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Solomon Burke—who died in the Netherlands last ... with his powerful and inspired live album Soul Alive! The rise continued with A Change is Gonna Come (1986)—described by critics as ...
Solomon Burke, the hit-making ’60s soul vocalist ... In 1984, Rounder Records’ “Soul Alive!” — drawn from a pair of sets at a Washington, D.C., club — garnered rave reviews.
Solomon Burke's new album ... Perhaps that's why Rounder Records just re-released "Soul Alive," a two-disc live album originally released on vinyl in 1985. Documenting two complete sets from ...
Solomon Burke, a pioneering singer-songwriter of so-called sweet soul music whose powerful ballads in the 1960s were a major influence on a generation of rock, R&B; and pop vocalists, has died.
Solomon Burke is back, though he didn't leave for long. Ten years ago, the soul music legend quit recording to devote more time to preaching, but he returned with a country album in 2006.
Don't talk to Solomon Burke on an empty stomach. That's one tip music journalists should be given when they're planning to interview the King of Rock 'n' Soul. Burke, the 64-year-old resurgent ...
Solomon Burke, the hit-making ’60s soul vocalist ... In 1984, Rounder Records’ “Soul Alive!” — drawn from a pair of sets at a Washington, D.C., club — garnered rave reviews.
Solomon Burke, a pioneering singer-songwriter of so-called sweet soul music whose powerful ballads in the 1960s were a major influence on a generation of rock, R&B and pop vocalists, has died.
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 singers of the 1960s, renowned as among music's premier ...
Solomon Burke, a singer whose smooth, powerful articulation and mingling of sacred and profane themes helped define soul music in the early 1960s, died on Sunday at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.
U.S. soul singer Solomon Burke died at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on Sunday morning, aged 70, after flying in from Los Angeles, Dutch media reported. By THR Staff AMSTERDAM — U.S. soul singer ...
Solomon Burke, a soul music pioneer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee whose songs blended soul, gospel, country and R&B, has died. He was 70.Burke died early Sunday at Amsterdam's ...