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| US singer-songwriter JJ Cale dies, aged 74 | US singer-songwriter JJ Cale dies, aged 74 |
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| US singer-songwriter JJ Cale had died of heart attack at the age of 74. | US singer-songwriter JJ Cale had died of heart attack at the age of 74. |
| An announcement on his personal website said he had passed away at a hospital in La Jolla, California, on Friday. | An announcement on his personal website said he had passed away at a hospital in La Jolla, California, on Friday. |
| Born in Oklahoma, Cale helped create the Tulsa Sound, which combined blues, rockabilly, and country. He became famous in 1970, when Eric Clapton covered his song After Midnight. | |
| In 1977 Clapton also popularised Cale's Cocaine. The two worked together on an album which won a Grammy award in 2008. | |
| Born in 1938, John Weldon Cale adopted the name JJ Cale to avoid being confused with John Cale of the Velvet Underground. | |
| Building up on the success of After Midnight, he recorded Naturally - the first of his 14 studio albums. | |
| He pioneered the use of drum machines, and was famous for his personal laid-back singing style. | |
| However Cale always described himself as a songwriter rather than a singer, and his songs tended to enjoy greater success when performed by others - notably Tom Petty, Santana and Lynyrd Skynyrd. |