Performance · Production

Jerry Knight

real name Jerry Ernest Knight

Los Angeles, United States

Jerry Knight is credited on 867 releases across 219 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1973–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

View as artist →

Start your shelf →Open in app

867

Credits

219

Albums

6

Decades active

152

In collections

Biography

source

Showing the Discogs bio

Singer, musician (bass, rhythm guitar, synths and keyboards) and founding member of Raydio
B. April 17, 1952 in Los Angeles
D. December 29, 1996
In 1977, along with Ray Parker Jr., he was a founding member of the group Raydio, singing vocals on their early hit, "Jack and Jill". He then left to pursue a solo career, releasing three solo albums and achieving moderate success with minor hits such as "Overnight Sensation", "Perfect Fit" and "Turn It Out".
In 1983 Knight teamed with Ollie Brown to form Ollie & Jerry. Together, they provided the title track to the soundtrack to the movie Breakin', which reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. They also recorded the title track for "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo," which got up to #45 on the R&B charts.
Although his solo career faded, Knight continued to write and produce for acts such as the The Whispers, Patrice Rushen, DeBarge, Howard Hewett and legendary UK singer Elkie Brooks.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

867 releases · 219 albums · active 1973–2024

  • Performance · 875
  • Production · 444
  • Other credits · 60

Studios: The Town House · Ocean Way Recording · The Complex · Conway Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

Around the web

See who really made the music.

Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.

Start your shelf →

Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.