After being the featured tenor and falsetto lead in the R&B group
Heaven & Earth,
Dwight Dukes ventured out and started
Cashmere, a dance- and club-oriented group with R&B roots. The group included keyboardist
McKinley Horton, drummer
Daryl Burgee, and fellow
Heaven & Earth vocalist
Keith Steward. Primarily focusing on the vocal talents of
Dukes,
Cashmere had four singles that surfaced on the R&B charts between 1983 and 1985. During the group's brief presence in the music industry, even though they recorded only three albums, there was personnel change on each album, with
Dukes remaining at the forefront. ~ Craig Lytle, All Music Guide