The Empress of Soul Gladys Knight turned 75 Tuesday.
Born in Atlanta on May 28, 1944, Knight made her solo debut at age 4, singing at the Mount Mariah Baptist Church. She started singing with her siblings at age 8, calling themselves the Pips.
The rest is history.
Knight posted a photo of herself on Twitter Tuesday, thanking her fans for all their well-wishes throughout the day.
Mood all day! I’m so very grateful and happy to see another birthday! THANK YOU to everyone for the calls, texts, comments, posts, etc. I can feel your love and energy today! ❤️ #Gemini pic.twitter.com/3Fv9jGklDR
— Gladys Knight (@MsGladysKnight) May 28, 2019
It has been an eventful year for Knight. In addition to turning 75, she sang the national anthem at Super Bowl LIII in February, and later that month appeared on the Fox show "The Masked Singer."
Dressed as the bee, Knight
. All the judges had figured out it was her, but it was still an emotional moment when she took off the mask. Host Nick Cannon said Knight was the first famous entertainer he met and she gave him encouragement.
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Knight wasn’t the only one to mark her milestone on Twitter. Fans and fellow musicians posted tributes to the Grammy Award-winning singer throughout the day.
@MsGladysKnight Happy birthday! xxxxxx
— Boy George (@BoyGeorge) May 28, 2019
Happy 75th to singer/songwriter Gladys Knight ('Midnight Train To Georgia', 'Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me'). #MusicIsLife pic.twitter.com/De891JF0n5
— Larry Pareigis (@larrypareigis) May 28, 2019
Happy 75th birthday to the 1996 Inductee that helped set the standard for honest-to-God R&B, The Empress of Soul and Inductee @MsGladysKnight pic.twitter.com/i9r7VG1MYJ
— Rock Hall (@rockhall) May 28, 2019
CELEBRATING A LEGENDARY 75 YEARS 💝 The Apollo Family sends a very special HAPPY BIRTHDAY to #ApolloLegend @MsGladysKnight!
— Apollo Theater (@ApolloTheater) May 28, 2019
📸 #apolloarchives pic.twitter.com/6ZCTJkLsao
Happy Birthday to #EmpressOfSoul @MsGladysKnight. 75 today and still one of the greatest voices of all time. One of the greatest people too.
— Donnie Simpson (@DonnieSimpson) May 28, 2019
I Love you homegirl! 😘 pic.twitter.com/gaHaeomVvi
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