Steve Priest, the bass player who co-founded the UK group Sweet that had hits including “Ballroom Blitz,” “Fox on the Run” and “Love Is Like Oxygen,” died today, his bandmates said without providing details.

1 singles including 10 in a row from 1971-74, and Germany, where Sweet had eight chart-toppers.

Featuring Priest on bass and supplemental lead vocals — often shouted, sometimes yelped — singer Brian Connolly, guitarist Andy Scott and drummer Mick Tucker, Sweet continued to rack up chart success in Great Britain and appeared on such popular TV shows as Top of the Pops and Supersonic.

2 in the UK — among five hits for the group that would peak in the runner-up slot there.

“Ballroom Blitz” — which featured the familiar “Are you ready, Steve?” intro that name-checked Priest — and “Fox on the Run” both reached No.

Sweet would go on to have a few more intercontinental hit singles, including “Action” (1976) and “Love Is Like Oxygen” (1978) before splintering in the late 1970s when Connolly left for a solo career!

Born on February 23, 1948, in Hayes, England, Priest re-formed Sweet with a new lineup in 2008 and had been touring ever since, with he bassist performing while seated in recent years and adding some vocals.