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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. Twilley and Phil Seymour performed as the Dwight Twilley Band through 1978, and Twilley performed as a solo act ...
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...
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, Okla., where...
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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. His wife Jan confirmed a statement from Tulsa’s Church Studio, where ...
- Michaela Zee
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 Tom Petty and...
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.
