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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 ...
Soul singer Timmy Thomas, who scored a No. 1 hit with his 1973 anti-war anthem, “Why Can’t We Live Together,” has died at the age of 77, The New York Times reported. Thomas’ song ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
Timmy Matley, the lead singer of The Overtones, has died aged 36, the band have confirmed. The singer, from Cork, was diagnosed with stage three malignant melanoma - a form of skin cancer - in 2016.
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 ...
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 ...