Gerald Alston

(1951-)

American singer

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Gerald Alston (born November 8, 1951) is an American soul/R&B singer, and the lead singer of the Grammy Award winning group The Manhattans, Between late 1970 and 1988, recording 25 top 40 R&B and 12 Hot 100 Pop Singles. Alston was lead singer on their most successful 1976 Platinum song "Kiss and Say Goodbye", which topped all U.S. pop and R&B charts and was number one in four countries. Alston left the group in 1988 to pursue a solo career and recorded five albums and ten singles, including the hit singles "Take Me Where You Want To", "Slow Motion" and "Getting Back Into Love", he also recorded a remake of Atlantic Starr's "Send for Me", most of which was for Motown Records.

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Born	Gerald Alston 8 November 1951 (age 73) Henderson, North Carolina, USA
Zodiac	Scorpio
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