David Ball of Soft Cell, whose delectably sleazy synth-pop arrangement drove that English duo’s 1981 hit “Tainted Love” to ...

David Ball, half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, who enjoyed a massive and enduring 1980s hit with their cover of 'Tainted ...

British music producer and instrumentalist Dave Ball, best known for his work in the iconic synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died ...

Dave Ball, a producer and half of the English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, whose 1981 single “Tainted Love” became one of the ...

Some songs are able to stand the test of time. We know where we were when we first heard them, and some people have fond ...

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

On Thursday, Oct. 23, PEOPLE confirmed that Soft Cell co-founder Dave Ball died at the age of 66. His bandmate Marc Almond ...

"Thank you, Dave, for being an immense part of my life and for the music you gave me," Soft Cell cofounder Marc Almond wrote ...

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Almond, who is gay, and Ball, who was straight, formed Soft Cell in 1978. After releasing an EP and several fledgling singles ...

Case in point, the British synth-pop group Soft Cell, which comprised members, vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David ...

David Ball, the multi-instrumentalist half of the 1980s synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66. The group hit the ...