Tributes to The Specials singer Terry Hall who was 'one of the greats'
By Ian YoungsThe music world has been paying tribute to singer Terry Hall, remembering The Specials frontman as "truly one of the greats" who had "a heart of gold".
The band spearheaded the Two Tone and ska scenes, and were groundbreaking for their multi-racial membership and how they used pop music to reflect an era of upheaval, unemployment and racial tension.: "The Specials were a celebration of how British culture was invigorated by Caribbean immigration but the onstage demeanour of their lead singer was a reminder that they were in the serious business of challenging our perception of who we were in the late 1970s.
"And he was a forthright character who stood up for what he believed in. Together with the band, he was very vocal about racism and injustice in general," he added. "It was talking about the fact that there are these tensions in society, there are these things that are worth being angry about, there are these divides, and there are things that we can do about them," Turner said.
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