Singer and songwriter, Vaughn Mason, has died, He was a victim of the Covid-19 virus, Vaughn was 69.

Vaughan dropped out of Howard University in 1972 after his father died.

He spent his early years growing up in a Jewish and Italian neighbourhood in Yonkers, New York, and was a huge Beatles fan.

He relocated from Chicago to New York, and became an audio engineer, working with the group, B.T. Express. 

Vaughan recorded the roller disco song, ‘Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll’ in 1980.

The song was recorded with his group, Vaughan Mason & Crew, at a time when the roller disco culture was at it’s peak in the United States at the time.

The song would go on to be sampled by artists as diverse as De La Soul and Daft Punk and led to him performing with Prince and Rick James..

In 1981, Vaughan went on to release the song, ‘Jammin’ Big Guitar’, which reached number 65 on the Billboard charts.

He went on to record two charting R&B singles for Salsoul Records with Butch Dayo.

These included ‘You Can Do It’ (in 1982) and ‘Party on the Corner (in 1983).

Vaughan started another group called Raze, who had a Top 24 R&B Columbia single with the dancer ‘Break 4 Love’, in 1988.

More recently, Vaughan had been working at Dream 1st Studios in Baltimore.

Vaughan Mason & Crew, Wikipedia