Loved daughter of Keith Eastwood and Gladys Hopkins, sister of Adrienne. Fans frequently told the entertainer they loved her, and she returned the thought. KNIGHT, Noelene Mary of Levin passed away at Palmerston North Hospital on. Knight grinned incessantly and moved from side to side while occasionally twisting her hips, shuffling her feet and gesturing toward the audience. Knight's setlist included the classics "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Love Overboard," "Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)," ”On and On” and "Midnight Train to Georgia." Knight also moved with ease and style to the delight of fans. Gladys Knight opened for The O'Jays with a powerhouse vocal performance belying her six decades on stage.
"If you love what we saw and did tonight, we'll be back!" he said with more laughter. "I still love Canton Canton is the very best. "I am proud to be one of YOU," he said to applause while laughing. Williams also told the fans goodbye ― for now. Williams and fellow O'Jays singer Eric Nolan Grant expressed the sentiment again at the end of the concert.Īs the melody of "Love Train" was played by the band, Williams also thanked the crowd for supporting The O'Jays for around 60 years before the group finished up an extended version of the timeless song. Williams, 79, asked fans to pray for the 80-year-old Levert, who has been recovering at home with the help of a vocal coach and physical therapist. Walter Williams Sr., a co-founding member of the vocal group, had taken multiple moments during the performance to remember fellow original O’Jays singer Eddie Levert, who was absent from the concert due to having fallen seriously ill with COVID pneumonia this past summer. And although Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium wasn’t full, The O’Jays performed as if it were during their roughly hour and 20-minute show. In a roughly five-minute celebratory stretch, the trio of singers sang smoothly and soulfully while grooving with dance moves.Īudience members sang along word for word and stood while clapping or dancing themselves. In 2013, Guest released an autobiography, Midnight Train to Georgia: A Pip’s Journey, which he co-authored with his wife. “My heart is broken, but I know his legacy will live on,” Guest’s daughter, Monique Guest, said in a statement after his death.CANTON − As The O'Jays closed out Saturday night's concert with the crowd-pleasing and enduring hit, ”Love Train,” the song represented everything wonderful about the legacy act. After that, Guest served as CEO of Crew Entertainment, which he managed with members of Patten’s family. After the group disbanded, Guest and the Patten formed a production company, Patten and Guest Productions. In addition to being a founding member of the group, Guest was also Knight’s cousin, while other members included Knight’s brother Merald “Bubba” Knight and cousin Edward Patten. The group was known for its hits such as “Midnight Train to Georgia” and “Heard It Through the Grapevine.”
Guest, along with the rest of Gladys Night and the Pips, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Apollo Hall of Fame in 2006. The Associated Press reports that the singer, who performed background vocals from 1953 until the group disbanded in 1989, died in Detroit on Thursday of congestive heart failure, according to Guest’s sister-in-law, Dhyana Ziegler. William Guest, who was a member of the legendary soul group Gladys Knight and the Pips, has died at 74. Guest, left, with the rest of the group in 1973.
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