J Blackfoot

Singer with the American vocal group the Soul ChildrenThe soul singer J Blackfoot, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 65, was a member of the Soul Children, a vocal quartet whose searing ballads of heartache and infidelity were among the last major hits recorded in Memphis, Tennessee by the Stax label in the late 1960s and early 70s. In 1983, after the group had disbanded, Blackfoot had a solo hit in the US and UK with an atmospheric ballad called Taxi, later covered by Bryan Ferry, who used...

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