Jonathan Knight
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jonathan Rashleigh Knight |
| Born | November 29, 1968 |
| Origin | Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) |
Singer Real estate developer |
| Years active | 1984–1994, 2008-present |
| Labels |
Columbia (1984–1994) Interscope (2008–present) |
| Associated acts | New Kids on the Block, NKOTBSB |
| Website | www |
Jonathan Rashleigh Knight (born November 29, 1968) is an American singer. He is part of the boy band New Kids on the Block. It also includes Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood and his younger brother, Jordan. He is the oldest member of the band and the first to leave it in 1994 prior to their official split.
Jonathan Rashleigh Knight was born in Dorcester, Massachusetts to parents Marlene Putnam and Allan Knight. He is the fifth of six children: Allison, Sharon, David, Christopher, and Jordan. His parents are both Episcopal priests.
From 1984 until 1994, Knight was a member of the award-winning American boy band New Kids on the Block. They went on to sell over 80 million records worldwide before splitting in 1994 after he left during the tour for their 1994 album Face the Music. They originally tried to continue the tour claiming he had been badly hurt by a horse, but in a press conference a few weeks later, they revealed that they were actually splitting. His early departure led to reports that some members were frustrated with the way he did so and that those feelings prevented an earlier reformation of them.
In the spring of 2008, Knight returned to show business, reuniting with the other four members of New Kids on the Block. They released their seventh album (and first in 14 years), The Block, on September 2, 2008. To confirm their reunion and announce the new album, they performed live together on May 16, 2008 for the first time in fifteen years on the Today show.
A world tour was scheduled to follow the new release and began in Toronto on September 18, 2008. The first single from it, "Summertime", performed well worldwide peaking as #9 in Canada and breaking the top 30 in the U.S. charts (#24 as a digital download). They released "Single", their second single from The Block in August 2008.
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