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Dwight Twilley (June 6, 1951 – October 18, 2023) was an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for the top 20 hit singles "I'm on Fire" (1975) and "Girls" (1984). His music is associated with the power pop style.
Nov 1, 2023 · Dwight Twilley, a singer and songwriter from Tulsa, Okla., who fused Merseybeat melodicism with a chugging rockabilly energy, earning critical praise if not stardom as a progenitor of what came...
A pioneer of the rock subgenre power pop, Twilley, who hit the Top 20 on the Billboard charts with his singles "I'm on Fire" in 1975 and "Girls" in 1984 and worked with the likes of...
Full Biography. Dwight Twilley and partner Phil Seymour created an enduring and highly memorable brand of power pop that blended Beatlesque pop and Sun rockabilly “slapback” echo. Only a fraction of the band’s early output was made available at the time, but these records are highly revered by power pop aficionados.
Oct 19, 2023 · Dwight Twilley, one of the musicians who pioneered the rock subgenre known as power pop, died on Wednesday. He was 72. His death was confirmed by the Church Studio in Tulsa,...
Nov 6, 2023 · Our rock critic Ken Tucker has an appreciation of rock singer-songwriter Dwight Twilley, who died late last month at the age of 72. Over the course of a career that began in the 1970s, the...
Oct 19, 2023 · Singer-songwriter Dwight Twilley, known for such power pop hits as “I’m on Fire” and “Girls,” has died. He was 72.
Oct 19, 2023 · Dwight Twilley, the power-pop singer-songwriter behind “I’m on Fire” and “Girls,” has died, his family wrote on Facebook and his wife confirmed to Variety. Twilley was 72.
Oct 20, 2023 · Dwight Twilley, singer and songwriter known for the 1970s and ‘80s hits I’m on Fire and Girls, died Wednesday at the age of 72.
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.
