BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A singer who with her famed backing group had more than 30 Top 10 soul and R&B hits will perform at Wind Creek Event Center, it was announced.
Gladys Knight, who as Gladys Knight & The Pips and as a solo artist had eight gold or platinum albums and won seven Grammy Awards, will perform at 8 p.m. Dec. 4.
Tickets, at $49.50-$89.50, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15.www.windcreekeventcenter.com
Tickets, at $49.50-$89.50, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15 at the Wind Creek website or at the box office at 77 Wind Creek Blvd., Bethlehem.
Knight, 81, is best known for her 1967 chart-topping hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and 1973 No. 1 gold hit "Midnight Train to Georgia," both with Gladys Knight & The Pips.
But she continued to top the charts as a solo artist through 1985, when her hit "That's What Friends Are For," with Dionne Warwick, Elton John and Stevie Wonder, also hit No. 1.
In between, she had high-charting hits including 1970's "If I Were Your Woman," 1972's "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)," and 1973's "I've Got to Use My Imagination" and 1974's "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me," both of which achieved gold sales.
In 1973, both "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" and "Midnight Train to Georgia" won Grammy Awards. "That's What Friends Are For" won a Grammy in 1986.
She started her career with the Pips with the 1962 album "Letter Full of Tears," and with the band produced seven gold albums through 1990.
She released her first disc as a solo artist in 1978, and topped the R&B chart with the 1991 album "Good Woman."
Later in her career, Knight even crossed into gospel music and won Grammys for that genre in 2004 and 2005.
Knight performed at the event center, then known as Sands Bethlehem Event Center, in 2015 in a h-headline show with The O'Jays.
