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Tuesday, December 20, 2022

I Had an Awesome “Knight”!

 

Hoyt Emerick Holly Knight The Cutting Room NYC
Hoyt Emerick & Holly Knight
at The Cutting Room, New York City

I had an awesome "Knight". I got the chance to meet hit songwriter extraordinaire Holly Knight. She has been a huge songwriting inspiration to me for as long as I can remember. Holly Knight recently released her first book. It's a fantastic memoir about her songwriting and life experiences in the 1980s titled "I Am the Warrior".

Holly Knight composed some of "The Best" songs of that decade! The Best for Tina Turner, Love is a Battlefield for Pat Benatar, The Warrior for Scandal featuring Patty Smyth, Love Touch for Rod Stewart, Ragdoll for Aerosmith, Obsession for Animotion, Never for Heart, and Just Between You & Me for Lou Gramm just to name a few.

Plus she also had hits on her own as a solo artist and with her bands Spider and Device. (e.g. Heart Don't Fail Me Now, Better Be Good to Me, and Hanging on a Heart Attack) It was a real privilege to meet this talented and beautiful lady!

Hoyt Emerick Holly Knight The Cutting Room NYC
Hoyt Emerick & Holly Knight 
at The Cutting Room, New York City