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American R&B/soul singer (born 1942)

Merald "Bubba" Knight
Knight (second from right) with Gladys Knight & the Pips, 1974
Background information
Birth name	Merald Woodlow Knight, Jr.
Also known as	Bubba
Born	(1942-09-04) September 4, 1942 (age 82) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genres	R&B, soul music
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, producer

Musical artist

Merald Woodlow "Bubba" Knight, Jr. (born September 4, 1942) is an American R&B/soul singer, best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips. The older brother of lead singer Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight served as the unofficial leader of the family group, and was instrumental in handling the Pips' business matters. "Gladys Knight & The Pips" evolved out of The Pips.

The original Pips formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1952, with Gladys, Bubba, sister Brenda, plus cousins Eleanor and William Guest singing supper-club material during the week, and gospel music on Sundays. Knight is a multiple Grammy Award winner, and he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Gladys Knight & the Pips in 1996.

References

"Pips out of the background". Anchorage Daily News. June 12, 1978. p. 11. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
Unterberger, Richie. "Biography: Gladys Knight". Allmusic. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
"Classic Motown - Gladys Knight & The Pips". Motown. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
"Glady Knight & The Pips Still Sizzle After 35 Years Together". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. January 25, 1988. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
^ "Gladys Knight and the Pips Biography". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

External links

v t e Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight Merald "Bubba" Knight William Guest Edward Patten Brenda Knight Eleanor Guest Langston George
Studio albums	Everybody Needs Love Nitty Gritty If I Were Your Woman Neither One of Us All I Need Is Time Imagination I Feel a Song 2nd Anniversary The One and Only Visions All Our Love
Soundtrack albums	Claudine
Compilation albums	The Ultimate Collection
Singles	"Every Beat of My Heart" "Letter Full of Tears" "Giving Up" "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" "Everybody Needs Love" "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" "The End of Our Road" "It Should Have Been Me" "I Wish It Would Rain" "The Nitty Gritty" "If I Were Your Woman" "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" "The Look of Love" "Midnight Train to Georgia" "I've Got to Use My Imagination" "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" "On and On" "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" "The Way We Were/Try to Remember" "Save the Overtime (For Me)" "Hero" "Love Overboard" "Baby, Don't Change Your Mind"
Related topics	Discography Aaliyah Barry Hankerson

v t e Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Class of 1996
Performers	David Bowie Gladys Knight & the Pips William Guest, Gladys Knight, Merald "Bubba" Knight, Edward Patten Jefferson Airplane Marty Balin, Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Grace Slick Little Willie John Pink Floyd Syd Barrett, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright The Shirelles Doris Kenner-Jackson, Addie Harris, Beverly Lee, Shirley Owens The Velvet Underground John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker
Early influences	Pete Seeger
Non-performers (Ahmet Ertegun Award)	Tom Donahue

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