Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Ball, right, with Marc Almond of Soft Cell in London in 1981. (Fin Costello / Redferns) David Ball of Soft Cell, whose ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dave Ball, the production half of groundbreaking Eighties synth duo Soft Cell, best remembered for their 1981 New Wave classic ...

Multi-instrumentalist David Ball, who scored a No. 1 hit with 1981’s “Tainted Love” as part of the English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. According to a statement from his ...

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 ...

British music producer and instrumentalist Dave Ball, best known as one half of the pioneering synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66. Ball, who had been battling health issues in recent years, ...

Dave Ball, one of the founding members of the British synth-pop group Soft Cell, has passed away at 66. The sad news was confirmed by his longtime bandmate and singer Marc Almond, who said that Ball ...

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

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. David Ball of Soft Cell, whose delectably sleazy synth-pop arrangement drove that English duo’s 1981 hit “Tainted ...

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 ...