Feel So Real - Music

Steve Arrington B. 1956 Is An American Singer Songwriter Drummer Producer Engineer And Minister Who Grew Up In Dayton Ohio. Arrington Played In Various Local Bands Before Joining And Touring With The Murphy's A Lounge Band Out Of Toledo Ohio In 1975. Approximately A Year Later Arrington Relocated From Ohio To San Francisco California Where He Learned Latin Percussion And Drumming From Coke Escovedo And Pete And Shelia Escovedo Aka Shelia E. . He Joined The Funk Group Slave Founded 1975 In 1978 Originally To Play Percussion Then Became The Drummer And A Backing Vocalist. Eventually Arrington Took Over Lead Vocals On Such Hit Songs As "Just A Touch Of Love" "Watching You" Which Has Been Sampled By Snoop Dog Etc And "Wait For Me". Arrington Left Slave In 1982 Forming Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame And Had Hit Singles Such As "Weak At The Knees" Which Was Sampled By Jay-Z Jermaine Dupri NWA And More 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 Ten R&B 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 And Later Became A Minister By 1990 He Left Pop Music. In October Of 2009 He Re-Emerged On The Music Scene With The Independent Release Of "Pure Thang." read less