![]() The popularity of Mr Big Stuff endured thanks to various soundtrack and advertising syncs it became a reggae standard with the title Sister Big Stuff, and was sampled by artists including John Legend and Eazy-E. But she continued to record and release music until 1999, and had a minor hit in 1985 with My Toot Toot reaching No 50 in the US charts. It went double platinum and was nominated for best female R&B vocal performance at the 1972 Grammy awards.ĭisputes between Quezergue and Stax meant she was dropped the following year, and never matched the success of Mr Big Stuff. Mr Big Stuff topped the US R&B chart and crossed over into the main pop chart, reaching No 2 (kept off No 1 by How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by the Bee Gees). It was only after the success of Groove Me, a hit for King Floyd recorded the same day in the same studio as Mr Big Stuff, that Stax Records remembered Knight. With Knight audibly unimpressed by a flashy lothario’s car and clothes, upbraiding him for his casual cruelty against other women, Mr Big Stuff remains a gloriously spiky gem of the early 70s soul and funk scene – although it was initially refused by a number of labels.
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