Former Tubes singer Re Types died on the age of 72 on Apr. 17, a number of retailers confirmed.
Born Shirley Macleod within the Netherlands in 1950, she was a mannequin who’d appeared in Playboy and Penthouse by the point she met Tubes drummer Prairie Prince within the mid ‘70s. The pair developed a relationship and Types grew to become the band’s costume designer earlier than changing into a part of the stage act then taking over vocal duties.
She’s in all probability greatest recognized for performing the feminine lead within the hit “Prime Time” from 1979 album Distant Management, produced by Todd Rundgren. “’Prime Time’ was not initially a duet,” frontman Price Waybill instructed Goldmine in 2013. “Initially it was a tune Re sang all by herself. The report firm stated, ‘We would like that to be the one, however we are able to’t put out a single with a lady singer who’s not acquainted to anyone who is aware of the Tubes. You’ve gotta put Price on it.’ So we had to return in after the report was accomplished and re-record that tune as a duet.”
Watch Re Types Carry out ‘Prime Time’ with The Tubes
Types was seen in 1980 film Xanadu alongside the Tubes, however by the point they launched their fifth album The Completion Backward Precept the identical 12 months, she was not a member. Noise11 reported that she continued along with her artistic profession, working as a panorama gardener, inside designer, get together planner and florist.
In 2019 Waybill confirmed the band remained in touch along with her. “The final tour Re did was in 1979 and at that time, she was in dangerous form,” he instructed Vintage Rock. “She was consuming an excessive amount of and he or she didn’t actually wish to tour anymore. So she form of left the band at that time… She was actually a gifted lady. Actually gifted.”
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