Holly Knight, born in 1956 in New York City, is an American songwriter,
keyboardist, and singer. Her early training in classical piano began at age 4
and continued for a decade at the Mannes School of Music. In 1980, she played
uncredited keyboards on Kiss's album Unmasked before joining the pop-rock band
Spider, releasing the self-titled album Spider (1980) and Between the Lines
(1981). She later left the group as it transformed into Shanghai. In the
mid-1980s, Knight signed a publishing deal with Mike Chapman’s EMI Publishing
and co-wrote hits such as Pat Benatar’s “Love Is a B...