When Marc Almond and David Ball formed Soft Cell, shortly after meeting while studying at Leeds Polytechnic art school in the late ’70s, the duo also began recording a number of cover songs. There was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 01: Photo of Marc ALMOND and SOFT CELL; Marc Almond & Dave Ball (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns) Forty ...

Rihanna’s first album, Music of the Sun, was a success. It included two popular singles: “Pon de Replay” and “If It’s Lovin’ that You Want.” These singles both drew influence from Caribbean music, ...

One of the biggest hits of the 1980s didn't become a worldwide sensation until 17 years after it was first recorded. Nearly a decade later, British DJ Richard Searling discovered the forgotten single ...

Dave Ball, the influential synth-pop musician best known as one half of Soft Cell, has died at age 66. Representatives say he died "peacefully in his sleep" at his London home but didn't give a cause ...

Dave Ball, the instrumentalist in the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, who enjoyed a massive worldwide hit with their 1981 cover of Gloria Jones' song "Tainted Love," has died, according to the BBC. No ...

LA independent rock band and dark arts purveyors Holy Wars have once again broken the monotony of the pandemic with a visually stunning video for their thirst-quenching cover of 1980s hit "Tainted… By ...

English electronic music producer and one-half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, Dave Ball, has passed away at 66 years old. He’s also known for being a part of the acid house act The Grid. Ball “passed ...

Twirling and clapping along…This song must have been brand-new at the time. It wouldn’t even come out as a single in the U.S. for a couple more months. “Tainted Love” had a long rise to the top. But ...

Kelly Clarkson gave a crash course in New Wave fun on Monday (June 28) with a spirited run through Soft Cell's iconic 1981 take on "Tainted Love." By Gil Kaufman Kelly Clarkson took it old school on ...

A Tainted Love performance is like reliving the 80's in a way you have never before. They deliver the complete experience: phenomenal songs, great moves, iconic video projections, and seven of the ...