- Included among the Record Descriptions of Favorite Albums (Part 1).
- Terri Gibbs had a major crossover hit with her debut 1981 single, “Somebody’s Knockin’ ” which reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Terri Gibbs – Somebody’s Knockin’ (1981): Terri Gibbs had a major crossover hit with her debut 1981 single, “Somebody’s Knockin’ ” which reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the Adult Contemporary charts. Although not overtly Christian, her gospel roots show through clearly on this number – in the guise of a woman being tempted for “one heavenly night” with “the devil . . . in blue eyes and blue jeans”, she quips: “My fever’s burning, so he ought to be right at home”. Born blind, Terri Gibbs began playing the piano when she was only three. After hearing her sing, Nashville legend Chet Atkins asked her for a demo tape; it eventually made its way to a producer and songwriter named Ed Penney. “Somebody’s Knockin’ ” earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song.
On her accompanying debut album, Somebody’s Knockin’, every song is rendered well in her understated but expressive voice. Her follow-up single “Rich Man” made the Country Top 20, as did two later singles. Terri Gibbs’s 1987 album, Turn Around was also nominated for a Grammy and generated three hit singles on the Christian contemporary music charts.