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Les Emmerson. Robert Leslie Emmerson (17 September 1944 – 10 December 2021) was a Canadian musician and singer. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band Five Man Electrical Band, and their predecessor band The Staccatos. He also recorded as a solo artist, charting three top 40 hits in Canada, including the #5 hit "Control Of Me". Career.
Dec 14, 2021 · By Jon Blistein. December 14, 2021. Les Emmerson (front) with Five Man Electrical Band in 1970. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty. Les Emmerson, frontman of the Canadian rock group Five Man...
Dec 14, 2021 · Ottawa singer-songwriter Les Emmerson, whose anti-establishment anthem Signs became a staple of 1970s rock radio, has died at 77. The leader of Five Man Electrical Band contracted COVID-19 last...
Dec 12, 2021 · Les Emmerson, the beloved and talented musician who wrote a song that defined a generation and led the Five Man Electrical Band to international stardom, died Friday in an Ottawa hospital. The...
Disc jockeys and the public immediately took to "Signs" (written by Les Emmerson); it reached No. 4 in Canada, No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and went to No. 1 in Australia for nearly two months. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in August 1971.
Dec 14, 2021 · Les Emmerson — singer and guitarist of Canadian rock group the Five Man Electrical Band, best known for their 1971 hit “Signs” — died Friday at age 77. The songwriter, who contracted COVID-19...
Dec 14, 2021 · Les Emmerson, the singer and songwriter of the 1970s group Five Man Electrical Band who had a massive 1971 radio hit with the counterculture anthem “Signs,” died Dec. 10 of Covid-19 at a...
