Genres: Soul, Early R&B, Country Soul, Southern Soul, Deep Soul Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: March 21, 1940 in Philadelphia, PA
Robert Blair, Rev. Julius Cheeks, Big Joe Turner, Nat King Cole, Don Covay, Roy Hamilton, Jackie Wilson, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, The Swan Silvertones, Mahalia Jackson, Screamin' Jay Hawkins Arthur Alexander, Don Covay, O.V. Wright, Joe Tex, Percy Sledge, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Booker T. & the MG's, James Carr, Ben E. King, Garnet Mimms, The Blues Brothers, J.J. Jackson, Bobby Patterson, Joe Hicks, Booker T. Jones, The Mar-Keys, Arthur Conley, Carla Thomas The Blues Brothers, Esther Phillips, The Small Faces, The Undertakers, Terry Ellis, Doris Duke, Wilson Pickett, The Animals, Dan Penn, Mitch Ryder, Gram Parsons, Curtis Mayfield, Clarence Carter, James Hunter, Betty Harris, Charlie Rich, Peter Gallagher, Joe Tex, Sly & the Family Stone |  |
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.
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Release: April 28, 2009
Label: Rounder
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Release: March 31, 2009
Label: Collectables Records
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