Sonny Knight
 Joseph Coleman Smith (17 May 1934 – 5 September 1998) who performed and recorded under the name Sonny Knight was an African-American singer songwriter and author. His biggest hit was Confidential which reached the pop and R&B charts in 1956 and he continued to record into the 1960s. In 1981 using his real name he wrote The Day the Music Died a fictionalised account of racism in the American music business in the 1950s.