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After winning the 2006 Grammy for Best Gospel Choir Album with their debut release "One Voice", Gladys Knight and the Saints Unified Voices are caroling in the holiday season with their followup album "A Christmas Celebration". |
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GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE SAINTS UNIFIED VOICESOne Voice wins Best Gospel Choir Album of 2006 One
Voice, the debut album from Gladys Knight and the Saints Unified
Voices, won the Grammy for Best Gospel Choir Album this afternoon
at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. Media Contact: Krista Q. Maurer |
Click here for Gladys Knight and the Saints Unified Voices
Gladys Knight
formed the Pips with her brother and some cousins. Her early hits include,
"Every Beat of My Heart", "A Letter Full Of Tears", and "Giving Up." Gladys
Knight and the Pips had continued success as one of Motown's most consistent
acts. The group subsequently left Motown to record for Buddha where they
enjoyed two more smash hits, "I've Got to Use My Imagination," and "Best
Thing That Ever Happened to Me."
From the first moment she stepped on stage at the tender age of four,
it was clear that Gladys had a powerful voice, a special gift. But for
the world-renowned pop and soul music star who has acquired Grammys, platinum
and gold records, and recognition in two Halls of Fame, nothing compares
to her latest achievements of eternal proportions. In August 1997, Gladys
embraced membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
and she went through the temple one year later. "We all have a responsibility,
and since I've been so wonderfully blessed, I really want to share and
to make life at least a little better. So every chance I get to share
the gospel or uplift people, I will take full advantage of that opportunity."
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In 1998 Gladys Knight celebrated her 50th anniversary of sharing with the world her gifts of voice and spirit. Georgia born, she began performing gospel music at age four in her church and as a special guest soloist with the Morris Brown College Choir. At age seven, she won Ted Mack's "Amateur Hour" (the 50's TV version of today's "Star Search") and its $2,000 grand prize. At age eight following encouragement by parents she, brother Bubba, sister Brenda, and cousins William and Elenor Guest formed a "little group" called The Pips "Pips" coming from their manager, cousin James "Pip" Woods. In 1959, Brenda and Elenor left the group, replaced by cousin Edward Patten and friend, Langston George and the group became Gladys Knight & The Pips. Following Langston's departure in 1962, Gladys Knight & The Pips remained a quartet until 1989 when they decided to pursue different career paths. Gladys talks enthusiastically about each of her songs as she describes the people and landscape in great detail, including the subtlest motivations that animate the characters. "When I write," says Gladys, "I try to paint a picture in my mind rather than come up with words that rhyme. I could never do a song that I didn't believe in." "I'm aware of the fact that my music touches people's lives on a personal basis. So I have to be careful what I tell people, how I relate to them. Every song has to touch me emotionally and spiritually in some way. I couldn't do a song that I was cold about. Even if it was a hit, it just wouldn't be a hit for me." In the community, Gladys lends her hand to philanthropic efforts including the American Cancer Society, Minority AIDS Project, programs for Battered Women and Abused Children, AMFAR, Homelessness, Hunger Prevention, and Crisis Intervention. She has also been honored by numerous organizations for her dedication and selflessness to help those less fortunate. Some of these include the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Black Women of Achievement; Congress of Racial Equality Creative Achievement; Shaw University Honorary Doctorate Degree; and B'Nai B'Rith Humanitarian Award. Yesterday, today and tomorrow Gladys Knight is truly a "Legend in Her Own Time" expressing herself as singer, entertainer, songwriter, producer, actress, entrepreneur and humanitarian. - excerpt from the Richard de la Font Agency
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