Keith Barbour is an American singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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. He was a member of the Jabberwocks, Brown University's oldest male a cappella group, while in college. He was a member of The New Christy Minstrels before signing to Epic Records

Epic Records

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 as a solo artist in 1969. He released an album, Echo Park, in 1969, which hit #163 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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, and the title track, written by Buzz Clifford

Buzz Clifford

Buzz Clifford is an American pop singer and songwriter.-Career:Clifford played guitar as a child and won several talent competitions as a teenager. He signed to Bow Records at age 15, releasing a few singles but finding no success. After signing with Columbia Records, he released the single "Hello...

, hit #40 on the Pop Singles chart. He had a followup single, "My God and I" in November 1970. Barbour was married to TV soap

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 actress Deidre Hall

Deidre Hall

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from 1971 to 1978.