JULY 20, 1943 - DECEMBER 7, 2008Dennis Yost, lead singer of The Classics IV, the 1960's soft rock group responsible for hit records such as "Spooky," "Stormy," "Everyday With You Girl," and most notably the group's highest charting record, "Traces of Love," passed away suddenly early Sunday morning, December 7th, in a hospital on the outskirts of Cincinnati, OH with his wife Linda at his side. ...
The late sixties had an endless supply of second-tier groups with remarkable non-hits, and Classics IV's first album, from 1968, has three songs you now get to listen to. The first is a cover of an imagined fictional James Brown cover of a Ray Charles cover of a Gene Autry cover of Jimmy Davis's original version of "You Are My Sunshine." Coincidentally, today is Friday.Next is a song two memb...
Dennis Yost , the lead singer of the 60's hit makers the Classics IV , passed away Sunday at Fort Hamilton Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio from respiratory failure. He had been hospitalized for over two year after suffering a brain injury in a fall. Yost was 65. The Classics IV grew out of a Jacksonville, Florida cover band called Leroy and the Moments who were able to mimic most of the top for...
From Classics IV's official website: Dennis Yost, lead singer of The Classics IV, the 1960's soft rock group responsible for hit records such as "Spooky," "Stormy," "Everyday With You Girl," and most notably the group's highest charting record, "Traces of Love," passed away suddenly early Sunday morning, December 7th, in a hospital on the outskirts of Cincinnati, OH with his wife Linda at his s...