Jimy Sohns, Shadows of Knight Singer (âGloriaâ), Dead at 75
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by Jeff TamarkinJimy Sohns, the lead vocalist of the Chicago-based &#;60s band The Shadows of Knight, died on July 29, , at age His death was confirmed on Facebook by his daughter, Raechel, who wrote, âMy dads is gone at pm! He wired for me to go outside and left us! Fly high my rock n roll.&#;
The band&#;s Facebook page noted, &#;Absolutely devastated. My thoughts go out to Jimyâs family and friends at this time. My best friend is gone, and I will miss running this page with him. His legend will live on forever.â
Jimy Sohns (Photo from the Shadows of Knight&#;s Facebook page)
Sohns had experienced a stroke earlier in the week.
The Shadows of Knight were best known for their Top 10 cover of âGloria,â a prototypical garage-rock song written by Irelandâs Van Morrison and originally recorded by the latterâs band Them. That version only reached #93 in America on the Billboard singles chart, and most radio stations in the U.S. played the American cover version instead.
The Shadows of Knight went on to chart four more times, most notably with âOh Yeahâ a few months later in
Jimy Sohns Dies: Voice Of Rock Band The Shadows Of Knight&#;s Hit &#;Gloria&#; Was 75
Jimy Sohns, the lead singer of The Shadows of Knight rock band and the voice of its monster hit &#;Gloria,&#; has died at the age of 75 of complications from a stroke.
His death was announced on the band&#;s Instagram page and by his daughter.
&#;Gloria&#; was originally recorded and performed by Van Morrison, but was popularized by Chicago&#;s The Shadows of Knight upon its December release. It was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot singles chart.
Sohns and a friend still ran the band&#;s social media pages in the last few years, although he no longer performed.
The band&#;s Instagram page conveyed its sorrow at his passing.
&#;Devastated. Rest in Peace my dear friend,&#; it read in the caption.
The Shadows of Knight began in with a year-old Sohns, Warren Rogers (lead guitar), Roger Spielmann (lead and rhythm guitar/vocals) Norm Gotsch (rhythm guitar), Wayne Pursell (bass) and Tom Schiffour (drums). The original lineup was in flux over the next two years, as Joe Kelley (bass), Jerry McGeorge (guitar, vocals) and David &#;Hawk&#; Wolinski (bas
James Sohns Obituary
Jimy Sohns, the founder and leader of the Chicago classic rock band Shadows of Knight whose recording of Gloria is enshrined in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, passed away from a stroke on July 29 at Alexian Brothers Hospice Residences surrounded by his family. He was Sohns, a resident of Roselle, was born Aug. 23, in Chicago to Francis and Doris (nee Cameron). He is also a member of the Chicago Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame. Shadows of Knight was formed in and its recording of Gloria was released soon thereafter and became a leader in the wave of garage band hits. He has continued to perform with various iterations of the band, appearing as recently as ten days before his death. Loving father of Raechel Sohns-Stebbins; fond grandfather of Justin and Jimy Stebbins; beloved cousin of Margaret Jo Murphy(John); dear friend to many. He will be missed by all those whose lives he touched and especially his dear friends Rhonda Holland, Jeremy Marks, Susan and Dan Stone, Jason Stebbins, Angelo Karras and his long-time companion Kathy Strahan. An animal lover, he will also be missed by his beloved cat "Chito". Visitation Saturday, Aug. 6 from pm at Michaels F
To pay respect to the enigmatic SHADOWS OF KNIGHT singer Jim Sohns, who has just passed away, here&#;s a feature that originally appeared in issue #53Â
Had Van Morrisonâs vocal delivery and mode of expression not been quite so leering and lascivious, could very easily have been a far less remarkable year for Chicagoâs Shadows Of Knight. Following its American release, the top side of Themâs debut 45, the lean, mean slash and burn of &#;Baby Please Donât Go&#;, somehow failed to set the charts alight and the single could easily have sunk with merely a ripple had it not been for the fact that some savvy DJs bothered to check out the flipside as well. There they found a three-chord original, &#;Gloria&#;, that perfectly captured the strut and thrust of teenage lust. With its rabble-rousing, lemme-spell-it-out-for-you G-L-O-R-I-A chorus and its sweat-and-other-bodily-fluids-stained breakdown, during which Belfastâs finest son informs listeners that his young lady of choice âCome to my room and make me feel alrightâ, it soon became a smash in select pockets of the nation, most notably Florida and Texas, forcing its way into the set lists of countless garage bands as it
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