#jean knight

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Rest in power, Jean.

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Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff

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Jean Knight, soul and funk singer who had hit with Mr Big Stuff, dies aged 80

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RIP Jean Knight 

January 26, 1943 – November 22, 2023

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RIP to singer & performer

Jean Knight (1943-2023)

Jean Knight- Mr Big Stuff (1971)

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“Mr. Big Stuff” Singer Jean Knight Dies at 80

Jean Knight, the singer best known for the 1971 hit “Mr. Big Stuff,” has died, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music said in a statement

Knight, 80, died Nov. 22 of undisclosed causes, the museum said.

With more than 3 million copies sold, “Mr. Big Stuff” made Knight Stax’s best-selling female artist.

“We’re saddened to hear about the passing of Jean Knight … our hearts and minds are with the family,” the Malaco Music Group said in a statement.

Knight scored other hits with “You Think You’re Hot Stuff” in 1981 and “My Toot Toot” in ’85. But “Mr. Big Stuff” remained her signature.

“(It) is better to me now than 31 years ago,” Knight told an interviewer in 2002.  “All I have to do is sit at home and wait for the mailman.”

Knight was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2007.

11/27/23

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R.I.P. Jean Knight

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Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff (High Quality)

RIP Ms Knight 🙏🏾

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Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff

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JEAN KNIGHT (1943-Died November 22nd 2023,at 80). American R&B and soul singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Launching her professional career in the mid-1960s, Knight was best known for her 1971 hit single "Mr. Big Stuff", released by Stax Records.Mr Big Stuff was used in the Will ferrell comedy film,Semi Pro, and her song, Do Me,was featured on the soundtrack for the teen comedy Superbad.Jean Knight - Wikipedia

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In Memoriam: Jean Knight (1943 - 2023)

Jean Knight (née Caliste; January 26, 1943 – November 22, 2023) was an American R&B and soul singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Launching her professional career in the mid-1960s, Knight was perhaps best known for her 1971 hit single, “Mr. Big Stuff” released by Stax Records. Knight was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. After graduating from high school, she began singing at Laura’s Place, her…

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Jean Knight - Keep It Comin’

Released: 1981 Japan

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Jean Knight *January 26, 1943

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You think you’re higher than every star above

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“Mr. Big Stuff is better to me now than 31 years ago,” said singer Jean Knight about her biggest hit. “All I have to do is sit at home and wait for the mailman.”

The New Orleans singer reached #2 on the Billboard charts in 1971 with"Mr. Big Stuff." and received a Grammy nomination. But a decade before her success, Jean Knight cut her first demo recording in 1965, a cover of Jackie Wilson’s "Stop Doggin’ Me Around." One of her biggest musical influences was Etta James. “The first time she heard "All I Can Do Is Cry," she said in an interview on YouTube, "The first time I heard that song, I wanted to be like her."

Jean Knight recorded a series of singles without success. When her career stalled, she left the music industry and worked at a bakery. Songwriter Ralph Williams connected Jean Knight to record producer Wardell Quezergue a short time later. Her recording sessions with Wardell Quezergue yielded "Mr Big Stuff," which turned around her fortunes. Reflecting on the recording session, Jean Knight said she liked “Mr. Big Stuff” lyrics but not the melody. She felt the melody didn't match the tone and emotion of the song’s subject. At some point, the producers let Jean sing it her way. She recorded her infamous version of the song in one take. Stax Records bought the rights and released the record, which peaked at no. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 

“Mr. Big Stuff” topped the US R&B chart and crossed over into the main pop chart, reaching No. 2. The Bee Gees' hit “ How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” kept her from the top spot. Her popularity soared, and she performed her hit on TV Shows like Soul Train and received  Best Female R&B Vocal Performance nominations at the 1972 Grammy Awards.

After “Mr. Big Stuff,” Jean Knight recorded a few modest hits, including “You Think You’re Hot Stuff” and “Carry On,” but disagreements with her producers at Stax led to her being dropped from the label the following year, 

Jean Knight said, "I'm the type of person that I never get too big for the people that I have been knowing,” explaining why she didn’t get caught in the trappings of fame.  "My friends from when I was much younger are still my friends today."

In the 80s,  she joined the local oldies circuits, where producer Isaac Bolden spotted her. He signed her to his label, Soulin. The two produced the song "You Got the Papers, but I Got the Man." It was a novelty answer song to Richard Dimples Fields’s hit, "She's Got Papers On Me.”  

In the 80s, she joined the local oldies circuits, where producer Isaac Bolden spotted her. He signed her to his label, Soulin. The two produced the song "You Got The Papers, But I Got The Man." It was a novelty answer song to Richard Dimples Fields’s hit, "She's Got Papers On Me.”

"You Got The Papers, But I Got The Man" has one of the best sassy monologues ever recorded! Jean Knight's defiant mistress tells off her lover's wife, "What you need, girl, is a complete overhaul, your house, your body, your face and all!" It could be straight out of a season finale of The Real Housewives franchise and requires you to fasten your seatbelt before listening.

After reading the wife from A to Z, she sweetly expresses her undying love for her man. It reminds me of Shirley Brown's "Woman To Woman" song that my friend, DJ Downtown Donna, used to spin at the classic dive bar Pendulum on Castro Street in San Francisco.