Dave Ball, left, with Marc Almond: they followed their era-defining debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981), with one of the first remix albums, Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing - Fin Costello/Redferns ...

Dave Ball, a producer and one half of the English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, whose 1981 single "Tainted Love" became one of the defining hits of the new wave era, has died at his home in London. He was ...

While no cause of death was disclosed, it's reported that Ball had experienced significant health issues following a back injury. David 'Dave' Ball, the instrumentalist in the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Soft Cell’s Dave Ball, who helped define 1980s synth-pop, dies aged 66. His final album, 'Danceteria', will be released after his death. Instagram/Soft Cell Soft Cell's Dave Ball, the quiet creative ...

In a moving tribute to his late Soft Cell bandmate Dave Ball, who died this week at the age of 66, Marc Almond remarked that the two were “chalk and cheese”. When I interviewed several dozen of the ...