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Singer Wayne Lewis
Useless at 68 …
R&B Legend, Cofounder of Group Atlantic Starr
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Wayne Lewis — an R&B singer greatest identified for beginning up the group Atlantic Starr — has died … based on a Fb put up put up by the band.
The band shared the announcement Friday … letting followers know Wayne handed away Thursday.
They requested followers to respect his household’s privateness right now. A reason for dying was not supplied. We have reached out to the band for extra data.
Wayne based Atlantic Starr alongside seven others — together with his brothers, David and Jonathan — approach again within the mid-Seventies … and, they moved from New York to L.A. for an opportunity at stardom.
By means of the Nineteen Eighties, Atlantic Starr launched a sequence of standard R&B tracks … together with “At all times,” “Let’s Get Nearer,” “Secret Lovers,” “Am I Dreaming?” and plenty of extra recognizable hits.
The group’s 1987 album “All within the Title of Love” went platinum within the U.S. … although subsequent efforts did not show as commercially profitable.
Atlantic Starr has a sequence of performances scheduled over the following few weeks — Â it is unclear in the event that they nonetheless plan to carry out with out Wayne. The present members of the band are Melessa Pierce, Shammah Carter and Wayne’s brother, Jonathan.
Lewis was 68.
RIP