Chanelling a fair bit of Luther Vandross in his vocal delivery, he first scored a hit single in the US in 1991 with Kissing You, which was also used (oddly) as background music for the TV series General Hospital. Kissing You was nominated for a Grammy 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 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for one week. He 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. The début album that contained this gem - Make Time For Love, on Quincy Jones' Qwest label - contained such instant classics as the title track above and also When You Love Somebody, Are You Still In Love With Me and the gorgeous Kissing You. That last song, together with Candlelight & You, his duet with Chanté Moore are probably shoo-ins for my wedding first dance whenever that happens.
Speaking of wedding, in June 2009, Washington married his long time girlfriend, Stephanie Grimes, and also revealed his plans to release a new album. He has since branched out into radio himself, as he now hosts the night-time slow jams show Kisses After Dark on Detroit radio station WDMK-FM 105.9.
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