knight telah memenangkan 7 kali penghargaan musik bergengsi Grammy Award dan telah di lantik di Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Singel
[sunting | sunting sumber]Beberapa single hits Gladys Knight diantaranya :
- 1978: "It's A Better Than Good Time"
- 1979: "Am I Too Late"
- 1979: "I Just Want To Be With You"
- 1985: "That's What Friends Are For" (dengan Dionne Warwick, Elton John dan Stevie Wonder) (US #1 Pop, R&B and AC, UK #16)
- 1987: "Love Overboard" (#13 Pop, #1 R&B)
- 1989: "License to Kill" (#6 UK, #18 US AC)
- 1990: "If I Knew Then What I Know Now" (dengan Kenny Rogers) (#9 US AC)
- 1991: "Meet Me in the Middle"
- 1991: "Men" (R&B #2)
- 1991: "Superwoman" (dengan Dionne Warwick dan Patti LaBelle): airplay-only
- 1992: "Where Would I Be"
- 1994: "End of the Road" Medley: "If You Don't Know Me by Now"/"Love Don't Love Nobody"
- 1994: "I Don't Want to Know" (R&B #32)
- 1995: "Next Time" (R&B #30)
- 2003: Feelin' Good (Vacilon)[pranala nonaktif permanen] (Jazz/Salsa/R&B)
Album
[sunting | sunting sumber]- 1978: Miss Gladys Knight
- 1979: Gladys Knight
- 1991: Good Woman
- 1994: Just For You
- 1998: Many Different Roads
- 2001: At Last
- 2005: One Voice (dengan Saints Unified Voices)
- 2006: Before Me
- 2006: A Christmas Celebration (dengan Saints Unified Voices)
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]Pranala luar
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Official website Diarsipkan 2015-11-02 di Library of Congress Web Archives
- Gladys Knight di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- Saints Unified Voices Diarsipkan 2010-02-21 di Wayback Machine.
- Article explaining the creation of Saints Unified Voices Diarsipkan 2008-12-08 di Wayback Machine.