Holly Knight

Holly Knight
Knight accepting an award from the Women's International Music Network, 2013
Background information
Birth name	Holly Erlander
Born	New York City, U.S.
Genres	Pop, rock
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, singer, musician, producer
Instruments	Keyboards
Years active	1980–present
Associated acts	Spider, Device, many others
Website	www.hollyknight.com

Holly Knight is an American, Grammy Award-winning songwriter, vocalist and musician of pop and rock music. In 2013 she was inducted into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame. Winner of thirteen ASCAP awards, her songs have won three Grammys. She is known for having written hits for some of the most successful artists in music, including "The Best" performed by Bonnie Tyler, and later re-recorded by Tina Turner, as well as "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Invincible" performed by Pat Benatar. She was voted the Best Songwriter in Rolling Stone Magazine's 11th annual poll, along with Phil Collins, Paul Simon, Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen.

Born in New York City as Holly Erlander, she started playing classical piano at the age of four, continuing her studies for ten years at The Mannes School of Music.

She soon became interested in rock music, and left home at sixteen to pursue her dreams. Five years later, in the early 1980s, her band Spider (featuring Anton Fig of Late Show with David Letterman), managed by Bill Aucoin, manager for Kiss and Billy Idol, among others, got a recording contract with Dreamland Records, and released two albums: Spider (self-titled; 1980) and Between the Lines (1981).