Darryl Pandy facts for kids

Darryl Pandy (born December 24, 1962, died on June 10, 2011 at age 48) was an American gospel and house music singer from Chicago.

Music career

Coming from a Broadway and opera background, Pandy was a lead vocalist in the choir of Chicago's Church of Universal Awareness.

He is mostly known for performing one of the first international hits in house music, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk's 1986 song "Love Can't Turn Around", which he also sang live in a "flamboyant performance" on the British TV show Top of the Pops that made him famous. The record peaked No. 10 in the UK Single Chart and played an important role in the history of house music as it was the first house record being a major success overseas, especially regarding the fact that the U.K. developed their own and very influential hot spot of house and acid house in the so-called "second summer of love" between 1988 and 1989.

Pandy recorded numerous other house singles, many of them under his own name. In 1998, he released the album Darryl Pandy on Mirakkle Records.

Having been ill for 7 months before his death at age 48, there were several benefit shows for Pandy.