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    Golden Circle Theatre Party

    Golden Circle Theatre Party

    Santa Clara University Board of Fellows

    January 24, 2009

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    Santa Clara University Board of Fellows Annual Theatre Party featuring Gladys Knight. SCU's Biggest Fundraiser of the Year! The Board of Fellows has over many years raised millions of dollars in support of critical University needs, including an endowed undergraduate scholarship fund. In addition, this year, the Board of Fellows are joining the effort to build a new Learning Commons & Library that will directly impact the education of every Santa Clara student.

    Gladys Knight was born to Merald Woodlow Knight and Sarah Elizabeth Woods. In 1952. At the age of 7, after months of competition, due to her powerful singing voice, Gladys won the finals on the very popular Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour TV show contest. The following year, she, her brother Merald, sister Brenda, and cousins William and Eleanor Guest formed a musical group called The Pips. By the end of the decade, the act had begun to tour, and had replaced Brenda Knight and Eleanor Guest with cousins Edward Patten and Langston George. Bobby Robinson of Vee-Jay Records produced the single Every Beat of My Heart for the group, which became a #1 R&B and #6 pop hit when released in 1962. After which Langston George left the group. The group was renamed Gladys Knight & the Pips and continued as a quartet.

    In 1966, Gladys Knight & the Pips joined Motown and had several hit singles, including I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1967), The Nitty Gritty (1969), Friendship Train (1969), If I Were Your Woman (1970), I Don't Want To Do Wrong (1971), the Grammy winner Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) (1972), and Daddy Could Swear (I Declare) (1973). In search of a better deal, the group left Motown and contracted with Buddah Records in 1973, where they finally achieved the success they wanted with hits such as the Grammy-winning Midnight Train to Georgia, I've Got to Use My Imagination, and Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me.

    Futhering her popularity, Gladys made guest-starring television appearances throughout the eighties and nineties with roles on Benson, The Jeffersons, A Different World, Living Single, The Jamie Foxx Show and New York Undercover. In 1985, she co-starred on the CBS sitcom Charlie and Co. with comedian Flip Wilson.

    Gladys' most recent albums are At Last and Before Me which are doing very well. Her most recent achievements include a grammy for a duet with Ray Charles, Heaven Help us All from his last album Ray Charles, and another Grammy for her album with the All Saints choir.

    • Ticket Info

      Tickets: Contact Santa Clara University for ticket information.

      Info Phone: 408-554-6912

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    • Dates & Times

      Dates:
      January 24, 2009

      Times:
      5:30pm

    • Venue Info

      San Jose Center for the Performing Arts

      255 Almaden Boulevard San Jose, CA 95113

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    • Accessibility Info
      • Wheelchair Access

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