Bob Kuban Dies: Drummer & Bandleader Who Had Hit With ‘The Cheater’ Was 84
deadline.comBob Kuban, a drummer and bandleader whose group Bob Kuban and the In-Men had a mid-’60s Top 15 hit with “The Cheater,” died January 20 in his sleep of stroke complications.
He was 84. Kutis Funeral Home posted the news. Born on August 19, 1940, in St. Louis, Kuban was drawn to music at an early age.
He tells the story about how St. Louis legend Chuck Berry played at Kuban’s grade school and asked the crowd if anyone knew how to play drums.
The youngsters chums volunteered him, and Kuban went behind the kit and played for 10 minutes. “You did a good job,” Berry told the boy afterward, asking, “How long have you been playing?” Kuban responded, “10 minutes.” Inspired by seeing Ike Turner’s band perform at the Club Imperial, Kuban said his “goal was to get a band like Ike’s with the horns and be a recording artist someday.” That became a reality in 1966 when his group hit the national charts.
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