| Jeff Knight | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Thomas Jeff Knight |
| Also known as | T. J. Knight |
| Born | Thomas Jeff Knight |
| Origin | El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1992-1996 |
| Labels | Mercury |
Thomas Jeff Knight is an American country music artist, sometimes credited as T.J. Knight. Born in El Paso, Texas, he later moved to the Allegheny Mountains region of Pennsylvania; after finding work as a truck driver, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he signed to a publishing contract with a publishing company known as Music of the World. Among the artists who cut his songs are Pirates of the Mississippi, Johnny Cash, Clay Walker, and Vince Gill.
Knight was signed to a recording contract with Polygram Records/Mercury Records in 1992. He released two albums for the label and released four singles. He also wrote Daryle Singletary's 1996 single "Too Much Fun", for which Knight won a BMI award.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| They've Been Talkin' About Me |
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| Easy Street |
|
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Box Country | |||
| 1992 | "They've Been Talkin' About Me" | 46 | They've Been Talkin' About Me |
| "I Wish She Didn't Know Me" | — | ||
| "Someone Like You" | — | ||
| 1993 | "Easy Street" | — | Easy Street |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "They've Been Talkin' About Me" | |
| "Someone Like You" | Thom Oliphant | |
| 1993 | "Easy Street" | L. J. Kreussling |
Chart singles written by Jeff Knight
The following is a list of Jeff Knight compositions that were chart hits.
| Year | Title | Recording artist | Chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard Country | RPM Country | |||||||
| 1995 | Too Much Fun co-written with Curtis Wright |
Daryle Singletary | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 2003 | You Can't Take It With You When You Go co-written with Curtis Wright |
Rhonda Vincent | 58 | |||||
References
- ^ Bush, John. "Jeff Knight Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved January 7, 2008.
- "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. March 14, 1992. p. 78.
- "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. May 30, 1992. p. 70.
- "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. September 12, 1992. p. 84.
- "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. September 11, 1993. p. 53.
- "CMT : Videos : Jeff Knight : Easy Street". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2011.