David Clayton-Thomas, Blood, Sweat & Tears frontman, dies at 84
Singer and songwriter David Clayton-Thomas, the legendary lead vocalist of Blood, Sweat & Tears and one of the most prominent figures in the late-1960s jazz-rock wave, has died at 84.
According to a statement from his spokesman, Clayton-Thomas died peacefully in a hospital in Toronto, Canada. No cause of death was disclosed.
Clayton-Thomas was best known for fronting Blood, Sweat & Tears, the band also known in Hebrew as “Blood, Sweat & Tears” or “Dam, Yezza VeDmaot,” and for helping define the genre that blended jazz and rock at the end of the 1960s.
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