Solomon Burke

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October 11, 2010

Soul Music Legend Solomon Burke Dies

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Soul singer Solomon Burke performs at the House of Blues in West Hollywood in 2002. (Gary Friedman, Los Angeles Times / October 10, 2010) By Valerie J. [...]
October 11, 2010

Legendary Singer Solomon Burke Dies At Airport

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Burke's well known songs include Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, which was featured in the movie The Blues Brothers, as well as the song Cry To Me, [...]
October 11, 2010

Solomon Burke: Gone But Never Forgotten

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Whichever names are proposed, every last one of them has to reckon with the mighty, mighty Solomon Burke. I came to him late. With the arrogance of youth I [...]
October 11, 2010

Solomon Burke Remembered

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Early Sunday morning (October 10), the music world lost a true legend in Solomon Burke. The 70-year-old Grammy winner passed away while traveling to perform [...]
October 11, 2010

'King Solomon' Of Gospel Fame Dies At 70

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On Sunday, Grammy-winning soul and gospel singer, ordained minister and mortician Solomon Burke died. His obituary appears here. Here he is in performance [...]
October 10, 2010

Solomon Burke Dies At Amsterdam Airport At 70

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AMSTERDAM — Solomon Burke, the larger-than-life "King of Rock and Soul" who was revered as one of music's greatest vocalists but never reached the level of [...]
October 12, 2010

RIP Solomon Burke (1940

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As a man who worked as both a preacher and an undtertaker and was said to have some 90 grandchildren from his 21 offspring, Solomon Burke would have had a [...]
October 10, 2010

Joe Henry And The Carolina Chocolate Drops Honor Traditions

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Solomon Burke and Irma Thomas. Allen Toussaint and Mose Allison. Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Loudon Wainwright III. Mavis Staples and Bettye LaVette. [...]
October 11, 2010

Solomon Burke

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Solomon Burke never had it easy. He never came close to matching the popularity of fellow Gospel to R&B crossover stars like Aretha Franklin and Wilson [...]
October 11, 2010

Solomon Burke, 1940

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Solomon Burke was a minor star if measured solely by chart success, he had five top forty hits in the early 1960s for Atlantic and largely fell into [...]
October 11, 2010

Dirty Dancing Singer Solomon Burke Dies

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Johnny Castle and Baby did the deed to the sound—and soul—of Solomon Burke. Burke, the singer whose version of "Cry to Me" played scratchily during the [...]
October 11, 2010

Solomon Burke, Soul Music Legend With Country Influences, Dies At Age 70

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Solomon Burke, a soul music legend who frequently acknowledged his country music influences, died Sunday (Oct. 10) of natural causes at an Amsterdam airport [...]
October 12, 2010

Solomon Burke: Remembering 'King Of Rock And Soul'

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James Solomon Burke was born in Philadelphia on March 21, 1940. By the age of 7 he was already earning himself a reputation as the “Boy Wonder Preacher” for [...]
October 11, 2010

Soul Singer Burke Dies At 70

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WASHINGTON - US SOUL singer Solomon Burke, a Grammy winner and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died on Sunday at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, [...]
October 11, 2010

Soul Legend Solomon Burke Passes Away

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Solomon Burke, the Grammy Award-winning soul singer, died Sunday at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. The 70-year-old Burke had traveled to Amsterdam for a [...]
October 11, 2010

Solomon Burke, 70, Dies As He Jets To Gig

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SIXTIES soul sensation SOLOMON BURKE died on a plane yesterday as he flew to perform a concert. Horrified airline staff on the flight from Los Angeles [...]
October 11, 2010

Solomon Burke Dead At 70

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Solomon, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 and who won a Grammy two years later, was in Holland to perform at a club on Tuesday. [...]
October 10, 2010

Solomon Burke: 'I'll Sing As Long As I Have Breath'

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Everything about Solomon Burke is huge – his faith, his talent, his family and his girth. As he releases an outstanding new album, the self-proclaimed 'King [...]
October 11, 2010

Solomon Burke Dies At Amsterdam Airport At 70

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AMSTERDAM — Solomon Burke was born to the sound of music in an upstairs room of a Philadelphia church and went on to become one of the greatest soul [...]
October 11, 2010

Widespread Panic Pays Tribute To Solomon Burke, Jams With Lubriphonic

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Widespread Panic paid tribute to soul legend Solomon Burke last night at Milwaukee, WI's The Riverside. Early in its second set, Panic performed Burke's [...]
October 12, 2010

Saying Goodbye To Soul Legend Solomon Burke

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I had received Solomon Burke's Don't Give Up On Me as a gift and hadn't listened to it much or really gotten into it, but seeing Burke live showed me how [...]
October 11, 2010

The 10 Best Solomon Burke Songs

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You'd have to be pretty cruel (not to mention tone-deaf) to laugh and call Solomon your personal clown in front of all your friends. Burke's dulcet vocals [...]
October 10, 2010

Solomon Burke - Telegraph


10 Oct 2010 Solomon Burke, the American singer, who died on October 10 aged 70, claimed to be the man for whom the term "soul music" was coined. [...]
October 10, 2010

Solomon Burke Dies At Amsterdam Airport At 70 - Yahoo! News


10 Oct 2010 Solomon Burke, the larger-than-life "King of Rock and Soul" who was revered as one of music's greatest vocalists but never reached the level [...]
October 10, 2010

Solomon Burke - Bio, CDs And Vinyl At Discogs


Solomon Burke. Real Name: James Solomon McDonald. Profile: . Home In Your Heart: The Best Of Solomon Burke (2xCD, Album), Rhino Entertainment Company [...]

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