Attrell Cordes, better known as Prince Be of P.M.
Dawn, has passed away at the age of 46.
Dawn in New Jersey in the late 80s with his brother Jarrett (a.k.a.
Credit: Ebet Roberts/Redferns
The albums second single, Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, which sampled Spandau Ballets True, hit No.
1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
), hit No.
3, and anotherBlissAlbumsingle, Looking Through Patient Eyes, reached No.
Dawn would release two more studio albums in the 1990s that did not achieve the same commercial success.
Despite suffering a stroke in 2005, Cordes appeared with P.M.
Dawn on NBCs music competition seriesHit Me, Baby, One More Timelater that year.
He is survived by wife Mary and children Christian, Mia, and Brandon.
