Check out the house where Motown's Gladys Knight lived during her peak hitmaking years, 1966-1973!
Georgia-born, Knight began performing gospel music at age four in the Mount Mariah Baptist Church and sang as a guest soloist with the Morris Brown College Choir. Three years later, she won the grand prize on television’s “Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour,” and the following year, her mother ...
In 1952, at the age of seven, Atlanta-born Gladys Maria Knight landed a spot onTed Mack's Original Amateur Hour, TV's leading talent competition. Her singing captivated viewers, audience members and Mack, and a return trip to the series' yearly finals, taking place after her eighth birthda...
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as a soloist. The story is well known by now. Elizabeth Knight arranged to have her audition for the popular Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour TV program. Eight-year-old Gladys eventually won the $2,000 Grand Prize in 1952. A singing group was formed a few years later comprised of Gladys,...