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Marie Knight
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Vinony's link graph records 23 inbound references to Marie Knight, and connects out to New York City, International Standard Book Number and pneumonia.
It sits within the topics 1920 births, 2009 deaths and 20th-century African-American women singers.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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
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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