Ms. GLADYS KNIGHT: (Singing) I saw my love...</s>ED GORDON, host: Today we celebrate the birth of singing sensation Gladys Knight.  The      Georgia native was only four years old when she joined her first gospel      choir, and before she was 10, she formed a group made up of family      members.  They called themselves The Pips, after their cousin and band      manager James "Pip" Woods. The Pips made the top 40 a couple of times in      the early '60s, but a move to the Motown label in 1966 led to Gladys      Knight & The Pips' big move.  They would achieve worldwide fame with      classic songs like "I Heard It Through The Grapevine."</s>Ms. GLADYS KNIGHT: (Singing) And I'm just about, just about, just about to      lose my mind.</s>ED GORDON, host: Knight & The Pips later moved to Buddha Records and continued to      score hit after hit, including their signature song "Midnight Train To      Georgia."</s>Ms. GLADYS KNIGHT: (Singing) He said he would.  And now he's leaving...</s>THE PIPS: (Singing) Leaving.</s>Ms. GLADYS KNIGHT: (Singing) ...on that midnight train to Georgia.</s>THE PIPS: (Singing) Leaving on that midnight train.</s>Ms. GLADYS KNIGHT: (Singing) Yeah.</s>ED GORDON, host: Knight later went on to have more success as a solo artist, and      she continues to be one of the most popular R&B singers of all time.  So      we wish a happy 61st birthday to the great Gladys Knight.</s>Ms. GLADYS KNIGHT: (Singing) ...on that midnight train to Georgia.</s>THE PIPS: (Singing) Leaving on that midnight train.</s>Ms. GLADYS KNIGHT: (Singing) Yeah.
News & Notes profiles soul singer Gladys Knight on her 61st birthday.