Amii Stewart

Quick Facts

Full Name	Amii Stewart
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Jan 29, 1956(1956-01-29)
Age	68
Birthplace	Washington, D.C.
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

Amii Stewart Biography

Amii Stewart is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on January 29, 1956 in Washington, D.C., United States. Amy Paulette “Amii” Stewart (born on the 29th of January, 1956) is an American soul and disco dancer and singer who is most well-known for her smash disco album rendition to Eddie Floyd’s “Knock on Wood”. Stewart is the step-sister of the actress-singer Miquel Brown also aunt of Brown’s daughter, actress- singer Sinitta.

Stewart has lived in Italy from the late 1980s. She is proficient in Italian.

In the 1998 movie 54, actress/singer Mary Griffin portrayed Stewart, performing the song “Knock on Wood”, at the famed discothèque Studio 54. While performing, Griffin wore a similarly extravagant outfit to that which Stewart wore in the video to “Knock on Wood” in 1979. Although it was obvious that Griffin was portraying Stewart, the credits at the end of the movie have Griffin’s character listed as ‘Disco Star’.

In 2000, Stewart toured Italy, playing the part of Mary Magdalene, in the revival of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. The play also starred Carl Anderson, who revived his role of “Judas Iscariot” from the 1973 movie.

The end of 1977, “You Really Touched My Heart” an Leng/Simon Mai composition, composed by Leng Stewart. It was Stewart’s first recording. A follow-up album came out, which comprised five Leng/May tracks as well as one song by Leng/Morris as well as three covers versions.

Amii Stewart Net Worth

Amii Stewart is one of the richest Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amii Stewart 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Amy Stewart was born 9th out of 11 children. She was the daughter of Joseph Stewart II, took her to sing and dancing classes in the year 1960, at the age of four years old. There was already an Amy Stewart registered with Actor’s Equity which is why she changed her name’s spelling to Amii. She started her studies at Howard University in Washington but shortly after, she left to join the D.C. Repertory Dance Company where she studied ballet and contemporary dance. Prior to signing with Ariola Records, Stewart was involved in the touring group of the stage show Bubbling Brown Sugar in 1975 initially in Miami first, and later Broadway and then in London’s West End, where she came across Barry Leng, a record producer at Hansa records.

Her debut single, a disco-inspired cover of 1966’s Eddie Floyd hit “Knock on Wood” (Floyd/Cropper), made it to number one within the U.S. in April 1979 and was a platinum-certified record as well as an Grammy Award nomination. The track also reached the number 6 position in the UK and was ranked two in Australia. The following the year Amii Stewart followed it up by releasing a cover of her own with this one, but this time The Doors’ classic “Light My Fire” The song hit #5 in UK but only rose into #69 US. The song was recorded as a medley that included “137 Disco Heaven” and called “Light My Fire/137 Disco Heaven”.

Following her success in Europe, in the mid-1980s Stewart relocated to Italy, and released singles in collaboration with Italian composer/musician Mike Francis, “Friends” and “Together”. “Friends” was a big hit in the UK, Italy and the Philippines.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Amii Stewart Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Amii Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Amii Stewart celebrates birthday on January 29 of every year.

Where is Amii Stewart now?

Since 2001, Stewart has been working as a goodwill ambassador for Unicef Italia and has been involved in numerous projects such as “Uniti per i bambini, Uniti contro l’AIDS” (“United for the children, united against AIDS”).

How old is Amii Stewart?

66 years (January 29, 1956)

Does Amii Stewart have children?

Amii Stewart is also romantically linked to Italy. On 27 July 1994 she married the entrepreneur Pietro Cappa but they never had children.

Who originally wrote Knock on Wood?

Composers

Who covered knock on wood?

“Knock on Wood”
Songwriter(s)| Eddie Floyd , Steve Cropper
Producer(s)| Jim Stewart
Eddie Floyd singles chronology