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- Birth nameMarie Roach
- Marie Knight was born on June 1, 1925 in Sanford, Florida, USA. She is known for Origin of Hair (2019), Music 55 (1955) and Six-Five Special (1957). She died on August 31, 2009 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- A minister at her church, she hadn't recorded in more than two decades when she was featured on a Sister Rosetta Tharpe tribute album in 2003, which lead to some bookings. She released the critically acclaimed "Let Us Get Together" in 2007.
- Discovered by Sister Rosetta Tharpe while Knight sang during a Mahalia Jackson concert in New York in 1946. The two women toured through the late '40s, appearing in clubs, arenas, churches and auditoriums.
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