Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke
Solomon Burkewas an American preacher and singer, 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",...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth21 March 1940
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
We've lost a giant, we've lost a legend, we've lost a man who created his own charisma and made it work around the world. It's just hard for me to really grasp that Wilson is already travelling towards the greater place.
We started the publicity, we started moving in the same direction with them, and then the devil came in and just turned that right around.