Merald "Bubba" Knight

Singer

Popular As Bubba

Birthday September 4, 1942

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Age 81 years old

Nationality Georgia

#31441 Most Popular

1942

Merald Woodlow "Bubba" Knight, Jr. (born September 4, 1942) is an American R&B/soul singer, best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips.

The older brother of lead singer Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight served as the unofficial leader of the family group, and was instrumental in handling the Pips' business matters.

"Gladys Knight & The Pips" evolved out of The Pips.

1952

The original Pips formed in Atlanta in 1952, with Gladys, Bubba, sister Brenda, plus cousins Eleanor and William Guest singing supper-club material during the week, and gospel music on Sundays.

1996

Knight is a multiple Grammy Award winner, and he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Gladys Knight & the Pips in 1996.