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Gladys Knight

One of the finest and most convincing singers to emerge in the golden age of Motown, Gladys Knight seemed destined for a glittering career in music from the age of seven, when she won the television talent show Original Amateur Hour in 1952. A year later she formed a group, The Pips, with her brother Merald, sister Brenda and cousins William and Eleanor Guest. They had their first hit in 1962 with the R&B song Every Beat Of My Heart followed by Letter Full Of Tears, though The Pips toured without her for a few years after she became a mother. Knight had rejoined the Pips, however...