Bobby Caldwell, the singer finest recognized for the hit ‘What You Received’t Do For Love’, has died on the age of 71.
The information was confirmed by his spouse, Mary, who mentioned that the singer had died peacefully. “Bobby handed away right here at house. I held him tight in my arms as he left us,” she wrote on Twitter. “I’m eternally heartbroken. Because of all of you on your many prayers through the years. He had been “FLOXED,” it took his well being over the past 6 years and a couple of months. Relaxation with God, my Love.”
The time period ‘floxing’ refers to an hostile response to quinolone antibiotics, that are used to deal with sure bacterial infections. It was reported final 12 months that Caldwell’s hostile response to the antibiotic in 2017 had led to him rupturing his Achilles tendon and sustaining nerve injury.
Caldwell was born in Manhatten and introduced up in Florida, the place he grew up listening to R&B and soul. He was Little Richard’s rhythm guitarist for plenty of years within the early Seventies earlier than beginning to document his self-titled debut album in 1978.
His finest recognized track, ‘What You Received’t Do For Love’, was written inside 48 hours after his document label felt his album lacked a single. It grew to become an enormous success, significantly amongst Black American listeners, occurring to turn into a staple of R&B radio.
Bobby handed away right here at house. I held him tight in my arms as he left us. I’m eternally heartbroken. Because of all of you on your many prayers through the years. He had been “FLOXED,” it took his well being over the past 6 years and a couple of months. Relaxation with God, my Love. -Mary Caldwell
— Bobby Caldwell (@bobbycaldwell) March 15, 2023
In his later years, Caldwell grew to become recognized for his interactions with followers on Twitter who couldn’t imagine he was white quite than Black. The truth is, his document label, TK Information, had mad a deliberate effort to cover his race, utilizing {a photograph} of his silhouette on his first album cowl to make his music extra marketable to a largely Black viewers.
Caldwell’s ultimate album, ‘Cool Uncle’, was launched in 2015. Lots of songs had been sampled by hip-hop artists, most notably Tupac on his posthumous 1998 single ‘Do For Love’.
