Kashif – Stone Love 1983

Stone Love from Kashif’s Selftitled debutalbum “Kashif” from 1983 ____ Singer/songwriter/keyboardist/producer Kashif wrote and played on Evelyn King’s (aka Evelyn “Champagne” King) number one R&B hits “I’m in Love” and “Love Come Down,” Whitney Houston’s first hit “You Give Good Love” and one of its follow-ups, “Thinking About You” from her 17-million-selling debut album Whitney Houston. He also contributed to her 17-million selling Whitney LP. His own recording career yielded 17 R&B hit singles and four Top 40 albums. He recorded several duets: “Love Changes” with Mel’isa Morgan, “Love the One I’m With” with Melba Moore, and “Reservations for Two” with Dionne Warwick. Part of the vanguard that includes early pioneers Stevie Wonder and Ronnie McNeir and his ’80s contemporaries the System, Kashif helped to revolutionized R&B music through the infusion of the then-emerging affordable, MIDI/synth technology of the ’80s. Music synthesizers at one point could easily fill a room. With the advent of the microchip, synths became more portable and had tonal stability and pricing (though most professional-level synths cost a couple thousand dollars or more) during the ’80s. Like McNeir, Kashif shares the distinction of having two self-titled albums in his catalog. Born Michael Jones in Brooklyn, NY, in 1959, Kashif was orphaned at an early age, growing up in eight foster homes. His first experience with synthesized instruments came during his years with BT Express (“Express,” “Do …
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