Jonathan Rashleigh Knight (born November 29, 1968) is an American vocalist. Knight is a part of the Boy band New Kids on the Block. The group also contains Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood and Jonathan’s younger brother Jordan. He could be the earliest person in the group and was the very first to leave the group in 1994 prior to their official disbanding.
Between 1984 and 1994, Knight was an associate of an award winning American pop group New Kids on the Block. The group went to sell over 80 million records world-wide before disbanding in 1994 after Knight left the group throughout the tour for their 1994 album Face the Music. The group released their seventh album (and first in 14 years), The Block, on September 2, 2008. To support their reunion and declare the brand new record, the group performed live together on May 16, 2008 for the very first time in fifteen years on the Today show. A world tour was scheduled to follow the newest release and started in Toronto on September 18, 2008. The very first single in the record, “Summertime”, performed nicely global peaking as #9 in Canada and breaking the top 30 in the U.S. graphs (#24 as a digital download).
Singer, Real estate development, Real Estate Broker
Nationality
United States of America
Parents
Marlene Putnam, Allan Knight
Siblings
Jordan Knight
Partner
Harley Rodriguez
Nicknames
Jon Knight , Jonathan Rasheigh Knight , Knight, Jonathan , GQ , Jon , Jizz
Music Groups
New Kids on the Block (Since 1984), NKOTBSB
Movies
New Kids on the Block: Hangin' Tough Live, New Kids on the Block: Coming Home
TV Shows
“True Life” (2011),“The Amazing Race”
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Quote
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We're performing out there in front of fifty-thousand people in three hours and that's kind of scary when I think about it but at the same time they just make more noise.
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Fact
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He and the other members of NKOTB appeared on the Today show to announce their reunion, new album, and new tour. [May 2008]
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Working as a real estate developer in MA. [March 2001]
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In 1989 he had a brief relationship with pop singer Tiffany. In 2011, Tiffany mentioned in an interview that Knight is gay, and he responded with verification that he "outed" himself almost twenty years ago.
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After passing his driving test he was in a serious car accident and was quite badly injured; he still gets back pains as a result.