Gladys Maria Knight was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

Singer, songwriter and actress Gladys Knight is a seven-time
Grammy Award-winner who is best known for the hits she
recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown
and Buddah Records labels, with  her group Gladys Knight
& the Pips, which included her brother Merald  "Bubba"
Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest.