Keith Washington  is an American R&B vocalist from Detroit, Michigan who scored a hit single in the United States in 1991 with “Kissing You“, which was also used as background music for an episode of soap opera General Hospital on ABC.  “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.

Washington 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.

Washington branched out in a few acting roles. He starred as himself on the series Martin in an episode called “A Woman with a Past” singing a duet with Tisha Campbell-Martin entitled “The Closer I Get to You” a classic ballad performed and made famous in 1978 by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway.^[2] In addition, Keith had a brief role in the TV soap opera General Hospital as Keith Jasper. He also had a brief role in John Singleton‘s Poetic Justice, starring Janet Jackson, as a hairdresser named Dexter. 

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)

Visit javonnesbasement.com  to hear Keith Washington’s Full Radio Interview. This January 31, 2015. 11am to 1pm (Eastern Time)