Steve Harley, a chart-topping British singer/songwriter and the frontman for the band Cockney Insurgent, has died.He was 73.In keeping with experiences, Harley stated final 12 months that he was being handled for “a nasty most cancers.”Harley was born in London in 1951.Throughout his profession, he had 5 hit singles within the UK, however the largest by far was “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me” which made all of it the best way to primary on the charts.That got here in 1975 when his band launched its “The Finest Years of Our Lives” album.Midge Ure, the frontman for Ultravox who additionally produced a music for Harley, took to X, previously Twitter, to recollect Harley.Fashionable nation rock band makes choice about persevering with on after founding member’s deathCountry music star duo feuding? Why folks assume new music is a diss monitor“He toured till he may tour no extra, enjoying his songs for followers previous and new,” he wrote. “My ideas exit to Dorothy and his household at this very unhappy time. Our songs dwell on longer than we ever can.”Photographer Mick Rock tweeted out a number of images of Harley and wrote that he was “saddened to listen to” of his passing.“He was a terrific artist and an expensive pal,” he wrote.And there have been loads of different followers who took to social media to recollect Harley.