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Rock - pop - soul - rhythm 'n' blues singer - songwriter
Born on 23.01.1954 in St. Louis, Missouri
Died on 28.07.2003 in Fairview, Tennessee, of -possible-suicide
He played piano and sang gospel as a child.
Sang in a band with future The Doobie Brothers, Michael McDonald as a teenager.
He signed a publishing contract with CBS Records in 1977 and wrote songs for Climax Blues Band, Robbie Dupree, Exile, Johnnie Taylor, Sawyer Brown, and Reba McEntire.
In 1981 he sang as a backing vocalist for the The Allman... Read More ... Brothers Band on their 1981 album "Brothers of the Road". He signed with Columbia in 1982 and released an album, "Over the Line", which produced two hit singles, "Goin' Down" (US #17, US AC #11) and a duet with his sister Sandy, "Into My Love" (US #92).
While he continued to do songwriting work later in the 1980s, he did not issue a follow-up album until 2000, when "Soul'd Out" and "Private Session" were released, and his debut album was re-released.
He died in a fire at age 49. His charred body was found in a car parked in his garage in Fairview, Tennessee. His death was ruled a suicide.
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