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Robert Keith Stegall (born November 1, 1955) is an American
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recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two major-label studio albums: 1985's ''Keith Stegall'' and 1996's ''Passages'', although he is mainly known for his production work.


Musical career

Robert Keith Stegall was born in
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, in 1955. He performed in local bands, spent a short time in northwestern Louisiana (in the mid-1970s) where he operated a small-time music recording business, then moved to
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, at the persuasion of
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. Stegall charted thirteen singles on the ''
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charts, with the highest-peaking being 1985's "Pretty Lady", a No. 10 hit. Starting in the late 1980s, Stegall has been active primarily as a record producer for several recording acts, most notably
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. Stegall has also written several of Jackson's singles, as well as
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's " Sexy Eyes". In 2008, Stegall co-founded the label
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. The label closed in 2014. In 2016, Stegall launched a Nashville-based production, management, and publishing firm, Dreamlined Entertainment Group, with Scott Miller of Miller Investment Management. In October 2017, Fangate Music, a label run by Australian country music promoter Rob Potts, in conjunction with
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, announced their partnership with Stegall's Dreamlined Entertainment Group.


Discography


Albums


Singles

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to "1969."


Music videos


References

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