Career
His greatest claim to fame was that he wrote the northern soul hit "Tainted Love" for Gloria Jones, which Soft Cell reworked into one of the biggest popular hits of the 1980s. After his performing career ended, Cobb became fully focused on work as a record producer and sound engineer, which he had already begun doing by the Four Preps" breakup. He became involved with acts such as the Standells, the Lettermen, the Chocolate Watch Band, the Piltdown Men, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, and Pink Floyd.
Cobb also wrote songs for many of his acts, most famously 1966"s "Dirty Water" for the Standells, 1964"s "Every Little Bit Hurts" for Brenda Holloway, and 1965"s "Tainted Love".
Cobb died of leukemia on September 19, 1999, in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the age of 61.
