LONDON, UK. (THECOUNT) — Songwriter, producer and musician, Rupert Hine, has passed away, according to follow musician, Thompson Twins, Howard Jones. He was 72.
VIA Billboard:
Hine also had a hand in crafting Tina Turner’s 1984 juggernaut Private Dancer, having produced the single “Better Be Good to Me,” a top-5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 that earned a Grammy Award — for best rock vocal performance, female — in 1985. He also co-wrote and produced “Break Every Rule,” the title track to Turner’s 1986 album, and again collaborated with the rock legend on 1989’s Foreign Affair.
Other production credits from the decade include Stevie Nicks’ The Other Side of the Mirror, as well as albums by the Thompson Twins, Underworld, Saga and Chris De Burgh, among others. He also linked up with progressive rock heroes Rush for a two-album run that included 1989’s Presto and 1991’s Roll the Bones.
A cause of death was not provided.
DEVELOPING::
Geo quick facts: London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, is a 21st-century city with history stretching back to Roman times. At its centre stand the imposing Houses of Parliament, the iconic ‘Big Ben’ clock tower and Westminster Abbey, site of British monarch coronations. Across the Thames River, the London Eye observation wheel provides panoramic views of the South Bank cultural complex, and the entire city – wikipedia.
IMPERIAL, TX. (THECOUNT) -- Jaden and Jackie Jurado, 18-year-old twins, and their 16-year-old sister Nautica…
OAKLAND COUNTY, MI. (THECOUNT) -- Renee Marie Vilders, 34, of Groveland Township, Michigan, lost her…
LAKEWOOD, CO. (THECOUNT) -- Authorities have arrested Lisa Marie Johnson, 31, and her boyfriend, Alexander…
AMHERST TOWNSHIP, OH. (THECOUNT) -- Authorities have identified the victims of an apparent murder-suicide as…
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (THECOUNT) -- The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned Jussie Smollett’s conviction for staging…
HARTFORD, CT. (THECOUNT) -- Twenty-year-old Jessiah Mercado and her 4-month-old son, Messiah Diaz, both from…