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Jack Lee, a member of The Nerves and best known for his song ‘Hanging On The Telephone’, covered by Blondie, has died at age 71.

The underground power-pop artist had been living with colon cancer

Jack Lee, who co-fronted the '70s band the Nerves and wrote hits recorded by Blondie and Paul Young, including 'Hanging on the Telephone,' died at 71.

The California musician Jack Lee died last month at 71 from colon cancer, as Pitchfork reports. Lee was the leader of the ’70s power-pop trio the Nerves, and songs he wrote would go on to be covered by Blondie, Paul Young, and Suzi Quatro.

Jack Lee, a member of the West Coast band The Nerves who wrote "Hanging on the Telephone," famously covered by Debbie Harry and Blondie, has died.

Sitting on a curb behind the Colchester Quality Inn on Thursday and surrounded by all of her belongings packed into grocery bags, Rebecca Bussard was crying. Her phone in her hand, she said she had been on hold for an hour and 20 minutes, waiting for...

Thursday marked the first of several waves of evictions planned for this spring and summer, as the state winds down pandemic-era programs that have sheltered an estimated 80% of Vermont’s unhoused population in motels.

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Inger-songwriter, musician, and producer Ben Harper has taken the unplugged, unadorned route with his latest, Wide Open Light. The album is a follow-up to his 2022 Grammy nominated Bloodline Maintenance in which Harper coursed through hip-hop doo-wop, R&B, and blues.

A documentary about Peter Case traces his journey from street busker to putative rock star with the Plimsouls to being a folk (or folk-rock) hero.