Solomon Burke
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Biography
[Edit]While Solomon Burke never made a major impact upon the pop audience — he never, in fact, had a Top 20 hit — he was an important early soul pioneer. On his '60s singles for Atlantic, he brought a country influence into R&B, with emotional phrasing and intricately constructed, melodic ballads and midtempo songs. At the same time, he was surrounded with sophisticated "uptown" arrangements and was provided with much of his material by his producers, particularly Bert Berns. The combination of gospel, pop, country, and production polish was basic to the recipe of early soul. While Burke wasn't the only one pursuing this path, not many others did so as successfully. And he, like Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett, was an important influence upon the Rolling Stones, who covered Burke's "Cry to Me" and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" on their early albums.
Burke came by his gospel roots even more deeply than most soul stars. He was preaching at his family's Philadelphia church and hosting his own gospel radio show even before he'd reached his teens. He began recording gospel and R&B sides for Apollo in the mid- to late '50s. Like several former gospel singers (Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett), he was molded into a more secular direction when he signed with Atlantic in the '60s. Burke had a wealth of high-charting R&B hits in the early half of the '60s, which crossed over to the pop listings in a mild fashion as well. "Just Out of Reach," "Cry to Me," "If You Need Me," "Got to Get You Off My Mind," "Tonight's the Night," and "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)" were the most successful of these, although, unlike Franklin or Pickett, he wasn't able to expand his R&B base into a huge pop following as well. He left Atlantic in the late '60s and spent the next decade hopping between various labels, getting his biggest hit with a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary" in 1969, and recording an album in the late '70s with cult soulster Swamp Dogg as producer.
From the '80s through the first decade of the new millennium, Burke became one of the most visible living exponents of classic soul music, continuing to tour and record albums in a rootsy, at times gospel-ish style. Although these were critically well-received, their stylistic purity also ensured that their market was primarily confined to roots music enthusiasts, rather than a pop audience. His live and later recorded work, however, is a favorite of those who want to experience a soul legend with his talents and stylistic purity relatively intact. Burke's 2002 release Don't Give Up on Me was hailed as a major comeback for the legendary soul man. Great songwriters like Elvis Costello, Dan Penn, Nick Lowe, and Tom Waits contributed songs, and Joe Henry produced the album, which has been compared to Johnny Cash's landmark American Recordings.
After the critical success of Don't Give Up on Me reaffirmed Burke's status as one of the greatest living exponents of classic soul, the singer teamed up with producer Don Was for Make Do with What You Got, an updated variation on his classic style that was released in spring 2005. A year later, Burke released an interesting country and soul hybrid, Nashville, on Shout! Factory. A second album on the label, Like a Fire, followed in 2008. Burke next reunited with producer Willie Mitchell for Nothing’s Impossible, which was released shortly after Mitchell’s death in 2010 by Koch Records’ E1 Music. In October of 2009, Burke teamed up with Dutch Soul band De Dijk for recording sessions that would become his final album: Hold on Tight. Sadly, Burke died on October 10, 2010 upon arrival at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, The Netherlands where the soul legend was scheduled to perform at a sold-out show at the city's Paradiso concert hall with De Dijk. Hold on Tight was eventually released in March 2011.
Collections
Title: Pop Masters: Friendship Ring
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 15
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits, Hits, & Hits, Vol. 6
Genre: Rock
Title: The Soul Man, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Before the Rolling Stones
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: A Box Full of Love, Vol. 3 (Re-recorded Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 38
Genre: Pop
Title: Autumn Spirits - Jazz for Chillin' (Extended Version)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 25
Genre: Pop
Title: Soul Classics: I've Been Talked About
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: A Box Full of Love, Vol. 2 (Re-recorded Version)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Ultimate Gospel Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Gospel
Title: Jukebox & Doo Wop Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1961, Vol. 15
Genre: Pop
Title: The Soul Man: 16 Kings of Solid Gold Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest Rock & Roll Songs
Genre: Rock
Title: Atlantic 60: Satin Grooves (The '60s)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Music from the House That Ahmet Built
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Lost Soul from Deep In the Vault
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Train (Remastered)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: A Rhythm & Blues Christmas
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Valentine's Day (Love Songs)
Title: Great Sixties Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Tonight Show: Stardust Cowboys
Genre: Country
Title: Soul Classics
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 80'S MOVIE HITS CD 2
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Rhythm & Soul CD 2
Genre: Soul
Title: Compact Disc Club - Cine Diamonds CD 2
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Weekend Starts Here CD 3
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Blues & Soul Masters CD 1
Title: Soul Deep: The Story Of Black Popular Music (Disc 1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel
Title: Lie To Me: Season 3 (Soundtrack)
Genre: World Music, Latin, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Singer, The Song (CD2)
Genre: World Music
Title: Have Mercy! The Songs Of Don Covay
Genre: Soul
Title: Ultimate Dirty Dancing
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: All The... 60'S (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Soul Legends (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Psychedelic
Title: Omvision Pt. 6
Genre: Trip Hop, Drum & Bass, Dub, Pop
Title: Beat Of The Pops Vol. 21
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Funk Fever Vol. 2 (CD3)
Title: Beat Of The Pops Vol. 17
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Jools Holland – Best Of Friends
Genre: Pop
Title: Arte Summer Of Soul (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz
Title: Akella Present - Black Pure Blues - Vol. 8 (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Rock, Blues Rock
Title: 100 Hits Soul (CD03)
Genre: Soul
Title: London American Instrumental 45s, Vol. 4
Genre: Instrumental Rock
Title: Rare 45's Vol. 4 (CD3)
Title: Soul Uprising - 50 Early Soul & R&B Nuggets (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Beg, Scream & Shout! The Big Ol' Box Of '60s Soul
Genre: Soul
Title: Soul Explosion
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk
Title: Soul Meeting, Vol. 2 (50 Original Recordings)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Sixties Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
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Artist: Jerry Lee Lewis
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Outlaw Country
Title: Live Licks
Artist: Rolling Stones
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Pop
Title: Duets
Artist: The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Genre: Gospel, Christian Rock, Christian Country Music
Title: City of Dreams: A Collection of New Orleans Music
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz
Title: Golden Slumbers-Father's Love
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Kids, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Lightning In a Bottle (Original Sountrack Recording)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Swinging The Blues, Dancing The Ska
Artist: Blues Orchestra, Jools Holland
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock
Title: Radio JXL: A Broadcast From The Computer Hell Cabin (3PM) CD1
Artist: Junkie XL
Genre: Electronica
Title: The Man From U. N. C. L. E. (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: Daniel Pemberton
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: When Cool Was King (CD3)
Artist: Ministry Of Sound
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Crossover Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Bang: The Bert Berns Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: How to Be a Latin Lover (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Latin