There's a group
of superstar R&B songstresses these days:
Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott and Macy
Gray, plus up-and-comers India-Arie, Blu Cantrell
and Sunshine. The world can't get enough of
soulful divas and their fresh sounds.
However,
when listening to today's ladies, it seldom
comes to many people's minds to think
of the groundbreakers: the first ladies of
Motown. It seems certain that there would
be no Beatles if there was no Elvis. There
would
be no Rolling Stones had there not been John
Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. And there certainly
wouldn't be such a hot crop of R&B singers
without Gladys Knight.
Staying true has kept Knight a legend. She
began to sing at age 8, when she performed
with her brother and her cousins at church
in Atlanta. They called themselves the Pips.
Soon thereafter, they found a larger audience
with a version of Johnny Otis' "Every
Beat of My Heart." The name changed to
Gladys Knight and the Pips and they found themselves
signed to Motown Records.
The adage that you can't keep a good woman
down, though, couldn't be more true than it
is with Knight. Over the past decade, she's
been showered with some remarkable accolades:
she was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall
of Fame in '96 and won the '98 Rhythm & Blues
Foundation Pioneer Award.
For an additional $8.50, you can have dinner
before the show in the Flamingo Room which
serves Continental cuisine, Simply choose the "Show
and Dinner" option when you reserve.
Hotel: Flamingo Las Vegas
Times: 7:00pm - Tuesday thru Sunday |
