Keith Thomas (record producer)

In 1991, Thomas crossed over into the world of mainstream pop when he partnered with longtime friend and Christian contemporary musician Amy Grant to collect their first No. 1, Top 40 hit, "Baby Baby." At the same time, Thomas focused his music on former Miss America, soon to become global pop star and actress, Vanessa Williams. He produced five tracks on her Comfort Zone album including the No. 1 hit, "Save the Best for Last". These two No. 1 songs with Grant and Williams earned Thomas Grammy nominations for Producer of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year.

Responding to the momentum created by this success, Thomas owned The Bennett House recording studio in Franklin, Tennessee. Twenty minutes from downtown Nashville, The Bennett House not only accommodates Thomas' personal project studio and administrative offices but also offers outside clients a 19th-century recording environment that is unique in the Nashville music scene.

Christening the move into The Bennett House, Thomas gained his attention again to Amy Grant by writing and producing for her House of Love album. This album featured several hits for Thomas including the songs, "Lucky One," and the title track, "House of Love." Thomas produced the song "The Sweetest Days" for Vanessa Williams as well as records for James Ingram, Peabo Bryson, Deborah Cox, Regina Belle and Wendy Moten. In 1995, Thomas wrote and produced the hit song, "I Could Fall in Love," for Selena. though became the first artist to place both a Spanish- and an English-language song in the top 10 of the Hot Latin Tracks chart. "I Could Fall in Love" became the fifth best-charting song from that chart in 1995 and remained the highest-charting English-language song for two years, until Celine Dion's 1998 single "My Heart Will Go On" surpassed it when it peaked at number 1. The album, Dreaming of You, on which "I Could Fall in Love" appears, has now been certified 35x platinum. That year Thomas also produced Williams' Academy Award-winning single, "Colors of the Wind," for the multi-platinum selling motion picture soundtrack, Pocahontas.

In 1997, Thomas completed tracks for Grant's next album, Behind the Eyes and Williams' follow up album, Next. He also produced records for Michael Bolton, Luther Vandross, Brian McKnight, Tamia and Puff Johnson.

In early 1998, Thomas produced several songs for Williams and Jon Secada for the movie, Dance with Me. He also produced the track, "I Do (Cherish You)," for 98 Degrees' multi-platinum album on Universal Records, 98° and Rising. The song was also featured in the movie, Notting Hill, that starred Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant. In addition, Thomas was nominated for a Grammy for Producer of the Year for the 1998 Grammy awards.

In late 1998, Thomas served as the principal producer and co-executive producer for the soundtrack Touched by an Angel featuring songs inspired by the popular TV series. On this project, Thomas worked with Deana Carter, Amy Grant, Faith Hill, Uncle Sam and Wynonna.

Early in 1999, Thomas produced the track "Precious Wings" with actress/singer Tatyana Ali for the movie The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. During that year he also produced tracks for Yolanda Adams, Wild Orchid and Vanessa Williams. Thomas also produced the song "You're Where I Belong" for Trisha Yearwood for the movie Stuart Little.

In early 2000, Thomas wrote and produced the hit song, "I Wanna Be with You," for Mandy Moore. The song was featured in the Columbia Pictures film, Center Stage.

After a three-year hiatus at the turn of the millennium, in 2005, Thomas formed Levosia Entertainment, with an emphasis on developing young undiscovered talent. His initial discovery, Jordan Pruitt, he signed with Hollywood Records, and in conjunction with the release of her debut album, No Ordinary Girl, Jordan opened for numerous Disney sponsored concert tours, including High School Musical: The Concert, The Cheetah Girls and Demi Lovato.

Thomas next became aware of a young YouTube sensation, Savannah Outen. Her three singles released to Radio Disney, "Goodbyes", "If You Only Knew" and "Fighting for My Life", received unprecedented radio airplay for an independent label artist, twice beating out The Jonas Brothers and The High School Musical for the Dot Com Top 3 No. 1 position. Under Thomas's watch, Savannah's YouTube fan response grew to 75 million YouTube views with 250,000 subscribers.

In 2009, Thomas produced the Grammy Award-winning Heather Headley album, Audience of One. In 2012, Thomas produced the Grammy-nominated band, Forever Jones' new album, Musical Revival released April 10, 2012 on EMI Records. He also reunited with Headley in 2012 to produce a project in conjunction with her lead role in the stage adaptation of The Body Guard, which opened in the UK, November 2012. The Whitney Houston tribute moves from the West End to Broadway in 2014.

Thomas also produced the title track and three additional songs for The Voice finalist, Chris Mann's 2012 debut CD, Roads on Universal Republic.

In early 2013, Thomas was asked to participate in the reality series Chasing Nashville on Lifetime, which follows seven inspiring artists from West Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina.