Skipworth & Turner are a male R&B

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 duo

Duet (music)

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, consisting of Rodney Skipworth (from Syracuse

Syracuse, New York

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, New York

New York

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) and Phil Turner (from Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

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, Tennessee

Tennessee

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). Their biggest hit

Hit record

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 came in 1985, when they went to #1 on the U.S.

United States

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 Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

 chart

Record chart

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 with "Thinking About Your Love." The track reached #24 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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, and a further release, "Make It Last" peaked at #60 in the same chart in January 1989.

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart