Hi everyone,i got some major breaking music news:Singer/co-founder Verne Allison of The Dells has died on Wednesday October 7th 2026 at the age of 90. Verne was born on June 22, 1936 in Chicago, Ill. He was the second tenor, and background vocals,and he was the co-founder of The Dells from it’s inception in 1952. The Dells was best known for it’s hits including: :Oh What a Night” in 1956, and later the group re-did the song again in 1969, and it went to #1 on Billboard’s Soul Singles Charts on September 27, 1969 for 1 week, and “Stay In My Corner” in 1965, and re-did it again in 1968 and made it to a 6 minute soulful ballad and it went to #1 on Billboard’s Soul Singles Charts on August 10th, 1968 for 3 weeks. Other hits include: “Always Together”,”The Love We Have Stays On My Mind”, “Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation”, “The Paper”, A Heart Is a House For Love”, and others. In 2004, The Dells were inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Lead singer Marvin Junior died in May 2013, Johnny Carter died on August 2009, Johnny Funches died on January 1998, Lucius McGill died on July 2014, Clark Barksdale died on May 15, 2019, leaving Michael McGill as the last surviving member of The Dells. R.I.P. to singer Verne Allison. Please make your donation to The Black Soul Music Experience Podcast available on Patreon. Visit:www.patreon.com/theblacksoulmusicexperiencepodcast6,and click the membership button,and then click the tier box,and go click “more info”, and make your donation. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and please be safe.