 # 43
Singles Artist of the Year
  Washington hit the Top 40 with
"Just The Two Of Us" from the LP Winelight.
Washington hit the Top 10 with "Just The Two Of Us."
Washington hit #1 for a week with "Just The Two Of Us."
Washington won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion
Performance (Winelight) and was nominated for
Record of the Year ("Just The Two Of Us" with Bill
Withers).
Washington was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental
Performance ("Come Morning").
Washington was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental
Performance (Inside
Moves).
Washington was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental
Performance ("Summer Chill").
Washington was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental
Performance ("Soulful Strut").
Washington died at the age of
56. He had been taping a performance for the
CBS show The Saturday Early Show
when he collapsed and was rushed to the
hospita where he died an hour later.
Washington was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental
Performance ("Camaleao").
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