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Oct 19, 2023 · Tulsa-born singer-songwriter Dwight Twilley, who had U.S. Top 20 hits with “I’m on Fire” and “Girls,” has died at the age of 72. The leader of the Dwight Twilley Band, he went on to an ...
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Oct 20, 2023 · Dwight Twilley, a Tulsa musician who scored top 20 hits in the 1970s and 80s with songs like "I'm on Fire" and "Girls," died on Wednesday. He was 72. The Tulsa World reports Twilley was driving alone on Oct. 14 when he suffered a stroke and crashed his car into a tree. He died at Ascension St. John Medical Center in Tulsa four days later.
Oct 19, 2023 · Dwight Twilley, a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose first recordings with musical partner Phil Seymour in the mid-1970s pre-dated the genre that soon became known as power pop, died Wednesday (October 18, 2023) at age 72. Twilley, born and raised in Tulsa, Okla., died there as well, with his death confirmed by his wife Jan to several ...
Oct 20, 2023 · Dwight Twilley was an anomaly in popular music in more ways than one. Firstly, in the sense that his career has consisted largely of near misses and surprise hits. Secondly because one wouldn’t normally expect one of the great, Anglo-influenced pop craftsmen of the 1970s to come out of Tulsa, Oklahoma – which is exactly what he did.
Musician Dwight Twilley has died aged 72 after a recent health update. The news was confirmed by Twilley's wife Jan in a statement via Tulsa's The Church Studio Facebook page. Jan said: "With ...
Oct 20, 2023 · After the Dwight Twilley Band split up in 1978, Twilley carried on as a solo artist, and in the early 1980s, he earned prime airplay on the emerging MTV. On social media Thursday, original MTV VJ Martha Quinn acknowledged Twilley as "part of the first wave of artists who put MTV on the map."
Oct 20, 2023 · Dwight Twilley, a Tulsa musician who scored top 20 hits in the 1970s and 80s with songs like "I'm on Fire" and "Girls," died on Wednesday. He was 72. The Tulsa World reports Twilley was driving alone on Oct. 14 when he suffered a stroke and crashed his car into a tree. He died at Ascension St. John Medical Center in Tulsa four days later.
