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KWS | |
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| Origin | Nottingham, England |
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| Years active | 1991–1994 |
| Labels | Network |
| Past members | Chris King Winston "Winnie" Williams Delroy St. Joseph |
KWS was a British dance act from Nottingham, England consisting of instrumentalists/record producers Chris King and Winston "Winnie" Williams, and vocalist Delroy St. Joseph. [1] The band's name is an initialism of the members' surnames, King/Williams/St. Joseph. [1]
They had a number one single on the UK Singles Chart with the double A-side "Please Don't Go" / "Game Boy". [2]
Keyboard player Chris King appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks in the Identity Parade round. At the time he was working as a classic scooter renovator.
Chris King died on 22 March 2023, at the age of 66. [3]
Winston Williams died on 2 January 2024 at age of 66. [4]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARIA [5] | CAN [6] | US [7] | ||
| KWS/Please Don't Go |
| 148 | 56 | 143 |
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [8] | AUS [9] [5] | CAN [10] | FIN [11] | GER [12] | IRE [13] | NZ [14] | SWE [15] | SWI [16] | US [7] | |||||
| 1992 | "Please Don't Go" | 1 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | KWS/Please Don't Go | ||
| "Rock Your Baby" | 8 | 38 | — | — | — | 6 | 32 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Hold Back the Night" (featuring The Trammps) | 30 | 118 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Give Me Love (This Christmas Time)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | "It Seems to Hang On" | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)" (with Gwen Dickey) | 21 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The More I Get the More I Want" (featuring Teddy Pendergrass) | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | "Gimme Little Sign" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
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