BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jean Knight, a New Orleans born soul singer known for her 1971 hit “Mr. Big Stuff,” has died at 80. Family, friends, fans and veterans of the music world mourned the loss of ...
Jean Knight, the funk singer behind one of the genre’s biggest hits, 1971’s “Mr. Big Stuff,” has died. She was 80 years old. The singer’s longtime friend and former Louisiana Music Commission ...
Jean Knight, whose funky 1971 hit “Mr. Big Stuff” rocketed to No. 2 on the Billboard charts and earned her a Grammy Award nomination, died Nov. 22. She was 80. Knight, a New Orleans native, died of ...