"I can take solace that he heard this finished record and felt it was a great piece of work," singer writes of longtime ...

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

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

Marc Almond confirmed in a statement on Thursday, October 23, that Dave Ball died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 66 in London.

Ball’s death came after Soft Cell played for more than 20,000 fans while headlining Rewind Festival in Henley-on-Thames in ...

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, ...

The pop music world learned of the unforeseen passing of an ’80s legend. David Ball, one half of popular group Soft Cell, died on Tuesday, according to bandmate Marc Almond. “It is hard to write this, ...

English producer and electronic musician David James Ball, better known as Dave Ball, passed away peacefully in his sleep at ...

Soft Cell's second single, “Tainted Love” topped the charts in the U.K. and 17 countries around the world and was certified ...

Dave Ball, one half of pioneering synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at the age 66. He passed away peacefully in his sleep at ...

Ball’s death comes just weeks after he appeared with Soft Cell for a headlining performance at a U.K. music festival.

Soft Cell star Dave Ball has been praised as a “wonderfully brilliant musical genius” by his bandmate Marc Almond, following ...