Benjamin Orr co-founded a music changing band that helped introduce 'New Wave' in the late 70s, into the 80s and beyond.

He was born on this day in 1947, but in 2000, was taken by pancreatic cancer, but until that point he was the bass player and sang lead on many of the band's most recognizable songs, including  "Just What I Needed" “Bye Bye Love," "Moving In Stereo," "Lets Go"...

and this great song, Drive from The Cars

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