The definitive ballad singer \/ songwriter of the 1970’s and ’80’s, Dan Folgelberg, died today. His emotional songs "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" were chart-toppers that had everyone singing in their cars whenever they played on the radio. Leader of the Band was actually about his own father, who actually was a bandleader. <\/p>\n
Folgelberg died of prostrate cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2004, at the age of 56. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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