Jimmy Sohns, lead singer of the 1960s band The Shadows of Knight, died of a stroke on Friday. He was 75.

Jimmy and his band are well known for their legendary singalong tune “Gloria,” which reached the top ten in 1966. Unlike Laura Branigan’s 1980s hit of the same name, Jimmy and co.’s renowned chorus spelled out the name… G-L-O-R-I-A.

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Jimmy was hospitalised earlier this week after having a stroke, according to the Illinois band, but his daughter confirmed his death on Friday.

The Shadows of Knight were a Chicago, Illinois-based American rock band that played a version of British blues inspired by their hometown. The band’s self-description when they began recording in 1965 was “the Stones, Animals, and Yardbirds gave the Chicago blues an English perspective. We’ve taken the English version of the Blues and re-added a Chicago touch,” said rock journalist Richie Unterberger, adding, “The Shadows of Knight’s self-description was fairly accurate.”

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Originally formed in 1964 as just the Shadows, the band learned of an existing British group, the Shadows, in early 1965. Whiz Winters, a friend who worked in the record shop of their manager, Paul Sampson, came up with the name The Shadows of Knight to reference the British Invasion in music at the time, and because all four band members attended Prospect High School in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, whose sports team was called the Knights.

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In their first five years, they released three albums. Warren Rogers (lead guitar), Roger Spielmann (rhythm and lead guitar/vocals), Norm Gotsch (rhythm guitar), Wayne Pursell (bass guitar), Tom Schiffour (drums), and Jim Sohns (vocals) were among the founding members. Sohns was 16 years old at the time.