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Russell Stone (singer)
Russell Oliver Stone (8 October 1946 – 21 August 2024) was a British singer. CareerHe started work in show business at age 18, and was a choir boy in The Black and White Minstrel Show. He joined Brotherhood of Man for a year in 1971.[1] Stone also joined James Last Orchestra in 1971, and was a vocalist for the group until 1995.[2] With his American wife, Joanne Ruby Stone, he formed the pop duo, R&J Stone. The duo had a hit with "We Do It" in 1976.[3][4] Russell accompanied artists including Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Adam Ant, Tony Bennett, Twisted Sister, Cliff Richard and Right Said Fred and did voice acting for commercials for companies such as McDonald's, Lloyds Bank, Midland Bank, The Halifax Building Society, Delta Airlines, Pacific Airlines, Capital Radio and BBC Radio 1.[3] He worked with Icelandic composer Thor Baldursson in Munich, Germany. Stone had suffered from alcoholism for many years, and in the 2010s attempted a musical comeback, and released three solo albums, Love Aspects (2013), Groove Aspects (2014) and Devotional Aspects (2016).[5] Personal lifeStone was born in Norwich on 8 October 1946.[3] He was educated at Loddon Primary School and Wymondham College.[3] He received a diploma in counselling in 1998, and taught counselling at Farnborough College from 2000 to 2005.[3] Stone's first wife and musical partner, Joanne Ruby Williams, died of a brain tumour in 1979.[6] Stone later worked as a psychotherapist.[3] He died on 21 August 2024, at the age of 77.[5] References
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