JIM SOHNS, 75
Died 29 July 2022
Lead vocalist with the Chicagoland band The Shadows of Knight who had a hit song with "Gloria."
The four original members attendd Prospect High School in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, near where I attended school at Palatine High School. Became the house band at The Cellar in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Recorded "Gloria" which had originally been done by British band Them which featured Van Morrison. It received big airplay on Chicago's two main pop stations, WLS and WCFL and went national, climbing to #10 in 1966. It was followed up with "Oh Yeah" (#39-1966).
We saw Jim Sohns at the Taste of Antioch back a few years ago which was his first performance after a stroke that he had.
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