Terry Hall: Tributes to The Specials singer who was 'one of the greatest'

By Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporter
The music world has rendered tribute to vocalist Terry Hall, remembering the Special Singer as "truly one of the greatest" who had "a heart of gold".
Hits like Ghost Town, Gangsters and Too Much Too Young shaped British life in the late 1970s and early 80s.
Tributes came from UB40, Boy George and Elvis Costello, who said his voice "was the perfect instrument for the real and necessary songs on The Specials".
He has added: "This honesty found in so many of his songs in joy and sorrow."
Costello produced The Specials' self-titled debut album in 1979.
< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The band led the Two Tone and ska scenes, and were groundbreaking for their multiracial membership and how they used pop music to reflect an era of upheaval, unemployment and racial tensions.

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Terry Hall: Tributes to The Specials singer who was 'one of the greatest'

The Specials, with Terry Hall in front, 1970s

By Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporter

The music world has rendered tribute to vocalist Terry Hall, remembering the Special Singer as "truly one of the greatest" who had "a heart of gold".

Hits like Ghost Town, Gangsters and Too Much Too Young shaped British life in the late 1970s and early 80s.

Tributes came from UB40, Boy George and Elvis Costello, who said his voice "was the perfect instrument for the real and necessary songs on The Specials".

He has added: "This honesty found in so many of his songs in joy and sorrow."

Costello produced The Specials' self-titled debut album in 1979.

< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The band led the Two Tone and ska scenes, and were groundbreaking for their multiracial membership and how they used pop music to reflect an era of upheaval, unemployment and racial tensions.