{"id":805950,"date":"2020-04-01T16:27:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=975786"},"modified":"2020-04-01T16:27:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:27:30","slug":"fountains-of-waynes-adam-schlesinger-dead-at-52-from-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/fountains-of-waynes-adam-schlesinger-dead-at-52-from-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Fountains of Wayne\u2019s Adam Schlesinger Dead at 52 From Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adam Schlesinger, co-founder of the New Jersey power-pop group Fountains of Wayne<\/a> and Emmy- and Grammy-winning songwriter for film, television, and theater, died Wednesday from complications related to COVID-19<\/a>. He was 52. His lawyer, Josh Grier, confirmed Schlesinger\u2019s death. Schlesinger was hospitalized in March<\/a> and tested positive for the coronavirus<\/a>. At the time, he was placed on a ventilator, which left him heavily sedated.<\/p>\n

Schlesinger had one of the most unique and busiest careers in pop. With Fountains of Wayne \u2014 a group that blended power-pop delight with indie and alt-rock sensibilities \u2014 he released five albums between 1996 and 2011. During the same period, he released six albums with his other group, Ivy, all the while building a portfolio of TV and film music. His first hit came in 1996, but it was a song engineered to sound like it was actually from the Sixties: \u201cThat Thing You Do.\u201d The track served as the sole hit for the Wonders, the fake band at the center of Tom Hanks\u2019 film That Thing You Do!<\/i>; in real life, the track charted well and earned Schlesinger an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. Seven years later, Schlesinger and Fountains of Wayne would notch their own career-defining hit, \u201cStacy\u2019s Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n