Curtis Knight & The Squires · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1961
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Using Act! 2000
- Using ACT! 4
- Jimi
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- Listeners
- 5,072
- Total plays
- 18,134
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Curtis Knight (May 9, 1929 – November 29, 1999), born Mont Curtis McNear, was an American musician who is known for his association with Jimi Hendrix. Knight was a singer in the 1960s Harlem R&B music scene, usually fronting his own band, the Squires. In 1965, with Hendrix as guitarist, he recorded some singles and demos for record producer Ed Chalpin. Chalpin also signed Hendrix to a management contract, which Hendrix soon forgot about and left for England in 1966 to form the Jimi Hendrix Expe
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Knight
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fort Scott
- Place of death
- Lelystad
- Occupation
- musician
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- date of birth
- 1929-05-09
- date of death
- 1999-11-29
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- relative
- Barbara McNair
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