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Steve Arrington is an United States|American singer, songwriter, drummer, and minister of religion|minister who was born in Dayton, Ohio|Dayton, Ohio.

In 1975, Arrington relocated from Ohio to San Francisco, California|San Francisco, California where he learned Latin percussion and drumming from Coke Escovedo and Pete Escovedo|Pete and Sheila E.|Shelia Escovedo. He joined the funk group Slave (band)|Slave (founded 1975) in 1978 as originally to play percussion, then became the drummer and a backing vocalist. Eventually Arrington took over lead vocals on such hit single|hit songs as "Just a Touch of Love", "Watching You", and "Wait for Me". Arrington left Slave in 1982, forming Atco Records|Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame and had hit singles such as "Weak At The Knees" and "Nobody Can Be You But You". His most successful album was his 1985 solo album, ''Dancin' in the Key of Life'', whose title track became a Top 40|Top Ten Rhythm and blues|R&B hit record|hit, while another single from the album, "Feel So Real" reached #6 in the UK national singles chart in May that year. He was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Best Male Artist of 1986. In 1984 Arrington experienced a religious conversion, by 1990 he had left pop music, and is now a minister near Dayton.

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*1978: ''The Concept'' - Atlantic read all