Although singing sensation
Gladys Knight once did a Farewell Tour, as many as 15 years ago, the Empress of Soul is still going strong. Her career is a long one: she won a TV talent show at age 7 and as a teen found fame with her band The Pips. After scoring classic hits such as
I Heard It Through The Grapevine and
Midnight Train To Georgia in the 1960 and 1970s, Knight started a successful solo career in the 1980s which included the James Bond title track
License To Kill. She released dozens of albums and branched out into acting, entrepreneurship and charity work. Always coming back to music, her latest album
Where My Heart Belongs, a gospel record, once again featured The Pips. Knight has seven Grammys and numerous awards to her name and received Kennedy Center Honors in 2022.