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That's really sad news Ady and such a shame he never managed to get across the pond to see how much he was revered over here. When me and my mob were mods in the late 80s and regularly hitting the 100 Club and some of the better mod nights and this was the era of beat ballads let's not forget,"Quicksand" was truly massive to us. His is such a great story that needs telling again and it's been great to discover the rest of his repertoire over the years. Can someone post a link to his story? RIP Kell.

Rich

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Gutted to hear this news. I asked last week how his health was and if up for another crack at visiting Cleethorpes and was told not well and having tests but didn't think it would lead to this.

It was only two or three months ago that I got some promo CDs off Kell of some new material and How he'd set up his own label and publishing company and looking forward to the future and making music again.

If interested you can read his story in an article I wrote..... https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/soul-articles/you-cant-outsmart-a-woman-the-kell-osbor-r1954

Or on my site which might be slightly more up to date https://www.soulunderground.co.uk/styled-4/

One of my favourite singers......

R.I.P Kell.

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I remember when I finally tracked Kell down, took me ages to find him, anyway I rang him up and we had a good chat. Eventually "Law against a heartbreaker" came up and he said he'd not heard it in over 30 years.......I said hang on and played it down the phone to him, he just said "wow" several times, that was all he could say.

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Oh dear, I was only listening to "Quicksand" last night, on the back of the Stafford group on Facebook.

Really sad to hear this, but to be positive, some of these guys left an impression that they are not really aware of, and probably dreamed about all those years ago. Clearly Kell was made aware, which is really nice I think.

R.I.P. Kell Osbourne :(

Mark R

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Sad one, small but decent body of work

His Highland 45 one of the most joyous pieces, despite its subject matter, of dance music of any genre, his breathless vocals on it and the break of Huh, Heartbreaking Woman is the stuff of Northern SOUL dreams, The whole thing just makes this thing of ours come alive. Probably one of my favourite records to dance to, just a shame it was such a rare occurence.

And off course his Loma outing, which was my save the dance floor record (used many times a spot) and never failed.

And Quicksand, unique and now for me one of those you had to be there records as in all honesty I don't think it has dated as well as the others, however it has a special place in my heart due to its times. Great memories of the buzz around the night Dave T bought it/played it first.

Another one gone

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It's a shame that he didn't manage to make the trip over here, but it's nice to hear that he was aware of people's appreciation of his work.

RIP Mr. Osborne

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Sad loss and would have been great for him to appear at a gig like Cleethorpes where his music would have let the crowd really show their appreciation of his work. I know Chalky did a lot of work finding him a couple of years back and always talked of meeting him and seeing him perform...sadly now to never be.....RIP Kell

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