![]() Keith had a Jewish background, but he grew up reading the New Testament. He started a journal that very day and for years as he looked for musical adventure and spiritual truth, the wrote his journey down. Keith was 15 the first time he ran away from home. ![]() Keith was very disappointed and at 14, felt like a total failure, a ‘has been’ which was very difficult for someone who had been groomed all his life to be a pop star. Although his pictures were in the Teen Magazines and his single had some minor success, the industry didn’t know how market with such a young artist. When he was 11 Keith signed a recording contract with Decca Records, singing his own songs. From that moment on Keith began writing and singing his own songs. But his grandfather, who started Jaguar Records, the first rock and roll label, taught Keith how to play chords on the piano… and was he end of classical music for him. So instead of learning to read sheet music, he’d memorize each piece, then pretend to be site reading when his teacher was there. He liked piano best, but got bored playing the long classical pieces. Keith’s parents made sure he learned how to play guitar and piano at a young age. A year later his family moved to CA and settled into the newly developed orchards of the San Fernando Valley, just a short drive to Hollywood, which would play a significant role in Keith’s future. Before he was two his mom said Keith had perfect pitch as he sang his baby songs. ![]() ![]() His mom had been a singer with the Big Bands, his dad a schoolteacher. Keith was born in New York near Brooklyn. ![]()
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