Today would have been Keith Barrow's 68th birthday, he died from
complications from AIDS in 1983 aged just 29. He was the son of a Chicago
civil rights activists and minister Rev. Willie Taplin-Barrow known as The
High Priestess of Protest who worked alongside Jesse Jackson on his 1984
presidential campaign and was godmother to Baraka Obama. Inevitably
Keith and started out as a gospel singer
By coincidence, Keith Barrow also worked with Michael Stokes mentioned
on the Active Force post earlier today who produced his third album,
"Physical Attraction" and his biggest hit single "You Know You Want To Be Loved".
His first release was a gospel single "Oh! Freedom" / "Alright Now"
released on Jewel in 1973 from his debut eponymous album. He was briefly a
member of the Hi-Lites (a different group the the one that became the
Chi-Lites) before releasing another three solo albums between 1977-80, a
second self-titled album in 1977, "Personal Attraction" (1978) on Columbia
and "Just As I Am" (1980) on Capitol. Only two singles dented the
R&B chart with the two-stepper "You Know You Want To Be Loved" #26
1978 and the dance/disco tune "Turn Me Up" #79 1979.
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