Solomon Burke 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 ...

Solomon Burke is back, though he didn't leave for long. Ten years ago, the soul music legend quit recording to devote more time to preaching, but he returned with a country album in 2006. This year, ...

Singer Solomon Burke died today while traveling from Los Angeles to Amsterdam, according to the AP as published on CBS. He was 70. Born in Philadelphia, Burke was first a preacher, and then a gospel ...

U.S. soul singer Solomon Burke died at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on Sunday morning, aged 70, after flying in from Los Angeles, Dutch media reported. By THR Staff AMSTERDAM — U.S. soul singer ...

It is no exaggeration or overstatement to label Peter Guralnick "America's finest music biographer," as well as one of the nation's premier writers on any subject. Guralnick's heralded books include a ...

Before his death in 2010, powerful baritone Solomon Burke was one of the most colorful personalities in the music business. For 55 years, Burke released 38 studio albums and had 38 charting singles.

Solomon Burke (March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010) was an American recording artist and vocalist, who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s and ...

Soul great Solomon Burke died at a Netherlands airport over the weekend. Burke is one of my favorite vocalists, so I'm going to indulge in a bit of appreciation. Depending on whom you believe, Burke ...

Many things have gone unchanged in a secular Solomon Burke show over the past 2½ decades -- the medleys, the sanctifying, the tributes to old soul singers, the purity of his delivery. As he mounts a ...

Grammy Award-winning soul singer Solomon Burke died Sunday on a plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, officials said. He was 70. This year's Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas' capital will ...