He could never match its success. By Richard Sandomir In the summer of 1972, the singer and keyboardist Timmy Thomas was watching the “CBS Evening News” and heard Walter Cronkite tick off the ...

After he underwent lymph node surgery, Timmy was then told his cancer was at stage four. The Overtones singer began treatment in March 2017 and decided to go the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.

Timmy Thomas is behind the 1973 anti-war song "Why Can't We Live Together," which Drake sampled for "Hotline Bling" in 2015 Timmy Thomas, the iconic musician behind the antiwar anthem, "Why Can't ...

Overtones singer Timmy Matley has been laid to rest with a heartbreaking tribute from his former bandmates, after he passed away this month at the age of 36. The funeral of the Irish musician took ...

Matley's bandmates said he was "dearly loved and deeply missed" The death of Timmy Matley, lead singer of doo-wop group The Overtones, was a "drug-related accident", a coroner has concluded.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Singer-musician Timmy Thomas, an Evansville native whose '70s soul hit "Why Can't We Live Together" was later sampled by rapper Drake, died Saturday. Music website Soul ...

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Singer Timmy Thomas, in an undated file photo, recorded his 1972 classic “Why Can’t We Live Together” in Miami. His sound on the organ, and friendship with Harry Casey, sparked the earliest ...

A singer from the band The Overtones died after taking crystal meth and falling from a 13th-floor balcony, a coroner in Britain has concluded. Irish man Timmy Matley (36) arrived at the apartment ...

Overtones singer Timmy Matley has been laid to rest with a heartbreaking tribute from his former bandmates, after he passed away this month at the age of 36. The funeral of the Irish musician took ...

A coroner has confirmed how Overtones singer, Timmy Matley, died six months ago. The 36-year-old was found dead at 11am on 6 April after falling from a 13th floor balcony at a flat in Poplar ...