[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6208615.stm[/URL] Sad.
apparently the great man's only UK top ten hit was 'living in america' following the rocky movie. He was the godfather of soul, but unfortunately maybe we weren't a nation of it.
Saw him at the Live 8 concert here in Edinburgh last year. Amazing performance (at an amazing concert) - he was still jumping about on stage, belting out those amazing songs in his freakin' 70s! The world will never see anything like him again. Dunc