Bobby Lewis, singer of "Tossin' & Turnin'," died on April 28 after contracting pneumonia. The news -- initially reported but not widely circulated in late April -- was announced by his granddaughter Sabreen LaRae Simmons on Facebook, and has been confirmed to Billboard by his son, the author Zain Abdullah.
He was 95.Lewis was born in Indianapolis and raised in an orphanage, eventually moving to a foster home in Detroit at age 12.