What is Keith Whitley?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Keith Whitley | image = KeithWhitley.jpg | caption = Keith Whitley performing at the Country Music Fan Fair in June 1988 in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Jackie Keith Whitley | birth_date = {{birth date|1954|7|1|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Ashland, Kentucky]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|5|9|1954|7|1|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Goodlettsville, Tennessee]], U.S. | origin = [[Sandy Hook, Kentucky]], U.S. | instrument = [[Guitar]], [[vocals]] | genre = [[Country music|Country]] | occupation = [[Singer]] | years_active = 1970–1989 | label = [[RCA Records|RCA]] ([[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]) [[BNA Records]] | associated_acts = Clinch Mountain Boys<br />[[Lorrie Morgan]] }} '''Jackie Keith Whitley'''<ref name=WhitburnJ-TBBofT40CH-p382>Whitburn, Joel (2006). - ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits''. - Second Edition. - New York: Billboard Books. - p.382. - {{ISBN|978-0-8230-8291-9}}.</ref> (July 1, 1954 &ndash; May 9, 1989) was an American [[country music]] singer. During his career, Whitley only recorded two albums but charted 12 singles on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' country charts, and 7 more after his death. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitley, Keith}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:1989 deaths]] [[Category:American country singers]] [[Category:Drug-related deaths in the United States]] [[Category:Singers from Kentucky]] [[Category:People from Ashland, Kentucky]] [[Category:BNA Records artists]] [[Category:RCA Records artists]] {{US-bio-stub}}