The JM Silk vocalist was most interesting recognized for ‘Jack Your Body’.
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Keith Nunnally, the long-lasting voice behind JM Silk’s ‘Jack Your Body’, has handed away. The info was shared on Sunday, September seventh, 2025, by his longtime collaborator Steve “Silk” Hurley, who well-known that Nunnally had confronted “a lot of properly being challenges” over the earlier yr.
“Together, we formed considered one of many pioneering dwelling music acts, blazing trails from the golf tools to ranges all through the nation and the world,” Hurley wrote in a tribute posted to Instagram.
Nunnally and Hurley began collaborating throughout the mid-Eighties, debuting as JM Silk with ‘Shadow Of Your Love’. Their breakthrough bought right here with ‘Jack Your Body’ in 1987, a sample-driven observe that reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart no matter neither artist having visited the nation.
“Keith had a voice that I don’t suppose anyone had heard sooner than,” talked about DJ International founder Rocky Jones. “It was so strong and shifting… it was his voice that led the world to take care of music.”
Though JM Silk under no circumstances matched the worldwide success of that hit, Nunnally remained energetic throughout the scene with solo tracks on labels like DJ International and RCA. His ultimate launch, ‘So Satisfied’, bought right here in 2018 with remixes by Joe Smooth, DJ Pope, and others.
In 2024, Nunnally reunited with Hurley for his remaining effectivity at Chicago’s Pritzker Pavilion.
Listen to ‘Jack Your Body’ below.
