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Keith Washington

Keith Washington is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Frankie Beverly, Gerald Levert, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. Those roots explain a lot about how Keith Washington arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Howard Hewett, Will Downing, The Jones Girls, Gerald Levert and After 7, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Let's Get to It, Chanté Moore, Kylie Minogue and Freddie Jackson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Keith Washington, reaching back through Frankie Beverly and forward to Let's Get to It. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Keith Douglas Washington is an American R&B vocalist from Detroit best known for his 1991 hit single "Kissing You". The song was also used as background music for the ABC television soap opera General Hospital. "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.

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Keith WashingtonFrankie BeverlyGerald LevertRoberta FlackDonny HathawayLet's Get to ItChanté MooreKylie MinogueFreddie JacksonHoward HewettWill DowningThe Jones GirlsGerald LevertAfter 7Miki HowardJeffrey OsbornePeabo Bryson

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Keith Washington connections

Keith Washington grew out of Frankie Beverly, Gerald Levert, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, shares an orbit with Howard Hewett, Will Downing, The Jones Girls and Gerald Levert, went on to shape Let's Get to It, Chanté Moore, Kylie Minogue and Freddie Jackson. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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