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Holly Knight

real name Holly Erlander

New York City, United States

Holly Knight is credited on 2,600 releases across 599 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1977–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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Holly Knight, born 26/May/1956, New York City, New York - UNITED STATES, is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter and musician, having written hits for artists such as Tina Turner, Pat Benatar, Heart, Cheap Trick and many others. She was a member of the band Device and currently she's working in Los Angeles as a music producer.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013.
She's charted 40 times (including 16 top 10 songs) between 1980 and 2011 on the U.S. and/or U.K. charts as a songwriter and once as an artist. Her single which she also wrote "Heart Don't Fail Me Now" reached #59 in 1988. Some of her best-known written songs include: "Obsession" by Animotion (co-written by Michael Des Barres) hit #6 in the U.S. and #5 in the U.K. in 1985. "The Best" by Tina Turner (co-written by Mike Chapman) hit #15 in the U.S. and #5 in the U.K. in 1989 "Love Is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar (also co-written by Mike Chapman) hit #5 (#1 rock) in the U.S. and #49 in the U.K. in 1983.

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