James Frederick Knobloch (born April 28, 1953, in Jackson, Mississippi, United States), known as J. Fred Knobloch or Fred Knoblock, is an American country singer-songwriter.

Career

Prior to his solo career, Knobloch had been a member of Let's Eat, a 1970s rock band. Knobloch was signed to Scotti Brothers Records in 1980 when he released the song "

Why Not Me Why Not Me may refer to: Music * ''Why Not Me'' (album), by The Judds, 1984 ** "Why Not Me" (The Judds song), the title song * "Why Not Me" (Fred Knoblock song), 1980 * "Why Not Me?", a song by Enrique Iglesias from '' Euphoria'', 2010 * "Why No ...

", which he wrote along with Carson Whitsett. It reached number 18 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart,

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, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits''. 7th edn, 2000 number 30 on the country chart, and spent two weeks at number one on the

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. Later that year he released a duet with Susan Anton, "Killin' Time", which hit number 28 on the Hot 100 and went top ten on the country chart. Fred Knoblockat AllMusic He had later country hits with "Memphis" and "I Had It All". In 1986, Knobloch became a member of

S-K-O S-K-O, originally known as Schuyler, Knobloch and Overstreet, was an American country music vocal group consisting of Thom Schuyler, J. Fred Knobloch, and Paul Overstreet. The original line-up recorded one album for MTM Records and charted three c ...

with

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and

Thom Schuyler Thomas James Schuyler (born June 10, 1952, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American songwriter. Schuyler wrote songs recorded by more than 200 various artists including "16th Avenue" for Lacy J. Dalton, "Love Will Turn You Around" for Kenny R ...

. Knobloch continued to perform as a singer and songwriter into the 2000s. He and Jelly Roll Johnson released the album ''Live at the Bluebird Cafe'' in 2000. His songs have been recorded by The Everly Brothers, Faith Hill, Chely Wright,

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, Trisha Yearwood, Confederate Railroad,

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and Sawyer Brown among others. In 2012, he was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Knobloch, J. Fred 1953 births Living people American country singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from Mississippi Musicians from Jackson, Mississippi S-K-O members Country musicians from Mississippi Scotti Brothers Records artists Bellaphon Records artists