Solomon Burke
- MatchSolomon Burke
- 100%Wilson Pickett
- 98%Percy Sledge
- 79%Eddie Floyd
- 72%Sam & Dave
- 71%Jackie Wilson
- 66%Rufus Thomas
- 65%Clarence Carter
- 64%Otis Redding
- 59%Carla Thomas
- 59%Sam Cooke
Biography
21 March 1940, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The former Wonder Boy Preacher, Burkes first recordings appeared on the New York-based Apollo label. From 1955-59 he attempted various styles until a brisk rocker, Be Bop Grandma, attracted the attention of Atlantic Records. An eclectic performer, his reading of a sentimental country song, Just Out Of Reach (1961), was a US Top 30 hit, but the following year, the King of Soul began asserting a... Read more