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Monday's "Kelly Clarkson Show" took a trip back in time, as "Kellyoke" featured a cover of the classic "Tainted Love." Clarkson, wearing a black scoop-neck, belted sweater and pink pleated skirt, ...

Dave Ball, the production half of groundbreaking Eighties synth duo Soft Cell, best remembered for their 1981 New Wave classic cover of “Tainted Love,” died on Wednesday of natural causes. He was 66. ...

How many times in your life have you found yourself listening to a song that you think you know inside out, only to discover that that's not even the original version? We're guessing at least once; ...

Soft Cell, the synth-pop duo made of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball, had a huge anniversary on Sept. 5, celebrating 43 years since their cover of "Tainted Love" hit the No. 1 spot ...

Twirling and clapping along…This song must have been brand-new at the time. It wouldn’t even come out as a single in the U.S. for a couple more months. “Tainted Love” had a long rise to the top. But ...

David Ball of Soft Cell, whose delectably sleazy synth-pop arrangement drove that English duo’s 1981 hit “Tainted Love” to the top of the U.K. singles chart, died Wednesday. He was 66. The producer’s ...