In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

Patti LaBelle, 81, and Nona Hendryx, also 81, took the stage to celebrate the morning show’s 50th anniversary, delivering an electrifying rendition of their timeless hit, “Lady Marmalade.” ...

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A musician behind one of the biggest hits of the 1980s is dead at age 66. Dave Ball, one-half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, ...

ICONIC musician Dave Ball has died aged 66. The synth player and producer was best known as one half of popular 80s band Soft ...

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

Dave Ball, Soft Cell's synthesizer player who founded the New Wave band in 1981 alongside Marc Almond, died in his sleep at 66.

Dave Ball, who served as half of the English duo Soft Cell and perhaps best known for the 1981 hit “Tainted Love,” has died.

David Ball, instrumentalist of Soft Cell and a key player for "Tainted Love," died on Oct. 22, 2025, at age 66.

Dave Ball, one half of the trailblazing synth-pop duo Soft Cell, most famous for their 1980s cover of 'Tainted Love,' has ...

Dave’s music is better than ever ... and were best known for songs such as their cover of Gloria Jones’ Tainted Love, Say ...