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Benjamin Orr (born Benjamin Orzechowski, September 8, 1947 – October 3, 2000) was an American musician best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their best-known songs, including " Just What I Needed ", " Let's Go ", " Moving in Stereo ", and " Drive ".
Oct 5, 2020 · As bassist and vocalist for The Cars, the Ohio native sang some of the group’s biggest hits in the 1970s and 1980s, including “Just What I Needed,” “Let’s Go” and “Drive.”
Oct 4, 2000 · Benjamin Orr, singer and bassist with new wave hitmakers the Cars, succumbed to cancer at his home in Atlanta on Tuesday night. He was 53.
Oct 6, 2000 · Benjamin Orr, a bassist, vocalist and founding member of the rock group the Cars, died on Tuesday in his home in Atlanta. He was 53. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said Billy Johnson, who...
Feb 9, 2023 · A rager like “You’re All I’ve Got Tonight” displays this delicious tension better than perhaps any other Cars song. In their 1979 “Rock Goes To College” set, Ocasek spits out the lines in almost too-perfect time, lips impossibly close to the mic, eyes shaded darkly by sunglasses.
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Nov 13, 2000 · Benjamin Orzechowski (known as Ben Orr) played in numerous bands before finding fame in the late Seventies and Eighties with the Cars. Orr, who died Oct. 3 of pancreatic cancer, never forgot his...
Benjamin Orr was an American musician best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the new wave band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their best-known songs, including "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go", "Moving in Stereo", and "Drive".
Listen to a new arrangement of “Drive”, with Ben Orr’s iconic vocal accompanied by a 50-piece symphonic orchestra. The track is part of the upcoming collection 80s SYMPHONIC, featuring David Bowie, Tina Turner, a-ha and others. Pre-order here
Oct 9, 2000 · October 5 -- Benjamin Orr, singer-bassist for new wave icons the Cars, died Tuesday night in his Atlanta home, after a five-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 53. Orr and Ric Ocasek formed the seminal Boston band, which would go on to score six Top 20 albums and 13 Top 40 singles, in 1976.
