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Solomon Burke Biography

Solomon Burke (born James Solomon McDonald, March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010) was an American preacher and singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s. He has been called a "a key transitional figure bridging R&B and soul", and was known for his "prodigious output".

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Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time.

Chess, Ends, Label, Labels, Leonard

As you grow older, you learn to understand life a little better.

Grow, Grows, Learn, Life, Littles, Understand

The secret was to just be cool, stay in God's graces, and work it out.

Being Cool, Grace, Graces, Secret, Stay, Work

Apollo Records signed me for my gospel ability.

Ability, Apollo, Records, Signed

I don't need to make a fortune, I need to survive.

Fortune, Make, Needs, Survive

One of us is chained, none of us is free.

Chained, Free

I was signed to MGM. I was in Vegas for sixteen weeks at the Sands Hotel.

Hospitality, Mgm, Sixteen, Vegas

Im still amazed people remembered and didnt give up on me.

Amazed, Give, Giving Up, People

I want to be a soul singer.

Singer, Singers, Soul, Want

I didn't need to borrow money from the record company, because if I had my own publishing company, and I had my own writers, I'd have enough to get and do whatever I wanted to do.

Borrow, Enough, Money, Needs, Records, Writers

I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands. . . that wasn't me.

Hands, Jumping, Lines, Streets

Sometimes its controversy, but we all have our choices that we make.

Choices, Controversy, Make, Sometimes

My manager was Buddy Glee, who put me together with Mike Curb, and was basically the idea to bring some soul to the label and bring something different to the label besides the Hank Williams situation.

Curb, Hank, Ideas, Label, Soul, Together

Girls were coming from every angle. I couldn't love them all. But I tried.

Angle, Coming, Girl, Girls, Tried