Keith Washington is an American R&B vocalist from Detroit known for his single “Kissing You” in 1991. The song was background music for the ABC television soap opera General Hospital. “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.

Before his success as a recording act, Washington earned recognition as a songwriter, co-writing Freddie Jackson’s 1988 number-one R&B hit “Hey Lover.” Within three years, Washington had scored a contract as a solo artist, releasing his debut album, Make Time for Love, in 1991. In addition to “Kissing You,” the album featured several successful follow-up R&B singles. 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 and number 23 in Minogue’s native Australia. Washington’s follow-up album, You Make It Easy, appeared in 1993, though its success paled compared to its debut. It would be another five years before Washington released his third album, KW, which featured the minor single “Bring It On.”

Washington branched out in a few acting roles, starring as himself on the television series Martin in an episode called “A Woman with a Past,” which featured him singing a duet with Tisha Campbell-Martin titled “The Closer I Get to You,” a classic ballad performed and made famous in 1978 by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. Additionally, Keith had a brief role in the TV soap opera General Hospital as Keith Jasper. He appeared alongside lead actress Janet Jackson in John Singleton’s Poetic Justice as a hairdresser named Dexter. Washington has since branched out into radio, hosting the nighttime “Slow Jams” show “Kisses After Dark” on Detroit radio station WDMK-FM 105.9 (Kiss-FM).