Sing 'N' Praise Hymnal compiled: Stamps-Baxter Youth Gospel Favorites: Round Note

Sing 'N' Praise Hymnal compiled by Ezra H. Knight & Jack W. Taylor


Stamps-Baxter Youth Gospel Favorites: Round Note
Publisher: Stamps-Baxter Music, 1976Spiral paperback
5.45 x 7.7 inches, 132 pages

see Index

Ezra Harlin Knight, Buddy Knight - Born: January 18, 1928, Roanoke, Alabama; Died: May 14, 2018, Alexander City, AL

Buddy was one of 11 children of Harlin Dowell Knight and Eva Bernice Hester.

When he was 4–5 years old, his family moved to Wadley. His parents farmed most of their lives, and worked some of the time in textile mills. Buddy grew up on the farm, which raised cotton and corn.

His family loved music, and did a lot of singing. Neighbors would come in the evening to listen to his father play the guitar and banjo, and his mother would sometimes join in, singing harmony.

Buddy attended all-day singings in the local area. During the summer months, he studied at singing schools, where he learned to sight read music. One of his singing school teachers was Tom Welch.

After high school, Buddy attended the Stamps-Baxter three week Normal School. He then went to West Virginia to another normal school, studying harmony and song writing with Vernie Fossett. Later, he studied harmony and composition at the University of Chicago.

He took a break from music during World War II, when he served in the army.

He wrote his first song, For Christ My King, in 1950, and the Stamps-Baxter Music Company published it in their book Better Songs.

In the early 1950s, Buddy was lead singer for the Silver Tone Quartet, which had a daily radio program on station WRLD in Lanett, Alabama, and nearby West Point, Georgia.

In the late 1950s and 1960s, he played piano for the Rhythmaires Quartet.

He eventually became a songwriter for Stamps-Baxter. During his 50-year career, he wrote hundreds of songs.-------------------
In 1946 Jack Taylor left the Lone Star Quartet of Raleigh, NC to join the Stamps Quartet owned, Blue Ridge Quartet.