Singer Bobby Caldwell, identified for his easy blue-eyed soul voice, is useless after battling sickness for a number of years … TMZ has confirmed.
Bobby, whose largest hit is the basic “What You Will not Do for Love,” died in his sleep Tuesday night time at house in New Jersey, in line with his rep.
The singer/songwriter hadn’t been capable of stroll for about 5 years as he coped with painful bouts of neuropathy and a torn tendon in his ankle. Final 12 months his staff revealed Bobby had a foul response to a prescribed antibiotic in 2017 — they are saying it precipitated his Achilles tendon to rupture, which led to the neuropathy.
Caldwell dropped his signature hit in 1978 … when it reached the highest 10 on Billboard, and made his self-titled debut album go double platinum.
In the event you’re of a sure age, you understand each line of ‘Do for Love,’ and the tune is so enduring you hear somebody sing it virtually each season on “American Idol” and “The Voice.”
It is also been coated by numerous artists — together with Boyz II Males, Snoh Aalegra and Michael Bolton — and Tupac Shakur closely sampled it for his tune, “Do For Love.”
Bobby additionally wrote songs for the likes of Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Roberta Flack and Boz Scaggs. He even penned the 1986 #1 hit, “The Subsequent Time I Fall” for Amy Grant and Peter Cetera.
