Monday, 10/11/10
Solomon Burke, March 21, 1940-October 10, 2010
Live (TV broadcast), England, 2003
“Everybody Needs Somebody To Love”
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“None Of Us Are Free”
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“Cry To Me,” live, Spain (Vitoria), 2004
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“Don’t Give Up On Me,” live
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lagniappe
The best soul singer of all time.
—Jerry Wexler, Solomon Burke’s producer at Atlantic Records (also produced Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, et al.)
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Every day I’m on the phone ministering to people. I’ve had so many people say to me, “What should I believe in?” I tell ’em, “Just believe in what’s real and makes you feel good. Whatever moves you, go there.”
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Every day they had a service [at my grandmother’s House of Prayer for All People], and the music never stopped. There was always a band with two or three trombones, tambourines, cymbals, guitars, pianos. When I speak of music, I get choked up. It was a message to God, something you feel down to your bones and your soul and your heart.
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I’ve learned to forgive Jerry [Wexler] . . . I’m also waiting for my check.
—Solomon Burke (in Charles M. Young, “King Solomon’s Sweet Thunder,” Rolling Stone, 5/27/10)
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