Artist Name
Solomon Burke

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Hold on Tight (2010)	Like a Fire (2008)	Proud Mary (2006)
Nashville (2006)	Soul of the Blues (2005)	Make Do With What You Got (2005)
Don't Give Up on Me (2002)	Proud Mary: The Bell Sess (2000)	Home Land (1993)
A Change Is Gonna Come (1987)	Sidewalks, Fences and Wal (1979)	I Have a Dream (1974)
I Wish I Knew (1968)	Rock 'N Soul (1964)	If You Need Me (1963)
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Origin
Philadelphia, PA

Genre
Soul

Style
Urban/R&B

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Good Natured

Born

1940

Active
1940 to 2010

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5 users Solomon Burke - Cry to Me
4 users Solomon Burke - Cry to Me
4 users Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
4 users Solomon Burke - None of Us Are Free
3 users Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me


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Solomon Burke (March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010) was an American recording artist and vocalist, who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s and a "key transitional figure in the development of soul music from rhythm and blues. He had a string of hits including "Cry to Me", "If You Need Me", "Got to Get You Off My Mind", "Down in the Valley" and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love". Burke was referred to as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", "Bishop of Soul" and the "Muhammad Ali of soul". Due to Burke's minimal chart success in comparison to other soul music greats such as James Brown, Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding, Burke is often described as the genre's "most unfairly overlooked singer" of its golden age.Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler once referred to Burke as "the greatest male soul singer of all time".


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