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Marie Knight
Sign in to saveAmerican gospel and R&B singer
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 38
Top works
- Family Secrets
- Have Christmas Card... Will Travel
- Homesick
- Magic Token
- Very Special Christmas Present
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1925-06-01
- Active to
- 2009-08-30
Discography
- Gospel Songs Volume 2
- I'm Bound For Higher Grounds / In The Garden
- Music In The Air
- When I Take My Vacation In Heaven / You Gotta Move
- Didn't It Rain / Stretch Out1947
- Oh, When I Come To The End Of My Journey / This Train1947
- Beams Of Heaven / Precious Memories1948
- Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air / My Journey to the Sky1948
- He Watches Me / He's All I Need1949
- I Shall Know Him / I Was Healed1950
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11,948
- Total plays
- 45,206
Tags
bluesgospelsoulfemale vocalistsrhythm & blues
Marie Knight (June 1, 1925 – August 30, 2009) was an American gospel and R&B singer. She was born Marie Roach in Sanford, Florida but grew up in Newark, New Jersey. Her father was a construction worker and the family were members of the Church of God in Christ. She first toured as a singer in 1939 with Frances Robinson, an evangelist. She married preacher Albert Knight in 1941; they were later divorced. In 1946, she made her first recordings, for Signature Records, as a member of The Sunset Fo
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marie
- Family name
- Knight
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sanford
- Place of death
- Harlem
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- gospel music
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of death
- 2009-08-30
- date of birth
- 1925-06-01
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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