Editing Terry Knight (section)

== Early career ==
Knight was born in [[Lapeer, Michigan]], United States. After graduating from high school in 1961, he briefly attended [[Alma College]] before dropping out. Knight's music career began as a DJ at the Top 40 rock station [[WSNL|WTAC]] in [[Flint, Michigan]], then going to Detroit in 1963 where he replaced Dave Shafer as "Jack the Bellboy" on [[WLQV|WJBK]]. The following year, he moved across the river to [[CKLW (AM)|CKLW]]<ref name="LarkinGE"/> in [[Windsor, Ontario]]. One of the first American DJs to air [[the Rolling Stones]], he hosted a late night show from high-powered CKLW, bringing the [[British Invasion]] to the Northern states. He was awarded the honorary title of "The Sixth Stone" for his early support of the Stones.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} By the end of 1964, however, Knight had left CKLW and the radio business, intending to pursue his own career in music.

Around 1965, Knight fashioned a songwriting and performing career in Flint by becoming the front man for [[Terry Knight and the Pack]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/> With this band, Knight recorded a handful of regional hits for Lucky Eleven Records, part of the [[Cameo-Parkway Records]] group, including his self-penned [[generation gap]] anthem "A Change On the Way", and scored two national hits, a cover of [[the Yardbirds]]' "[[Mister, You're a Better Man Than I|(You're a) Better Man Than I]]", and his ultra-lounge reading of [[Ben E. King]]'s "[[I (Who Have Nothing)]]", which peaked at No. 46 nationally.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> The band left three garage rock classics before breaking up in 1967. [[Brownsville Station (band)|Brownsville Station]] honored Knight and the Pack with a cover of the Knight-penned "Love, Love, Love, Love, Love" on their 1973 album ''Yeah!''