or iTunes Price: $5.99 Genre: R&B/Soul Released: 1975 Customer Ratings () |
Masters of the Last Century: Best of Gladys Knight – Gladys KnightBiographyBorn: May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, GAGenre: R&B/Soul Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s One of the great soul singers, Gladys Knight was a performer from her childhood years, forming the Pips with her brother Merald and a couple cousins. They made the Top Ten in 1961 with the heavily doo wop-influenced "Every Beat of My Heart," and recorded some fine, nowadays overlooked pop-soul sides for the Fury and Maxx labels in the early and mid-'60s, sometimes under the direction of songwriter Van McCoy. A couple singles from this period, "Letter Full of Tears" and "Giving Up," made the Top 40,...
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