After Gladys Knight has fallen sick in the Florida Theater, he announces a new date for Jax Show – Action News Jax

Jacksonville, Florida a new date was announced for the seven-time Grammy winner Gladys Knights Jacksonville Show. The legendary 80-year-old singer was supposed to appear at the Florida Theater of Jacksonville last week when she and another family member got sick behind the stage.

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The new date for the show is 8 p.m. on July 15, the Florida Theater announced. The tickets for the canceled show on March 8 will be honored at the July show.

“Please record your tickets up to the original date because you are honored for the newly planned show,” says a press release from Florida Theater.

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Knight went on Instagram after he had become sick and had canceled her Jacksonville show and said: “Hello my loved ones! I have this flu that runs around and feel better. I will see everyone very soon and appreciate the good wishes. “

Tickets for the July show are still available. Click here More information.

Legendary career

Born in Georgia Knight, Gospel music began at Mount Mariah Baptist Church at the age of four and sang as a guest soloist with the Morris Brown College Choir. Three years later, she won the main prize in Ted Mack's amateur hour on TV, and the following year her mother Elizabeth Knight created the group, consisting of Gladys, her brother Bubba, her sister Brenda and her cousins ​​William and Elenor Gast. They called themselves the pips in honor of their cousin/manager James Pip Woods. In 1959 Brenda and Elenor left the group, replaced by cousin Edward Patten and friend Langston George. The group was renamed Gladys Knight & The Pips, and after George's departure in 1962 the classic line -up was present.

The group made their first album in 1960 when Knight was only 16 years old. With Knight Singing Lead and The Pips, which delivered lush harmonies and graceful choreography, the group achieved icon status after taking some of the most memorable songs in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Top 20 hits, like “every beat of my heart”, “letter full of tears”, “I heard it through the wine vineyards” and “When I was your wife”, have the stage for an amazing run in the mid-1970s with the top 10 gold-certified singles like “none of us”, “best, the first time that I will be beaten for the first time”, “I have my imagination. Georgia ”established Gladys Knight and The Pips as a premiere Pop/R&B Vocal Ensemble in the world. Knight enjoyed another goal in 1985 when she had teamed up with Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Dionne Warwick on “Friends are there”.

In 1995 Knight earned her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and next year Gladys Knight & The Pips were added to the rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame.

All in all, Knight has recorded more than 38 albums over the years, including four solo albums in the last decade: Good Woman (1991); Only for you (1994); The inspiring many different streets (1999); And finally (2001). Finally she showed the world that she still has what it takes to take a hit album in which the talents of contemporary producers such as Randy Jackson, Gary Brown, James DC Williams III, Jon John, Jamey Jaz, Keith Thomas, Tom Dowd and Tiger Roberts were used.

*Background information provided by Florida Theater

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