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Soft Cell's Marc Almond recalls polarized reaction to 'Tainted Love': 'People wanted to either kill me, marry me or f*** me'

UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 01: Photo of Marc ALMOND and SOFT CELL; Marc Almond & Dave Ball (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns) Forty years ago, U.K. synthpop duo Soft Cell released 1981’s song of the ...
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David Ball, of ‘Tainted Love’ Hitmakers Soft Cell, Dies at 66

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 ...
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Soft Cell's David Ball, synth-pop hitmaker behind 'Tainted Love,' dies at 66

David Ball of Soft Cell, whose delectably sleazy synth-pop arrangement drove that English duo’s 1981 hit “Tainted Love” to the top of the U.K. singles chart, died Wednesday. He was 66. The producer’s ...
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David Ball, Half of ‘Tainted Love’ Hitmakers Soft Cell, Dies at 66

David Ball, the multi-instrumentalist half of the 1980s synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66. The group hit the Top 10 in 1982 with their new wave cover of “Tainted Love,” a 1964 song by ...