Keith Washington
{{short description|American singer (born 1960)}}
{{about|the singer|the football player|Keith Washington (American football)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Keith Washington
| image = Keith Washington Head Shot.jpg
| caption =
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Keith Douglas Washington
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|11|15}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| genre = {{hlist|R&B|soul|jazz}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|producer|actor}}
| years_active = 1988–present
| associated_acts = Chanté Moore, Kylie Minogue
Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon
Miki Howard
| website =
}}
Keith Douglas Washington (born November 15, 1960){{cite web|url=https://www.pandora.com/artist/lyrics/kylie-minogue-and-keith-washington/if-you-were-with-me-now/if-you-were-with-me-now/TR45z4Zktjcpnbc|title=If You Were with Me Now}} is an American R&B vocalist from Detroit who recorded the hit single "Kissing You" in 1991.{{cite web|title=Keith Washington Page|url=http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Keith%20Washington.html|website=Soulwalking.co.uk|access-date=9 January 2021}} The song was also used as background music for the ABC television soap opera General Hospital.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/keith-washington-mn0000081079/biography|title=Artist Biography|first=Ron|last=Wynn|publisher=AllMusic}} "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. .
Biography
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913482/|title=Keith Washington Filmography|publisher=IMDb}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.pr.com/press-release/45458|title=The Other Side of Through": Author Talks to Entertainment Wire About Real Life Drama as Ex-Celebrity Wife}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://theybf.com/index.php/2009/06/22/ciara-rick-ross-get-cover-fabother-ish|title=Ciara & Rick Ross Get Cover Fab+Other Ish|date=June 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626001457/http://theybf.com/index.php/2009/06/22/ciara-rick-ross-get-cover-fabother-ish|archive-date=June 26, 2009|access-date=July 3, 2009}} 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).
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US {{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/keith-washington-mn0000081079/awards|title=Keith Washington - Awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2013-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101232841/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/keith-washington-mn0000081079/awards|archive-date=November 1, 2013}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US |
|---|
| scope="row"| Make Time for Love
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|align="center"| 48 |align="center"| 1 |
| scope="row"| You Make It Easy
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|align="center"| 100 |align="center"| 15 |
| scope="row"| KW
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|align="center"| 125 |align="center"| 27 |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! align="center" rowspan="2" width="200"| Title ! align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"| Year ! align="center" colspan="4" width="20"| Peak positions ! align="center" rowspan="2" width="200"| Album |
| width="35"|US {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/305661/keith-washington/chart?f=379 |title=Keith Washington - US Hot 100|publisher=Billboard|access-date=11 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407033242/https://www.billboard.com/artist/305661/keith-washington/chart?f=379|archive-date=April 7, 2016}} !width="35"|US !width="35"|AUS !width="35"|UK |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Kissing You"
|rowspan="3"| 1991 |align="center"|40 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="left" rowspan="2"|Make Time for Love |
| scope="row"| "Are You Still in Love with Me"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|15 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"| "If You Were with Me Now" (duet with Kylie Minogue) |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|23 |align="center"|4 |align="left" rowspan="1"|Let's Get to It |
| scope="row"| "Make Time for Love"
|rowspan="2"| 1992 |align="center"|— |align="center"|22 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="left" rowspan="2"|Make Time for Love |
| scope="row"| "When You Love Somebody"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|26 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"| "Stay in My Corner"
|rowspan="1"| 1993 |align="center"|— |align="center"|34 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="left" rowspan="3"|You Make It Easy |
| scope="row"| "Believe That"
|rowspan="2"| 1994 |align="center"|— |align="center"|30 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"| "Trippin{{'}}"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|77 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"| "Bring It On"
|rowspan="3"| 1998 |align="center"|63 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="left" rowspan="3"|KW |
| scope="row"| "I Love You" (duet with Chanté Moore) |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"| "I Don't Mind"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| scope="row"| "Thinkin 'Bout You"
|rowspan="1"| 2012 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="left" rowspan="1"|non-album release |
| align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
=Soundtracks and appearances=
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| Year
! Single ! Album |
|---|
| rowspan=1| 1992
|"Tonight Is Right" |
References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/artist/101777-Keith-Washington Discography] at Discogs.
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Category:African-American singer-songwriters
Category:Qwest Records artists
Category:American contemporary R&B singers
Category:American ballad musicians
Category:20th-century African-American male singers