About Terry Knight
Terry Knight (born Richard Terrance Knapp; April 9, 1943 – November 1, 2004) was an American rock and roll music producer, promoter, singer, songwriter and radio personality, who enjoyed some success in radio, modest success as a singer, but considerable success as the original manager-producer for Grand Funk Railroad and the producer for Bloodrock. == Early career == Knight was born in Lapeer, Michigan, United States. As a youth, he was captivated by the early sounds of rock and roll radio, especially the personality DJs like Dick Biondi, whose powerful signal from WLS in Chicago was easily picked up nightly on his radio in Lapeer. Young Terry set his sights on becoming a DJ and began to practice his radio patter at home on his own tiny reel-to-reel tape recorder. After graduating from high school in 1961, he briefly attended Alma College before dropping out. Knight's music career began as a DJ at the Top 40 rock station WTAC in Flint, Michigan, then going to Detroit in 1963 where he replaced Dave Shafer as "Jack the Bellboy" on WJBK. The following year, he moved across the river to CKLW in Windsor, Ontario. One of the first American DJs to air the Rolling Stones, he hosted a late night show from high-powered CKLW, bringing the British Invasion to the Northern states. He famously managed to get away with playing the Rolling Stones' "Little Red Rooster" over and over for an hour. He was awarded the honorary title of "The Sixth Stone" for his early support of the Stones. By the end of 1964, however, Knight had left CKLW and the radio business, intending to pursue his own career in music.
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