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SOLOMON BURKE
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 [his] 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 '50s, 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."
During the 55 years that he performed professionally, Burke released 38 studio albums on more than 17 record labels and had 35 songs that charted, including 26 songs that made the Billboard R&B charts, including "Got to Get You Off My Mind" that was #1 in the summer of the 1965, and an additional 9 songs that were only listed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including 1964's seminal “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love”. Burke had over 30 songs make the Cash Box R&B charts, with "Got to Get You Off My Mind" reaching #1, and 23 that charted on their pop chart hits, with seven making Cash Box's Top 40. In 2001, Burke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a performer. His album Don't Give Up on Me won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003. By 2005 Burke was credited with selling 17 million albums. Rolling Stone ranked Burke as #89 on its 2008 list of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".
Track Listing: 1. It's Been a Change, 2. Take Me (Just as I Am), 3. Time Is a Thief, 4. Keep a Light in the Window, 5. Baby, Come on Home, 6. Detroit City, 7. Someone Is Watching, 8. Party People, 9. When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters), 10. Woman, How Do You Make Me Love You Like I Do, 11. It's Just a Matter of Time, 12. Presents for Christmas, 13. I Wishi I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free), 14. Get out of My Life Woman, 15. Meet Me in Church, 16. By the Time I Get to Phoenix, 17. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye, 18. What'd I Say, 19. Since I Met You Baby, 20. Save It, 21. Shame on Me, 22. Why, Why, Why
Track Listing: 1. Don't Give Up on Me, 2. Fast Train, 3. Diamond in Your Mind, 4. Flesh and Blood, 5. Soul Searchin', 6. Only a Dream, 7. Judgement, The, 8. Stepchild, 9. Other Side of the Coin, The, 10. None of Us Are Free, 11. Sit This One Out
Disc 1: Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms) Cry to Me If You Need Me I Have a Dream Looking For a Sign All For the Love of Sunshine Now Is the Time We Can Be Together Again I Got You Social Change Mountain Top Precious Lord, Take My Hand / We Shall Overcome
Jools Holland and Solomon in the Recording Studio, Interview, Joe Henry Discusses Recording the Grammy-winning Album "Don't Give Up On Me", Don Was Discusses Recording the Grammy-nominated Album "Make Do With What You Got", Solomon's Photo album.
Track Listing: 1. Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms), 2. Cry to Me, 3. Down in the Valley, 4. I'm Hanging up My Heart for You, 5. If You Need Me, 6. Can't Nobody Love You, 7. You're Good for Me, 8. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye), 9. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, 10. Price, The, 11. Got to Get You off My Mind, 12. Tonight's the Night, 13. Someone Is Watching, 14. Take Me (Just as I Am), 15. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free), 16. Soul Meeting
Track Listing: 1. Just Out of Reach (of My Two Empty Arms), 2. Cry To Me, 3. Down In the Valley, 4. I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You, 5. If You Need Me, 6. Can't Nobody Love You, 7. You're Good For Me, 8. Goodbye Baby, 9. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, 10. Price, The, 11. Got To Get You Off My Mind, 12. Tonight's the Night, 13. Someone is Watching, 14. Take Me Just As I Am, 15. I Wish I Knew, 16. Soul Meeting
The classic Solomon Burke LPs "If You Need Me", "Rock 'N Soul", "King Solomon", "I Wish I Knew" and "Got To Get To You" are included in this bundle-pack. This box set from Collectables pulls together five of Solomon Burke's 1960s albums for Atlantic Records (IFF YOU NEED ME, ROCK 'N' SOUL, KING SOLOMON, I WISH I KNEW, and GOT TO GET YOU OFF MY MIND), each of which has also been released as an individual album by Collectables. The soul explosion of the time was both a boon and a bane for Solomon. No one was better at bringing the churchy tones of hard gospel into the secular arena, but as the genre became more popular, Burke-instead of just keeping on doing what he had been doing-began to reach out for wider acceptance, choosing songs more for their mass appeal than for their worthiness. But he was too fine a singer to ever deliver an album without stunning tracks, and there are several examples here of Burke at his best, including the gospel-fueled vintage R & B cover of the Staple Singers' "It's Been a Change," and the hard country punch of "Detroit City." Burke was always most at home with soul ballads, and there are several of those here as well, including a particularly fine version of Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn's "Take Me (Just as I Am)." There are enough stunning songs here to make this box well worth seeking out, for at his best, Burke was simply unbeatable.
