Solomon Burke

Soul legend Solomon Burke sang in the church choir as a child, later presented a gospel program on the radio and recorded his first songs in the 1950s. It wasn't until 1960 that he was discovered and signed with Atlantic Records. Burke mixed gospel with the then popular music style R&B and thus laid the foundation for soul music. Although he never had world hits himself, some of his songs became classics. The best known of these is undoubtedly 'Everybody Needs Somebody to Love'. In 1964, Solomon Burke was proclaimed the 'King of Rock and Soul' by a radio host.

The music world holds Burke in high esteem. In 2002 he recorded the album 'Don't Give Up On Me'. Produced by Joe Henry, it is a collection of songs written for him by some of his admirers such as Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, Nick Lowe and Brian Wilson. >. This record won a Grammy Award for best blues album. This year the album 'Like A Fire' was released, which contains songs by Eric Clapton, Ben Harper, Keb Mo and Jesse Harris. Solomon Burke is soul, overwhelming soul!