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Keith Washington | |
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Birth name | Keith Douglas Washington |
Born | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. [1] | November 15, 1960
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Years active | 1988–present |
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Keith Douglas Washington (born November 15, 1960) [2] [1] is an American R&B vocalist from Detroit who recorded the hit single "Kissing You" in 1991. [1] The song was also used as background music for the ABC television soap opera General Hospital . [3] "Kissing You" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance Male and won a 1992 Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single – Male. The song also topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for one week. .
Prior to his success as a recording act, Washington earned recognition as a songwriter, co-writing Freddie Jackson's 1988 number one R&B hit "Hey Lover". Within three years, Washington had scored a contract as a solo artist, releasing his debut album, Make Time for Love , in 1991. In addition to "Kissing You", the album featured a number of successful follow-up R&B singles. He also recorded a duet with Kylie Minogue, their co-composition "If You Were with Me Now", in 1991 (on PWL Records), which reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart and number 23 in Minogue's native Australia. Washington's follow-up album, You Make It Easy appeared in 1993, though its success paled in comparison to the debut. It would be another five years before Washington released his third album, KW , which featured the minor single, "Bring It On".
Washington branched out in a few acting roles, starring as himself on the television series Martin in an episode called "A Woman with a Past" which featured him singing a duet with Tisha Campbell-Martin titled "The Closer I Get to You", a classic ballad performed and made famous in 1978 by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. Additionally, Keith had a brief role in the TV soap opera General Hospital as Keith Jasper. Appearing alongside lead actress Janet Jackson, he also had a brief role in John Singleton's Poetic Justice , as a hairdresser named Dexter. [4]
Washington's first marriage was to Marsha Jenkins and ended in divorce and resulted in her writing The Other Side of Through, a book loosely based on Jenkins' marriage to Washington and her experiences with the singer's marital infidelities. [5] In June 2009, Washington married his longtime girlfriend, Stephanie Grimes, who is general sales manager for WGPR-FM 107.5 in Detroit. He also revealed his plans to release a new album. [6] Washington has since branched out into radio himself, as he now hosts the nighttime "Slow Jams" show "Kisses After Dark" on Detroit radio station WDMK-FM 105.9 (Kiss-FM).
Title | Album details | Peak positions | |
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US [7] | US R&B [7] | ||
Make Time for Love |
| 48 | 1 |
You Make It Easy |
| 100 | 15 |
KW |
| 125 | 27 |
Title | Year | Peak positions | Album | |||||||||||
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US [8] | US R&B [9] | AUS [10] | UK [11] | |||||||||||
"Kissing You" | 1991 | 40 | 1 | — | — | Make Time for Love | ||||||||
"Are You Still in Love with Me" | — | 15 | — | — | ||||||||||
"If You Were with Me Now" (duet with Kylie Minogue) | — | — | 23 | 4 | Let's Get to It | |||||||||
"Make Time for Love" | 1992 | — | 22 | — | — | Make Time for Love | ||||||||
"When You Love Somebody" | — | 26 | — | — | ||||||||||
"Stay in My Corner" | 1993 | — | 34 | — | — | You Make It Easy | ||||||||
"Believe That" | 1994 | — | 30 | — | — | |||||||||
"Trippin'" | — | 77 | — | — | ||||||||||
"Bring It On" | 1998 | 63 | 22 | — | — | KW | ||||||||
"I Love You" (duet with Chanté Moore) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"I Don't Mind" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"Thinkin 'Bout You" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
Year | Single | Album |
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1992 | "Tonight Is Right" | Boomerang: Original Soundtrack Album |