Steve Priest, bassist and founding member of ‘70s glam band the Sweet, has died at age 72. While a cause of death has not yet been revealed, Priest’s health had been failing for some time. On March 12 ...
In the summer of 1975, British glam rock band The Sweet released the single “Ballroom Blitz” in the United States. The song, which was a hit in the UK when it was first released in 1973, went to No. 5 ...
The great thing about a song is that it can have any number of associations. Truly, a song can have as many connections to it as it has listeners. And for many, the song “The Ballroom Blitz,” by the ...
Steve Priest, the bassist who also sang in the London glam rock band the Sweet, has died. Priest’s bandmate Andy Scott confirmed the news in a Facebook post. He was 72. Priest joined the Sweet in 1968 ...
Steve Priest, the bass player who co-founded the British glam group Sweet that had hits including “Ballroom Blitz,” “Fox on the Run” and “Love Is Like Oxygen,” died today, his bandmates said without ...
Wayne Campbell Halloween costumes—primarily consisting of a black T-shirt, blue jeans, a black long-haired wig, and a Wayne’s World hat—will and should never go out of style in Chicago, both because ...
Steve Priest, founding bassist and singer for “Ballroom Blitz” glam rock band Sweet, died Thursday at the age of 72. Priest’s family confirmed his death on social media Thursday. No cause of death was ...