Not a Joke....But Everyone Saw This One Coming
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (69033)
United States
June 28, 2017 9:35pm CST
Gary DeCarlo died today.
Who's he? He was the lead singer and songwriter in the band Steam. He died today after a battle with cancer.
Steam may or may not be known by name, but I guarantee you that you know their big hit.
So now we have to sing that for DeCarlo. Hope he would have appreciated the humor. All joking aside, he gave us a classic that people will still be singing as long as players foul out of basketball games, pitchers get pulled after a bad outing....and classic rock stations exist.
Gary DeCarlo was 75.
And here's that song:
written and recorded by studio musicians Garrett Scott, Dale Frashuer, and producer/writer Paul Leka at Mercury studios in New York City. When it topped the ...
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@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
29 Jun 17
Yes know the song but not the band/him. Rip.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Jun 17
Can you imagine the residual checks?
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@FourWalls (69033)
• United States
29 Jun 17
For a one-hit wonder I'm sure he didn't live destitute....
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
29 Jun 17
Used to come up in rotation pretty regularly at the station, and not just on the "classic weekend's."
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