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Miss Gladys Knight of Gladys Knight & The Pips fame is "The Empress of Soul." There are only a few R&B female vocalists (Divas, queens, etc.) These ladies can go by one name only: Tina- Queen of Rock n' Roll Diana-Diva of Pop Patti- Queen of Rock n'Soul Aretha - Queen of Soul and there are others but out of all of these soul/pop divas, Miss Gladys reigns supreme she had the first #1 song of all of them even Tina. In 1961 Miss Knight lead singer of the Pips topped the charts with "Every Beat of My Heart" Aretha's first #1 came in 1967 while Gladys was enjoying her second #1. Although, Aretha triumphed won more awards, Gladys didn't have the whole support of the record company Motown as Aretha had with Atlantic.
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