Keni Burke

Kenneth M. "Keni" Burke (born September 28, 1953)

Biography Five Stairsteps As a member of the Five Stairsteps, Burke wrote the group's first minor hit "You Waited Too Long" in 1966, but the group would see their biggest success with the million-selling song "Ooh Child" in 1970. The group went on to sign with George Harrison's Dark Horse Records in 1975, and had their next hit with the Burke-penned "From Us to You", from their 1976 album2nd Resurrection. The group reemerged for two albums as the Invisible Man's Band but disbanded soon after.

In 1981, Burke released his self-produced follow-up solo album, You're the Best, but it was his third album, Changes, which appeared the following year, that made a more significant impact.

Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, Burke continued his session and production work for artists such as Peabo Bryson, The O'Jays, The Jones Girls and Keith Sweat, and in 1998 released his last album to date Nothin' but Love, containing the hit "Indigenous Love", which was popular in the United Kingdom via the Expansion Records Label.

Discography See also Five Stairsteps discography

Studio albums Keni Burke (1977) You're the Best (1981) Changes (1982) Nothin' but Love (1998)

Compilation albums The Wonderful World of Keni Burke (1992) You're the Best / Changes (2010)

Singles YearSinglePeak chart positionsUS Dance US R&B 1977 "Shuffle" — — ― "Keep on Singing" — — ― 1981 "Let Somebody Love You" 40 66 59 "You're the Best" ― ― ― 1982 "Risin' to the Top" — 63 70 "Can't Get Enough" — ― — "Shakin'" ― — ― "Hang Tight" ― — ― 1998 "I Need Your Love" ― ― ― 2003 "(Love Is) Alive in My Heart" ― ― ― 2011 "So Real" ― ― ― "—" denotes releases that did not chart.