Artist
Kae Williams Jr.
Philadelphia
Kae Williams Jr. is a musician from Philadelphia. They also recorded with Breakwater.
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Biography
Soul Funk Singer - Musician (Keyboardist) - Songwriter - Producer
Born on 07.03.1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Died on 11.07.2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Keyboard prodigy Kae Williams Jr. (son of Philadelphia's DJ pioneer Kae Williams Sr.) started his funk band Breakwater when he was 15 years old.
Breakwater released two records on Arista.
After Breakwater disbanded, he went on to work with many other artists, mostly as a producer - songwriter. He often commuted to New York and other cities to work with such acts as Mason and Bootsy Collins, just to name a few. He scored a huge Billboard hit with Pretty Poison's "Catch Me I'm Falling", and assisted on many other successful projects. In 1981 he joined Timmy Allen from the group Change and other top session players to record an album as Hi Gloss (including "You'll Never Know"). He also wrote, arranged and produced songs for Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band and Curtis Hairston. He then moved back to Philadelphia where to date he worked with artists including Ian Foster, the late Phyllis Hyman, the late George Howard, Miki Howard and other local acts.
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Breakwater
A project Kae Williams Jr. was part of.
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