Soul singer - songwriter - producer - arrangerBorn on 13.04.1951 in Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A.
In 1975,
Eddie Biscoe brought him to
Bang Records for his debut single with
Michael Zager & The Moon Band ("Do It With Feeling").
His solo debut single was "Disco Queen" at
Shout Records and his debut album was "Peabo" at
Bullet Records (2).
From then on he released over 20 albums mainly at
Capitol Records and
Elektra, up to 2007.
Among these, three whole duet albums (two with
Roberta Flack and one with
Natalie Cole.
He specializes in duets: apart the above, he has sung with
Chaka Khan,
Melissa Manchester,
Minnie Riperton,
Linda Eder,
Debbie Gibson,
Regina Belle,
Celine Dion.
With the last two, he has won two Grammy Awards for his duet performances for two consecutive years, in 1992 - 1993, for two Disney romantic ballad movie themes.
His biggest solo hit is "If Ever You're In My Arms Again" (1984).
In the same year he sung the movie theme for "D.C. Cab".