"Hey Lover" is a 1988 song recorded by
Freddie Jackson
Frederick Anthony Jackson (born October 2, 1956) is an American singer. Originally from New York, Jackson began his professional music career in the late 1970s with the California funk band Mystic Merlin. Among his well–known R&B/soul hits are ...
. Co-written by up-and-coming singer/songwriter
Keith Washington
Keith Douglas Washington (born November 15, 1960) is an American R&B vocalist from Detroit who recorded the hit single " Kissing You" in 1991. The song was also used as background music for the ABC television soap opera ''General Hospital''. ...
(who would have his breakthrough as a recording artist three years later with the song "
Kissing You") and Arthur "Sonny" Moore, the single was Jackson's follow-up to "
Nice 'N' Slow" on the album ''
Don't Let Love Slip Away'', and like his previous single, "Hey Lover" went to number one on the Black Singles chart.
See also
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List of number-one R&B singles of 1988 (U.S.)
References
1988 singles
Freddie Jackson songs
1988 songs
Songs written by Keith Washington
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