David Clayton-Thomas, lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, dies at 84

Image: Facebook / Amazing Time Capsule NEW YORK — David Clayton-Thomas, the lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, whose husky, high-strung tenor on “Spinning Wheel,” “And When I Die” and other hits helped make the so-called brass rock band among the most popular acts of the late 1960s, has died at age 84. Spokesperson Eric Alper said that Clayton-Thomas died “peacefully” Wednesday at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Alper did not cite a specific cause. Clayton-Thomas was a onetime street fighter and petty thief from Canada who briefly became a rock superstar, the front man of a nine-member group that […]... Keep on reading: David Clayton-Thomas, lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, dies at 84