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Willy DeVille (born William Paul Borsey Jr.; August 25, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, DeVille created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles.
Aug 8, 2009 · Willy DeVille, a singer and songwriter and the leader of the group Mink DeVille, whose adventurous forays into rhythm and blues, Cajun music and salsa made him one of the most original figures of...
Nov 4, 2022 · Willy DeVille died from pancreatic cancer in 2009, a year after releasing his final album. A new documentary, Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille, presents...
Aug 11, 2009 · DeVille, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 58, achieved prominence as a contemporary of the Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, Blondie and Talking Heads when they all played exclusively...
Oct 10, 2022 · For almost three years, from 1975 to ‘77, Mink DeVille was one of the club’s house bands, subsiding on less than minimum wage. Of their tenure at the legendary venue, frontman Willy DeVille stated in a 2006 interview that “we didn’t get paid more than fifty bucks a night.”
Those subjects and more are addressed in Larry Locke’s documentary “Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille,” which will be screened at the Regent Theatre in Arlington on June 29.
Best known in the UK for the streetwise latin-flavoured soul of "Spanish Stroll", a Top 20 single for his group Mink DeVille in 1977, the American singer and songwriter Willy DeVille was justly...
Aug 7, 2009 · Willy DeVille, who founded the punk group Mink DeVille and was known for his blend of R&B, blues, Dixieland and traditional French Cajun ballads, has died of pancreatic cancer, his...
Aug 10, 2009 · US punk singer-songwriter and all-round maverick Willy DeVille has died at the age of 55 in a New York hospital. In April of this year, DeVille was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, and in June his...
Aug 7, 2009 · NEW YORK — Willy DeVille, who founded the punk group Mink DeVille and was known for his blend of R&B, blues, Dixieland and traditional French Cajun ballads, has died, his publicist said...
