{"id":2723,"date":"2026-11-04T14:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T14:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2026-11-04T14:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T14:35:46","slug":"steve-ellis-teen-idol-and-iconic-voice-behind-everlasting-love-dies-at-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=2723","title":{"rendered":"Steve Ellis, teen idol and iconic voice behind \u2018Everlasting Love,\u2019 dies at 76"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Ellis, the singer who rose to fame as the frontman of Love Affair, has died at the age of 76.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Became a familiar name<\/h2>\n

For anyone who grew up in the late \u201960s, the summer of 1968 brings back memories of a very different time. The radio was playing in living rooms, cars and dance halls, young people were discovering the sounds of a changing generation, and one song seemed to be everywhere.<\/p>\n

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Love Affair\u2019s version of Everlasting Love, with Steve Ellis on lead vocals, became a huge hit that year. Originally written by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden, the song captured the spirit of the era with its infectious rhythm, soaring vocals and irresistible chorus.<\/p>\n

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Singer Steve Ellis, drummer Maurice Bacon and keyboard player Morgan Fisher (just visible behind Ellis) perform as Love Affair, circa 1967. (Photo by Keystone\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The London pop-rock band Love Affair first appeared on the music scene with \u201dShe Smiled Sweetly,\u201d a song written by Mick Jagger<\/a> and Keith Richards. However, their debut failed to make much of an impression.<\/p>\n

That would soon change. By the late 1960s, the group had become a familiar name on the British music scene, scoring a string of hits, most notably their version of \u201dEverlasting Love.\u201d<\/p>\n

The song had originally been recorded by American singer Robert Knight, and Love Affair\u2019s cover would go on to become one of the defining hits of the era.<\/p>\n

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Steve Ellis, the singer who rose to fame as the frontman of Love Affair, has died at the age of 76. Became a familiar name For anyone who grew up in the late \u201960s, the summer of 1968 brings back memories of a very different time. The radio was playing in living rooms, cars and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2725,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723\/revisions\/2725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}