David Clayton-Thomas, Lead Singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Dies at 84
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Jem Aswad
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David Clayton-Thomas, the Canadian singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the brass-driven band Blood, Sweat & Tears, has died at age 84. He passed away peacefully at a Toronto hospital on Wednesday evening; no cause of death was cited. Clayton-Thomas wrote the group's most famous original song, "Spinning Wheel," which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969, one of three Blood, Sweat & Tears songs to hit that mark that year.
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· 3 pulledDavid Clayton-Thomas, the Canadian singer and songwriter whose soulful voice was ubiquitous on American radio in the late 1960s and early '70s as lead singer of the brass-driven group Blood, Sweat & Tears, has died, according to his publicist.
No cause of death was cited except that he died peacefully at a Toronto hospital on Wednesday evening; he was 84.
Clayton-Thomas wrote 'Spinning Wheel,' the group's most well-known original composition, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969
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