AMSTERDAM (AP) — Solomon Burke, the larger-than-life "King of Rock and Soul," whose songs blended soul, gospel, country and R&B, died early Sunday at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport at age 70. Born to ...
Kelly Clarkson‘s newest live performance on Kellyoke is so good, it just might make you cry. Covering Solomon Burke‘s classic hit “Cry To Me” on the Tuesday (May 24) episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show ...
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Soul music legend Solomon Burke died Sunday morning at age 70. His hits included "Cry To Me," "Got to Get You Off Off My Mind" and "Tonight's The Night." He in Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport while on ...
Solomon Burke—who died in the Netherlands last week, aged 70 (although there is some controversy about his date of birth)—was a great soul singer with hits such as “Cry to Me,” “Tonight’s the Night,” ...
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 ...
When Epitaph Records’ Andy Kaulkin first approached Solomon Burke about being part of the Fat Possum family–the Mississippi label home to blues guitarists R.L. Burnside and T-Model Ford–the soul ...
Grammy-winning soul singer Solomon Burke, known for the 1964 hit "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love,'' apparently suffered a heart attack and died on a flight from Los Angeles to Amsterdam Sunday. He ...
At age 69, Solomon Burke may be more popular today than he was in the mid-1960s, when his string of impassioned singles for Atlantic Records — highlighted by "Cry to Me," "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye), ...
The "King of Rock and Soul" is back. In the 1960s, Solomon Burke scored hits with "Cry to Me," "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love," and "Got to Get you Off My Mind," among many others. His new album ...
Many things have gone unchanged in a secular Solomon Burke show over the past 2½ decades -- the medleys, the sanctifying, the tributes to old soul singers, the purity of his delivery. As he mounts a ...