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First Name

Solomon

Last Name

Burke

Date of Birth

21 March 1940

Height

Build

Large

Eye Color

Brown - Dark

Hair Color

Bald

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Star Sign

Aries

Ethnicity

Black

Gender

Male

Music Genre

Country

Nationality

American

Music Genre

R&B

Music Style

Soul, Country Soul, Southern Soul, Deep Soul, Early R&B

Music Mood

Amiable/Good-Natured, Earthy, Cheerful, Exuberant, Joyous, Passionate, Hungry, Organic, Confident, Earnest, Sensual, Rousing, Romantic

Instrument

Vocals

Wikipedia Text

Solomon Burke (March 21, 1940 � October 10, 2010) was an American singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, mortician, and an archbishop of the United House of Prayer For All People. Burke was known as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", and as the "Bishop of Soul", and described as "the Muhammad Ali of soul", and as "the most unfairly overlooked singer of soul's golden age". Burke was "the founding father of what was defined as soul music in America in the 1960s", and "a major architect of 1960s soul, infusing post-World War II R&B with gospel roots". and "a key transitional figure bridging R&B and soul", Burke's "sound was a bold merger of orchestrated sophistication and countryish, down-home grit, and his best singles built a Gothic sense of drama and heartbreak. These tracks bridged the gap between the more mannered mainstream rhythm and blues of the Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller songwriting team of the 1950s, as exemplified by the Coasters and Drifters, and the gruffer Southern styles of the later '60s, as heard on the Stax Records sides of Otis Redding and Sam & Dave. At one time considered by Jerry Wexler to be "the greatest male soul singer of all time", Burke was "a singer whose smooth, powerful articulation and mingling of sacred and profane themes helped define soul music in the early 1960s". Burke drew from his roots: gospel, soul, and blues, as well as developing his own style at a time when R&B, and rock were both still in their infancy. Artistically, Burke was influenced by the music of the church, as well as by Little Richard. Described as both "Rabelaisian" and also as a "spiritual enigma", "Perhaps more than any other artist, the ample figure of Solomon Burke symbolized the ways that spirituality and commerce, ecstasy and entertainment, sex and salvation, individualism and brotherhood, could blend in the world of 1960s soul music."

Date of Death

10 October 2010

Place of Death

Amsterdam`s Schiphol Airport

Claim to Fame

Cry to Me

Religion

Christian

Role ID

Soundtrack, Actor/Actress, Composer

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Solomon Burke (March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010) was an American Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. During the half-century that he performed, he drew from his roots: gospel, soul, and blues, as well as developing his own style in a time when R&B, and rock were still in their infancy. Burke was considered a pioneer and was a member of the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On October 10, 2010 he was reported to have died at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands, on or immediately after a flight from Los Angeles to Amsterdam, where he had been due to perform with De Dijk on October 12. The cause of death was not immediately clear.

Couple Profile Source

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Burke

Official Websites

www.thekingsolomonburke.com/

Full Name at Birth

Solomon Burke

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