McKnight, Brian 1969年6月5日出生于美国纽约州的布法罗。Brian McKnight的哥哥Claude V. McKnight是福音音乐组Take 6的成员,Brian McKnight则是一名蓝调音乐歌手,他首先在布法罗及周围的地区开始了他的音乐生涯,他和自己的乐队一起在那里表演一些他自创的作品。他的表演引起了Mercury Records唱片公司的注意,他在这家唱片公司录制了他的第一个自己命名的个人专辑,尽管这张唱片收到的利润回报一般,但这张唱片进入了美国蓝调音乐专辑排行榜的前20名。该唱片中收录的《Love Is》取自电视连续剧《Beverly Hills, 90210》,是与Vanessa Williams合作的二重唱,这首歌闯入了流行歌曲的排行榜,并在1993年5月份上升到了第3名。另外一支单曲《One Last Cry》也在当年上升到了排行榜的第13位。他的第二张唱片《I Remember You》卖出了50多万张,其中有5首单曲进
入了蓝调歌曲排行榜的前20名。
他在歌坛的声望和地位确立之后,Mercury唱片公司决定不再延误,及时推出他的第三张专辑《Anytime》。这张专辑的制作过程中也不乏一些颇为响亮的名字,如Sean 'Puffy' Combs(制作人)、Ma$e(说唱表演)以及Mary J. Blige和Diane Warren(词曲作者)。这张唱片中首先值得一提的是在美国歌曲排行榜上排在第17位的《'You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)》,这首歌由Ma$e演唱,目的是为了把希普霍普音乐的听众的注意力吸引到McKnight的作品上来,扩大他的歌迷阵容。然而这首单曲并不能代表这张唱片中的大部分内容,这张唱片中大部分还是较为成熟的蓝调音乐和浪漫的民谣,这些才是McKnight才能的真正体现。《Anytime》的推出也收到很好的回报,这张唱片进入了排行榜的前20名。McKnight后来转向与Motown唱片公司合作录制他的圣诞节专辑《Bethlehem》。接着推出的专辑《Back At One》获得了极大的成功,标题曲在美国热门歌曲100首中连续几周排在第2位。
back at one
Its undeniable...that we should be together...
Its unbelievable how I used to say that I found in her...
The places you need to know, if you don't know just how I feel,
Then let me show you now that I'm for real...
If all things in time, time will reveal...
Yeah...
One...your like a dream come true...
Two... jus wanna be with you...
Three... girl its plain to see...that your the only one for me...
Four...repeat steps one to three...
Five... make you fall in love with me...
If ever I believe our work is done....then I start Back at One.(yeah)
So Incrediable...the way things work themselves out...
And all emotional, once you know that its all about babe...
And undesirable...for us to be apart...
Never would of made it very far...
Cause you know that you got the keys to my heart
Cause...
One...your like a dream come true
Two... jus wanna be with you
Three... girl its plain to see..that your the only one for me
Four...repeat steps one to three
Five... make you fall in love with me
If ever I believe our work is done....then I start Back at One......
Say farewell to the dark night...I see the coming of the sun...
I feel like a little child..whose life has jus begun...
You came and reached into the light,
Into this lonely heart of mine...
You threw out the life line...just in the Nick of Tiimmmeeee.....
One...your like a dream come true
Two... jus wanna be with you
Three... girl its plain to see..that your the only one for me..girl and...
Four...repeat steps one to three
Five... make you fall in love with me
If ever I believe our work is done....then I start Back at One.