Frederick Knight, born August 15, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama, emerged as an
American soul singer, songwriter, and producer whose career spanned several
decades. After early work with Mercury and Capitol in New York, he signed with
Stax Records in 1972, where his single "I've Been Lonely for So Long" entered
the UK charts, remaining for ten weeks and peaking at number 22. The same year
he released the album I've Been Lonely for So Long under Stax, followed by the
albums Knight Kap (1977), Let the Sunshine In (1978), and Knight Time (1981) on
his own Juana Records imprint, where ...