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Keith O'Neal Biography, Photos, Pictures

Gospel singer Keith O’Neal first surfaced in 1984 as a member of the Gospel Corporation; after debuting a year later with Perfect Me, the group disbanded in 1987, and he became the psalmist and music director at his local church in Muncie, IN

Keith Powell Biography, Photos, Pictures

A blue-eyed soul singer from Birmingham, Powell released almost a dozen British singles in the mid-’60s without making the charts Judged against other British soul (as opposed to rock) vocalists of the time, he wasn’t bad, with a deep voice and expressive delivery, but unlike Chris Farlowe and John Baldry — two peers who, at least from the recorded evidence, were not as talented — he couldn’t find hit material

Keith Sweat is a Harlem-born R&B singer/songwriter who released his debut album, Make It Last Forever, at the end of 1987 The album sold over three million copies, spawning the hits “I Want Her” (number one R&B, number five pop), “Something Just Ain’t Right” (number three R&B), “Make It Last Forever” (number two R&B), and “Don’t Stop Your Love” (number nine R&B)

Keith Washington Biography, Photos, Pictures

Among the up-and-coming ballad stylists in the ’90s urban contemporary generation, Keith Washington rode to fame with his 1991 LP Make Time for Love The song “Kissing You” was an R&B smash, and later was heard as background music on an NBC soap opera

Kelis
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Genre:R & B

Harlem-bred vocalist Kelis left her parents’ home at 16 and landed a deal with Virgin four years later In mid-1999, Kelis was singing alongside rap troublemaker Ol’ Dirty Bastard on his cut “Got Your Money,” and her signature Technicolor spiraled Afro sparked critics’ interests

Kelli Williams Biography, Photos, Pictures

Kelli Williams had performed in church for several years as a young child, but her professional debut at the age of ten with Take 6 and Larnelle Harris surprised even her parents

Fronted by an imposingly large, dreadlocked singer, the Kelly Bell Band secured a place as the Baltimore area’s premier live party band by the end of the 1990s Formed in 1995 in a city with no less than eight colleges or universities, Bell’s good-time blend of rock and funk found a ready, and usually intoxicated, audience

Kelly Joe Phelps Biography, Photos, Pictures

Portland, OR-based acoustic/slide guitar player and singer/songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps carved out a growing niche for his music throughout the 1990s Phelps was raised in Washington and learned country and folk songs, as well as drums and piano, from his father

Kai
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Genre:R & B

The vocal quintet Kai formed in 1992 when AC Lorenzo recruited Andrew Gapuz and Leo Chan for a San Francisco-area benefit concert, then continued working with the pair They added Errol Viray and Lorenzo’s cousin Andrey Silva in 1995, and signed to the local HB Records soon after

K-Ball (b Kelli Ball) is a Los Angeles-based late-’90s urban soul singer She was discovered by Chris Stokes, a producer behind such successful artists as Chris Stokes and Smooth

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