NEW ORLEANS — Soul singer, and New Orleans native Jean Knight, best known for her hit – “Mr. Big Stuff” – has died at age 80. As TMZ reports, a statement released by the family says she passed away on ...

Jean Knight, a New Orleans born soul singer known for her 1971 hit “Mr. Big Stuff,” has died at 80. Family, friends, fans and veterans of the music world mourned the loss of the Grammy-nominated ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Jean Knight might be best remembered for her chart-topping single “Mr. Big Stuff,” but her catalog goes far beyond that one cultural touchstone. Her voice was powerful yet playful, ...

Jean Knight, the New Orleans-born soul singer behind the infectious 1971 hit "Mr. Big Stuff," has died. She was 80. Jean Knight, the soul singer best known for the song "Mr. Big Stuff," died last week ...

Jean Knight, the funk singer behind one of the genre’s biggest hits, 1971’s “Mr. Big Stuff,” has died. She was 80 years old. The singer’s longtime friend and former Louisiana Music Commission ...

Jean Knight, the New Orleans soul singer whose chart-topping 1971 single "Mr. Big Stuff" endured as a cultural touchstone, died Nov. 22 of natural causes in Tampa, where she was living with her adult ...

Nov. 27 (UPI) --"Mr. Big Stuff" singer Jean Knight has died. The recording artist died Wednesday, Nov. 22, her family confirmed to USA Today on Sunday. Knight was 80. "New Orleans and the music world ...

Jean Knight, the soul singer best known for the song "Mr. Big Stuff," died last week at 80. NPR culture correspondent Anastasia Tsioulcas has this remembrance. ANASTASIA TSIOULCAS, BYLINE: New Orleans ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jean Knight, a New Orleans-born soul singer known for her 1971 hit “Mr. Big Stuff,” has died at 80. Family, friends, fans and veterans of the music world mourned the loss of ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jean Knight, a New Orleans-born soul singer known for her 1971 hit “Mr. Big Stuff,” has died at 80. Family, friends, fans and veterans of the music world mourned the loss of ...