Exploring the northern soul roots of 'Tainted Love', the 1965 Gloria Jones track which found much more success when rendered ...

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Dave Ball, who has died aged 66, was the keyboards man in Soft Cell, the synthpop duo who took the early Eighties pop scene ...

Dave Ball, who has died at the age of 66, was that musical force, creating ominous, polyphonic soundscapes to match Marc ...

Dave Ball, who as one half of Soft Cell brought dark, cutting-edge synth-pop to the masses, has died aged 66. Representatives ...

At its best, 'Bluebird' feels deeply personal, bridging the Atlantic between Nashville polish and Northern Irish grit.

Soft Cell’s breakthrough came with the release of Tainted Love, a cover of a track by northern soul artist Gloria Jones.

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Multi-instrumentalist David Ball, who scored a No. 1 hit with 1981’s “Tainted Love” as part of the English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. According to a statement from his ...

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Remembering Soft Cell's Dave Ball, who has died aged 66. In 2021, Ball spoke to MOJO about his partnership with Marc Almond ...