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Rick Davies in rehearsal in 1974.

The vocalist and co-founder of Supertramp has died aged 81.

Photograph: Fin Costello/Redferns

Rick Davies, Supertramp frontman and co-founder, dies aged 81

Death of British singer,

who wrote and sang hits including Goodbye Stranger and Bloody Well Right,

comes ‘after a long illness’, band says

The Guardian

Mon 8 Sep 2025    06.59 CEST

Last modified on Mon 8 Sep 2025    08.56 CEST

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/sep/08/
ick-davies-supertramp-frontman-co-founder-dies-aged-81

Supertramp in July 1970:

(L-R) Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson, Richard Palmer-James,

Robert Millar and Dave Winthrop.

Photograph: Michael Putland/Getty Images

Rick Davies, Supertramp frontman and co-founder, dies aged 81

Death of British singer,

who wrote and sang hits including Goodbye Stranger and Bloody Well Right,

comes ‘after a long illness’, band says

The Guardian

Mon 8 Sep 2025    06.59 CEST

Last modified on Mon 8 Sep 2025    08.56 CEST

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/sep/08/
ick-davies-supertramp-frontman-co-founder-dies-aged-81

School    Live

Supertramp    School (Official 4K Video)

Music video by Supertramp performing School.

(C) 1974    A&M Records

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuxVt-OqCpI

Related

"School" is a song co-written

by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson of British rock band Supertramp,

and included on the band's third and breakthrough 1974 album,

Crime of the Century,

of which it was the opening track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuxVt-OqCpI

Supertramp

prog-pop band

Years active

1970–1988    1993    1996–2002    2010–2012

Supertramp's international commercial breakthrough

came in 1977

with the album Even in the Quietest Moments,

which rose to No. 16 on the Billboard 200 chart.

In 1979,

the band struck gold with Breakfast in America,

a playful yet sweeping exploration of American excess

at the end of a decade defined

by idealism and disillusionment.

The album landed three singles

on Billboard's Hot 100,

including the Davies-penned "Goodbye Stranger,"

which features Davies' jaded baritone

contrasted against Hodgson's vibrant falsetto

and devolves from a snappy sing-along

to a roaring guitar solo.

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/08/
g-s1-87665/rick-davies-supertramp-obit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Supertramp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Crime_of_the_Century_(album) - 1974

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