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Meet Songwriter Holly Knight In North Jersey Meet Songwriter Holly Knight In North Jersey
Meet Songwriter Holly Knight In North Jersey "Rag Doll." "Love is a Battlefield. "The Best."  Holly Knight wrote them all. The acclaimed songwriter will be signing copies of her book "I Am The Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties" at Bookends in Ridgewood on Sunday, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m.  The memoir discusses Knight rise to fame in the music industry and how she found herself writing for Tina Turner, Aerosmith and Pat Benatar at the birth of MTV, according to a synopsis. The book also touches on her difficult relationship with her mother, along with the usual assortment of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, ac…
Garfield Woman Shocks 'X Factor' Judges Revealing She's Voice Behind International Dance Hit Garfield Woman Shocks 'X Factor' Judges Revealing She's Voice Behind International Dance Hit
Garfield Woman Shocks 'X Factor' Judges Revealing She's Voice Behind International Dance Hit North Jersey native Janice Robinson is making a comeback as a contestant on the latest season of "The X Factor." The 50-year-old from Garfield opened her audition by revealing to the judges that she was the voice and songwriter of international dance hit of the 1990s, "Dreamer." Robinson instantaneously had the entire stadium up and dancing, and earned four yeses from the judges sending her on to the next round of auditions. "Dreamer" is the song that put Robinson on the fast track to success, landing the number one spot on the charts in UK and in the top 10 in…