David Ball of Soft Cell, whose delectably sleazy synth-pop arrangement drove that English duo’s 1981 hit “Tainted Love” to the top of the U.K. singles chart, died Wednesday. He was 66. The producer’s ...

Dave Ball, the multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter who performed alongside Marc Almond in the influential synth-pop duo Soft Cell, died yesterday (October 22). The band’s publicist, Debbie ...

Marc wrote a long message on social media, saying it was “hard to even process” that Dave was gone. He wrote, “Iit is with the greatest sadness that the other half of Soft Cell, the wonderful ...

Synth music legend David Ball, who was responsible for taking “Tainted Love” to the stratosphere, has died at the age of 66. He made up half of the British electro-pop powerhouse Soft Cell, which ...

Musician Dave Ball, who made up half the British synth-pop band Soft Cell, is dead at 66. Along with singer Mark Almond, Soft Cell was best known for the 1981 hit song “Tainted Love.” Almond ...

David Ball of Soft Cell, whose delectably sleazy synth-pop arrangement drove that English duo’s 1981 hit “Tainted Love” to the top of the U.K. singles chart, died Wednesday. He was 66. The producer’s ...

Dave Ball, an electronic pioneer and one half of the trailblazing British synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66. Soft Cell lead vocalist Marc Almond shared the news Thursday, revealing that ...

Dave Ball, founding member of the pioneering English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, died on Wednesday. Representatives for the musician told The Guardian that Ball “passed away peacefully in his sleep at ...