Bob Feldman in an image shoot with his Strangeloves bandmates in 1964 PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Bob Feldman, the prominent songwriter as well as manufacturer behind several of the most significant hits of the 1960s, has actually passed away. He was 83 years of ages. A reason of fatality has yet to be exposed.
The information was introduced in a declaration from his buddy, music partner as well as company companion Richard Gottehrer.
“It’s with great sadness that I announce the passing of Bob Feldman, my friend and legendary songwriting partner, in Grand Canyon Music and FGG Productions – Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Myself,” Gottehrer created in a declaration sent out to Billboard. “As a group we return to the 1960’s as well as the Brill Building days where we created and/or generated standards like ‘My Boyfriend’s Back,’ ‘I Want Candy,’ ‘Hang on Sloopy’ as well as ‘Sorrow,’ which was ultimately tape-recorded as well as ended up being an eternal hit by David Bowie. We were also an ‘Australian’ band that called ourselves The Strangeloves.
“We were young and inexperienced but learned how to produce by making demos of our songs; this led each of us to ongoing active careers in music after we went our separate ways,” his declaration proceeded. “We remained friends and to this day 60 years later are still partners in those same companies we started back then.”
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Feldman as well as his next-door neighbor Jerry Goldstein would often compose tunes with each other prior to conference Gottehrer in 1962. The triad created FGG Productions as well as created numerous hits with each other, consisting of The Angels’ No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit “My Boyfriend’s Back” as well as The McCoys’ “Sorrow,” which was later on promoted by The Merseys as well as Bowie. The team likewise generated The McCoys’ Hot 100 No. 1 “Hang on Sloopy” — which sustains as an informal signature tune at Ohio State University sporting activities occasions — all while succeeding in their very own team, The Strangeloves. As a band, they racked up Hot 100 leading 40 hits with “I Want Candy” (No. 11), “Cara-Lin” (No. 39) as well as “Night Time” (No. 30). Bow Wow Wow notoriously covered “Candy” in 1982, taking it back to the Hot 100 (it got to No. 62 that July).
Feldman was likewise a released writer, launching his very own publication of knowledgeable, verses as well as memoirs in 2019 entitled Simply Put! Thoughts as well as Feelings from the Heart.
Gottehrer ended his declaration by creating, “The memories of the times we shared; the songs we wrote and the adventures that filled our lives remain. Sooner or later we’ll all pass but the music will live on. Rest in peace Bob….we’ll meet again.”
Feldman is made it through by his 2 children, Kyle as well as Mahri. He is likewise the natural father of star Corey Feldman, that liberated himself from Bob as well as his mother Sheila as a young adult.
