David Peaston (born David Peaston, March 13 1957, Saint Louis, Missouri) was an American R&B and gospel singer who began performing in his mother Martha Bass’s Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church. After graduating from Northwest High School, he worked as a teacher before relocating to New York City in 1981, where he sang background on recording sessions and appeared on Showtime at the Apollo. His breakthrough came with the 1989 single "Two Wrongs (Don't Make It Right)", which reached number 3 on the Billboard Black Singles chart and number 84 in the United Kingdom, followed by the releases of the albums Introducing… (1989) and Mixed Emotions (1991) on Geffen and MCA respectively. Peaston earned a Soul Train Music Award in 1990 for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist, and his later singles "We're All In This Together" and "String" charted on R&B and dance charts. He toured Europe with Gerald Alston and the United States with Gladys Knight, collaborated with Dianne Reeves on "Stormy Monday", and recorded a gospel album with his sister Fontella Bass in 1993. Diagnosed with diabetes in the 1990s, he endured amputations and used prostheses while continuing to perform with the Distinguished Gents. Peaston released Song Book: Songs of Soul & Inspiration in 2006 before dying of complications from diabetes on February 1 2012 in St. Louis.
