SINGER Bobby Caldwell, who composed the double-platinum record What You Won’t Do for Love, has died at age 71.
Caldwell died in his sleep at his home in New Jersey on Tuesday evening after battling an illness for several years, a representative for the songwriter told TMZ.
Singer Bobby Caldwell died in his sleep on TuesdayGetty Images – Getty
For the past five years, the native New Yorker had been unable to walk as he struggled with neuropathy and a ruptured tendon in his ankle, according to the outlet.
Known for his soulful and versatile vocals, Caldwell grew up in Miami listening to jazz icons Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
Bouncing around from Las Vegas and Los Angeles with aspirations to make it big, Caldwell got his first career break as a rhythm guitarist for Little Richard in the early 1970s.
He and his band, Katmandu, left Little Richard in the mid-1970s, and that’s when Caldwell went solo.
By 1978, he signed his first deal with TK Records after spending six years playing at local bars in the LA area.
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