Bubba Knight

{{short description|American R&B/soul singer (born 1942)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Merald "Bubba" Knight | image = Gladys Knight and the Pips on Soul Train.jpg | alt = | caption = Knight (second from right) with Gladys Knight & the Pips on ''[[Soul Train]]'', 1974 | image_size = | landscape =  | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Merald Woodlow Knight, Jr. | alias = Bubba | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|09|04}} | birth_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], U.S. | origin = | death_date =  | death_place = | genre = [[R&B music|R&B]], [[soul music]] | occupation = Singer, songwriter, producer | instrument = | years_active =  | label = | website =  }}

'''Merald Woodlow''' "'''Bubba'''" '''Knight, Jr.''' (born September 4, 1942) is an American [[R&B]]/[[soul music|soul]] singer, best known as a member of [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]].<ref name="ad780612"/> The older brother of lead singer [[Gladys Knight]],<ref name="Unterberger"/> 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.<ref name="Classic"/>

The original Pips formed in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], in 1952, with Gladys, Bubba, sister Brenda, plus cousins Eleanor and [[William Guest (singer)|William Guest]] singing supper-club material during the week, and gospel music on Sundays.<ref name="jet880125"/><ref name="rrhof"/> 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.<ref name="rrhof"/>

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="ad780612">{{cite news |work=[[Anchorage Daily News]] |title=Pips out of the background |page=11 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w7seAAAAIBAJ&pg=3422,1321698&dq=william-guest+pips&hl=en |date=June 12, 1978 |accessdate=March 7, 2012}}</ref> <ref name="Classic">{{cite web |publisher=[[Motown]] |title=Classic Motown - Gladys Knight & The Pips |url=http://classic.motown.com/artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=27 |accessdate=September 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817195210/http://classic.motown.com/artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=27 |archivedate=August 17, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> <ref name="Unterberger">{{cite web |first=Richie |last=Unterberger |authorlink=Richie Unterberger|publisher=[[Allmusic]] |title=Biography: Gladys Knight |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4698/biography|pure_url=yes}} |accessdate=May 30, 2010}}</ref> <ref name="rrhof">{{cite web |publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |title=Gladys Knight and the Pips Biography |url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/gladys-knight-and-the-pips/bio/ |accessdate=March 7, 2012}}</ref> <ref name="jet880125">{{cite news |work=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |title=Glady Knight & The Pips Still Sizzle After 35 Years Together |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLsDAAAAMBAJ&q=william+guest+pips&pg=PA58 |date=January 25, 1988 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |accessdate=March 7, 2012}}</ref> }}

==External links== *[http://www.vegasvideonetwork.com/talktails-028-music-legend-bubba-knight/ Bubba Knight video interview on Talktails] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCzqswwj10g "Bubba Knight speaks about Gladys Knight and the Pips, Charles 'Cholly' Arkins and more"], June 25, 2021.

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