[1][2] Knight was a singer in the 1960s Harlem R&B music scene, usually fronting his own band, the Squires.
[7][8] Knight was an accomplished table tennis player who competed locally while living in New York.
Among the musicians enlisted was Fast Eddie Clarke, who later joined Motörhead.
[10] In 1992, Knight relocated to the Netherlands where he continued to record up to his death from cancer in November 1999.
[10] Knight is related to singer Barbara McNair who is reportedly his cousin.