Track Listing: (DISC 1:), (DISC 2:), 1. Get Out of My Life Woman, 1. Home in Your Heart, 2. Down in the Valley, 2. Save It, 3. Looking For My Baby, 3. Take Me (Just as I Am), 4. I'm Hanging up My Heart For You, 4. When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters), 5. Cry to Me, 5. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free), 6. Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms), 6. Party People, 7. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye), 7. Keep a Light in the Window, 8. I Feel a Sin Coming On, 8. Words, 9. Meet Me in Church, 9. Stupidity, 10. Send Me Some Loving, 10. Someone Is Watching, 11. Detroit City, 11. Go on Back to Him, 12. Baby (I Wanna Be Loved), 12. Shame on Me, 13. Can't Nobody Love You, 13. I Stayed Away Too Long, 14. Got to Get You Off My Mind, 14. It's Just a Matter of Time, 15. Since I Met You Baby, 15. Someone to Love Me, 16. Time Is a Thief, 16. You're Good For Me, 17. Dance Dance Dance, 17. Woman, How Do You Make Me Love You Like I Do, 18. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, 18. It's Been a Change, 19. Tonight's the Night, 19. What'd I Say, 20. Baby, Come on Home, 21. If You Need Me, 22. Price, The
Track Listing: 1. Got To Get You Off of My Mind, 2. Price, The, 3. Down In the Valley, 4. I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You, 5. If You Need Me, 6. Just Out of Reach, 7. Cry To Me, 8. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, 9. Home In Your Heart, 10. Tonight's the Night, 11. I Really Don't Want To Know, 12. Words
Track Listing: 1. Love Buys Love, 2. Got to Get Myself Some Money, 3. Let It Be You and Me, 4. Love Is All That Matters, 5. Don't Tell Me What a Man Won't Do for a Woman, 6. Change Is Gonna Come, A, 7. Here We Go Again, 8. It Don't Get No Better Than This, 9. When a Man Loves a Woman
Track Listing: 1. Like a Fire, 2. We Don't Need It, 3. Fall, The, 4. Minute to Rest and a Second to Pray, A - (featuring Ben Harper), 5. Ain't That Something, 6. What Makes Me Think I Was Right, 7. Understanding, 8. You and Me, 9. Thank You, 10. If I Give My Heart to You
Track Listing: 1. Electronic Magnetism, The (That's Heavy Baby), 2. Three Psalms of Elton, 3. Medley, 4. You Can Run But You Can't Hide, 5. Stand, 6. Bridge of Life, 7. Psr 1983, 8. Lookin' Out My Back Door, 9. J.C. I Know Who You Are, 10. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The, 11. Get up and Do Something For Yourself, 12. Love's Street and Fool's Road, 13. It Must Be Love, 14. Then I Want to Come Home, 15. We're Almost Home, 16. I've Got to Do My Own Thing, 17. Drown in My Own Tears, 18. Everybody Wants to Fall in Love, 19. I Can't Stop Loving You, 20. Sweet Sweet Reason, 21. Misty, 22. Georgia up North, 23. Here Comes the Train
Track Listing: 1. Introduction / Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, 2. If You Need Me / Tonight's The Night / I Almost Lost My Mind / I Almost Lost My Mind, 3. Cruel World, 4. Cry to Me, 5. Candy/Candy Rap, 6. Got to Get You Off My Mind, 7. No More Nights by Myself, 8. Ain't Nobody's Business, 9. Down in the Valley, 10. I Want a Little Girl, 11. Beautiful Brown Eyes / Just A Matter Of Time / Just A Matter Of Time, 12. Good Rockin' Tonight
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