The Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward has paid heartfelt tribute to late bandmate John Lodge in a year-end message posted online.

(NewsNation) — John Lodge, who wrote the hit song “I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)” and helped chart the course for one of England’s most beloved bands, The Moody Blues, has died at 82.

John Lodge, the English bassist who helped create one of classic rock’s most enduring songs as a member of the Moody Blues, died Oct. 10 at age 82. Lodge is remembered for the 1967 hit “Nights In ...

John Lodge joined Moody Blues in the mid-1960s and was part of the hit 1967 album "Days Of Future Passed." In 1977, the singer and bassist was featured on the group’s album "Octave." Moody Blues was ...

John Lodge, the singer and bassist of British rock band The Moody Blues for more than 50 years, has died. He was 82. In a statement Friday, his family said "with the deepest sadness” that Lodge died ...

FILE - Bassist John Lodge of The Moody Blues performs at Radio City Music Hall Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File) LONDON (AP) — John Lodge, the singer and bassist of ...

John Lodge, who played bass and sang in the Moody Blues — including on the English band’s “Nights in White Satin,” a No. 2 hit in the United States in 1972, and on “Your Wildest Dreams,” which cracked ...