Eugene McDaniels, Writer of Roberta Flack's 'Feel Like Makin' Love,' Dead at 76

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'Feel Like Makin' Love' singer Eugene McDaniels (Gene as he was often called) died Friday, July 29 at his home in Maine of an undisclosed illness, Brooklyn Vegan reports (via JS Online). He was 76 years old.

Besides his genre-spanning blues, ballad and jazz songs, McDaniels wrote and recorded several Top 10 hits during his career, including 1961's 'A Hundred Pounds of Clay' and 'Tower of Strength.'

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