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Tom Shipley of Brewer & Shipley, the duo best known for the 1971 Top 10 hit "One Toke Over the Line," has died of unspecified causes at the age of 84. The New York Times confirmed the news with Shipley's son Marc, who said his father died on Aug. 24 at a hospital in Columbia, Missouri. Shipley's duo partner Mike Brewer died in 2024. The band's biggest hit, which humorously chronicles a real-life incident when Shipley indulged in a bit too much marijuana, wasn't initially intended for release. "'One Toke Over the Line' was a song we wrote to amuse...

Michael Brewer of Brewer & Shipley passed away on Tuesday at the age of 80. The news was confirmed in a press release, noting that Brewer had been battling multiple illnesses for the last three years. Brewer & Shipley were best known for their Top 10 hit, "One Toke Over the Line," released as their debut single in 1971. "Who would have guessed they [the duo's record label] would release it as a single, it would go shooting up the charts, and the Nixon administration would try to ban it?" Brewer said to UCR in 2016. "We made Nixon's 'hate...

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