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Steve Harley, chart-topping British singer-songwriter and frontman of the band Cockney Rebel, has died.
He was 73 years old.
According to reports, Harley said last year that he was being treated for “a nasty cancer.”
Harley was born in London in 1951.
During her career, she had five hit singles in the United Kingdom, but by far the biggest was “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” which reached number one in the charts.
That happened in 1975, when his band released their album “The Best Years of Our Lives.”
Midge Ure, the Ultravox frontman who also produced a song for Harley, took to X, formerly Twitter, to remember Harley.
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“He toured until he couldn’t anymore, playing his songs for fans new and old,” he wrote. “My thoughts are with Dorothy and her family at this very sad time. Our songs last longer than us.”
Photographer Mick Rock tweeted several photos of Harley and wrote that he was “sad to hear” of her passing.
“He was a fantastic artist and a dear friend,” she wrote.
And there were plenty of other fans who took to social media to remember Harley.