Curtis Hairston

Curtis Kinnard Hairston (10 October 1961 – 18 January 1996) was an American soul/funk vocalist, who had a number of Top 75 hit singles in the UK and US, both as a solo artist and as a featured artist in the B. B. & Q. Band.
In 1985, Hairston reached #13 in the UK Singles Chart with "I Want Your Lovin' (Just a Little Bit)". In 1986, as a member of the B. B. & Q. Band, he sang vocals on the song "Dreamer", which reached #1 in the UK Dance Chart and the US Dance Chart.
A longtime sufferer of diabetes, Hairston died of related kidney failure at age 34 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in January 1996.
He had attended both Winston-Salem State University and the Juilliard School of Music.