First launched in 1984, "Now That's What I Call Music 4" was the inaugural Now album released on CD, with only 500 copies produced. Although this 15-track compilation was re-released in 2019, original ...

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

Selecting his own 24 hours of horror marathon, Oz Perkins, the director of Longlegs and The Monkey, has your Halloween ...

David Ball, instrumentalist of Soft Cell and a key player for "Tainted Love," died on Oct. 22, 2025, at age 66.

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

who he also worked with on the soundtrack for the West German film Decoder (1984), and in P-Orridge’s band Psychic TV. Ball ...

Born in 1961, Pat O’Mahony grew up in Kildare town. In 1989, he became co-host of the Head 2 Toe fashion show on RTÉ ...

According to Rolling Stone, 1984 was the best year of pop music the world has ever seen. And there’s no doubt that it was legendary. We were blessed with the releases of Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” ...

Soft Cell's Dave Ball has died aged 66. He has been hailed as a "wonderfully brilliant musical genius" by his bandmate Marc ...

The Smiths weren't around for long, but they did put out some amazing songs, including "This Charming Man" and "There Is a ...