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Marie Knight Biography

Marie Knight’s vocal talents were recognized early on. When she was five years old, Marie—who was born in Sanford, Florida, but raised in Newark, New Jersey—sang the gospel number “Doing All the Good We Can” at her parents’ church, where the congregants marveled at her poise. A member of the youth choir, she was soon elevated to soloist and taught herself to play piano. “I used to go to the church in the daytime and just hit one note at a time, to hear that sound,” she recalled. “It was a joy to me, to put those notes together on the piano, just one key at a time.” That joy soon became a professional calling for Marie, who by her early twenties had gained experience touring the national gospel circuit with evangelist Frances Robinson; she even recorded a few early sides with the quartet The Sunset Four. In 1946, she met Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the nationally famous gospel singer-guitarist, who recognized something special in Marie’s compelling contralto and her elegant stage presence. The two became gospel’s preeminent duo of the 1940s, recording hits for Decca Records, including “Didn’t It Rain,” “Up Above My Head,” and the gorgeous “Beams of Heaven.” By the late 1940s, Marie and Rosetta had split to pursue separate musical projects—Marie to do solo gospel work on Decca. The two women reunited frequently on stage during the 1950s, however. In addition to singing before thousands of gospel fans in Washington, DC in 1950, and touring with up-and-coming gospel vocalist Wynona Carr in 1954, Marie and Rosetta impressed the critics with their sophisticated performances at top New York City jazz clubs in 1955. In the 1960s, Marie cultivated a rhythm-and-blues career, touring with the likes of Brooke Benton, the Drifters, and Clyde McPhatter. After a hiatus, she re-emerged in the mid-1970s to record gospel music; today, Marie Knight is a minister at Gates of Prayer Church in New York, founded by the late Dolly Lewis. In January 2002, on a cold, bright Saturday morning, Marie entered a recording studio to pay tribute to her old singing partner, Rosetta Tharpe, doing a solo version of their old hit “Didn’t It Rain.” [Listen the fruits of that session on Shout, Sister, Shout! (MC-0050).] That session—and Marie’s continuing vitality as a singer and performer—led to her present collaboration with producer Mark Carpentieri. Marie is recording the Gospel songs of Rev. Gary Davis. Larry Campbell (Dixie Hummingbirds, Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, Elvis Costello) is playing all the stringed instruments. That release will come out in June 2007. It will mark Marie’s first full length recording in over 20 years. Her voice has changed since the earliest days of youth recitals in Newark, but Marie Knight’s gift—the one recognized early on by her church—remains undiminished by time.

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Marie Knight Discography

Today (August 1, 1995)

  1. The Florida Storm 2:37 

2. Today 3:58 

3. Pushing for Jesus 2:27 

 4. In My Home Over There 4:36 

 5. Move On Up a Little Higher 2:31 

 6. He's Got Enough Left Over 3:24 

7. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well 2:25 

8. His Eye is on the Sparrow 4:04 

9. Step by Step 2:48

10. I'm Going to Work Until the Day is Done 3:05

11. Where He Leads Me 4:21

 Hallelujah What a Song

1. Land Beyond the River - Marie Knight, Sam Price & His Trio

2. What Could I Do - Marie Knight, Sam Price & His Trio

 3. Where Could I Go But to the Lord - Marie Knight,

 4. Florida Storm - Marie Knight, Sam Price & His Trio

5. Gospel Train - Dependable Boys, Marie Knight, Sam Price & His Trio

 6. I'll Let Nothin' Separate Me from the Lord - Marie Knight,

7. Just to Behold His Face - Marie Knight, Sam Price & His Trio

8. Hallelujah What a Song - Marie Knight, Sam Price & His Trio

 9. Didn't It Rain Children - Marie Knight, Sister Rosetta Tharpe

10. He's All I Need - Marie Knight, Sam Price & His Trio, Sister Rosetta Tharpe

11. Negro National Anthem - Marie Knight,

12. I Can't Forget, Can You - Marie Knight,

13. I Thank You Jesus - Marie Knight,

14. Jesus Loves Me - Marie Knight,

15. Live the Life - Marie Knight,

16. Seal of Heaven - Marie Knight,

17. In the Shaded Green Pastures - Marie Knight, Alfred Miller, James Roots

18. Lord Search My Heart - John Hartzfield, Marie Knight, Alfred Miller, James Roots, 19. His Eye Is on the Sparrow - Marie Knight, Sam Price & His Trio, Sister Rosetta Tharpe

20. Satisfied with Jesus - Marie Knight, , Paul Owens

Bluesoul Belles, Vol. 4: The Scepter and Musicor Recordings (October 9, 2001)

1. Let It Be Me

2. I'm Up Tight

3. My Arms Aren't Strong Enough

4. That's All 5. Lonely People Do Foolish Things

6. I'm Comin' Home 7. Haven't Got What It Takes

8. Way You Look Tonight

9. You Busted My Mind

10. He's the Kind of Guy

11. Your Kind of Lovin'

12. I Want You

13. Upset My Heart (Got Me So Upset)

14. That's All

15. That's All

16. Cry Me a River

 17. Comes the Night

18. That's No Way to Treat a Girl

19. Say It Again

20. Little Too Lonely

21. You Lie So Well

22. Hey, Tell Me Boy

 23. That's No Way to Treat a Girl

24. Say It Again

25. You Lie So Well

Let Us Get Together (June 26, 2007)

  1. Lord I Feel Like Goin' OnMarie Knight 2:27 

 2. Let Us Get TogetherMarie Knight 3:19 

3. I Belong To The BandMarie Knight 3:53 

4. Samson & DelilahMarie Knight 3:45 

5. I Am The Light Of This WorldCatherine Russell 2:36 

 6. 12 GatesKim Wilson 3:28 

 7. I'll Fly AwayMarie Knight 2:26 

8. Lord I'll Be With YouMarie Knight 4:36 

 9. When I DieMarie Knight 2:32

10. Death Don't Have No MercyKim Wilson 6:09

11. A Little More FaithMarie Knight 3:01

12. You Got To MoveCatherine Russell 2:43

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