SOLOMON BURKE, 70
Died October 10th on a plane arriving in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Signed in the early 60s to Atlantic records. A very influential voice in r & b and soul music, who never attained the crossover success of Aretha Franklin or Wilson Pickett, but he did gap the chasm between the mainstream r&b of the Coasters and Drifters and he Atco sound of grittier Southern soul of Sam and Dave and Otis Redding.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
His best-known songs were:
Cry to Me
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
Got to Get You Off My Mind
I'll never forget that great rendition of "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" on the "Blues Brothers" movie.
A Great One.
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