# Bubba Knight

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American R&B/soul singer (born 1942)

Merald "Bubba" Knight Knight (second from right) with Gladys Knight & the Pips on Soul Train, 1974 Background information Also known as Bubba Born Merald Woodlow Knight, Jr. (1942-09-04) September 4, 1942 (age 83) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Genres R&B, soul music Occupations Singer, songwriter, producer

Musical artist

**Merald Woodlow** "**Bubba**" **Knight, Jr.** (born September 4, 1942) is an American [R&B](/source/R%26B)/[soul](/source/Soul_music) singer, best known as a member of [Gladys Knight & the Pips](/source/Gladys_Knight_%26_the_Pips).[1] The older brother of lead singer [Gladys Knight](/source/Gladys_Knight),[2] 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.[3]

The original Pips formed in [Atlanta, Georgia](/source/Atlanta%2C_Georgia), in 1952, with Gladys, Bubba, sister Brenda, plus cousins Eleanor and [William Guest](/source/William_Guest_(singer)) singing supper-club material during the week, and gospel music on Sundays.[4][5] Knight is a multiple [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) winner, and he was inducted to the [Rock and Roll Hall of Fame](/source/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame) with Gladys Knight & the Pips in 1996.[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ad780612_1-0)** ["Pips out of the background"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w7seAAAAIBAJ&pg=3422,1321698&dq=william-guest+pips&hl=en). *[Anchorage Daily News](/source/Anchorage_Daily_News)*. June 12, 1978. p. 11. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Unterberger_2-0)** [Unterberger, Richie](/source/Richie_Unterberger). ["Biography: Gladys Knight"](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4698/biography). [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic). Retrieved May 30, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Classic_3-0)** ["Classic Motown - Gladys Knight & The Pips"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110817195210/http://classic.motown.com/artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=27). [Motown](/source/Motown). Archived from [the original](http://classic.motown.com/artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=27) on August 17, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-jet880125_4-0)** ["Glady Knight & The Pips Still Sizzle After 35 Years Together"](https://books.google.com/books?id=bLsDAAAAMBAJ&q=william+guest+pips&pg=PA58). *[Jet](/source/Jet_(magazine))*. Johnson Publishing Company. January 25, 1988. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-rrhof_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-rrhof_5-1) ["Gladys Knight and the Pips Biography"](http://rockhall.com/inductees/gladys-knight-and-the-pips/bio/). [Rock and Roll Hall of Fame](/source/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame). Retrieved March 7, 2012.

## External links

- [Bubba Knight video interview on Talktails](http://www.vegasvideonetwork.com/talktails-028-music-legend-bubba-knight/)

- ["Bubba Knight speaks about Gladys Knight and the Pips, Charles 'Cholly' Arkins and more"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCzqswwj10g), June 25, 2021.

v t e Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight Merald "Bubba" Knight William Guest Edward Patten Studio albums Gladys Knight and the Pips 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 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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