Steve Harley, the frontman of British glam rock band Cockney Insurgent, died Sunday at 73 from most cancers.

Harley’s household stated Sunday that he had “handed away peacefully at dwelling, together with his household by his aspect.” Harley stated late final 12 months he was being handled for “a nasty most cancers.”

His finest identified tune was Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me), which went to primary on the UK charts in 1975.

Harley additionally sang the title tune of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical The Phantom of the Opera alongside Sarah Brightman when it was launched as a single in 1986. He was initially forged within the title function for the stage musical, however was changed by Michael Crawford.

Harley additionally offered Sounds of the ’70s on BBC Radio 2 between 1999 and 2008.

Born in London in 1951, Harley spent nearly 4 years of his childhood hospitalized after contracting polio.

He shaped Cockney Insurgent, which launched its first album, The Human Menagerie, in 1973. After a lineup change, the band launched the 1975 album The Finest Years of Our Lives, which contained Harley’s greatest hit.

The musician had nonetheless been touring in January.

Survivors embody his spouse, Dorothy, and two kids, Kerr and Greta.