Rod Temperton has passed away

[Stateside]

A fellow Cleethorpes man. RIP

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37565125

 

Edited October 5, 2016 by stateside

[kevinsoulman]

they kept this very quiet just the way he led his life died last week in london and already buried by the sounds of it rip rod

kev

[Chris Turnbull]

Imagine being the guy who wrote 'Thriller' - like it or not surely one of the biggest, most iconic pop tunes of the last 50 years

[El Corol]

Always loved Rock With You. 

Talented songwriter.

RIP

[Dave65]

Very sad news and only 66. Some of my favourites he wrote were Stomp,Yah Mo Be There and Sweet Freedom. RIP

Edited October 6, 2016 by Dave65

[Guest Polyvelts]

Musical genius  ! RIP 

From Cleethorpes to LA Rod was Britains most soulful export. 'Find 100 ways' on Quincy Jones album the dude is one of my favourite love songs.

[Guest Johnny One Trout]

R.I.P. Rod a supremely talented songsmith. For me I have always loved Boogie Nights classic seventies dance music at it's finest....

John

[Mickey Finn]

What a great legacy. The credits of George Benson's "Give me the night" LP alone would be sufficient for me, from "Love x love" to "Star of a story" to one of the best fusion instrumentals of all time, "Off Broadway", as well as the title track. Throw in the other work with Heatwave, Herbie Hancock, and the rest of Quincy Jones' stable and it's just a monumental set of achievements. "Boogie nights" was one of the first pop Records that I got really excited about - I remember Heatwave appearing on "Multi-Coloured Swap Shop" to perform it.

[KevH]

Saw Heatwave at the Grey Topper, Jacksdale, when Boogie Nights was in the charts.! RIP Rod Temperton.

[Shinehead]

R I P ROD

Once saw a band advertised playing at a local working mens club in the mid seventies , thought they sounded like a soul band type group but decided to give it a miss the band was Johnnie Wilders Chicago Heatwave who later became just Heatwave .