Discography and Biography of Solomon Burke

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1	record label: Atlantic 2185 chart position: RandB #2 (5 weeks), US #37 weeksinr&bchart: 15 written by: Wilson Pickett, Robert Bateman and Sonny Sanders album: Rock and Soul comments: [southern soul ballad]	Solomon Burke	If You Need Me	1963	Atlantic
2	record label: Atlantic 2205 chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #49 weeksinr&bchart: 15 written by: Don Covay and Horace Ott album: Rock and Soul comments: [southern soul ballad]	Solomon Burke	You're Good For Me	1963	Atlantic
3	record label: Atlantic 2114 chart position: RandB #7, US #24, US AC #6 weeksinr&bchart: 19 written by: Virgil Stewart album: Rock and Soul comments: [ballad]	Solomon Burke	Just Out of Reach	1961	Atlantic
4	record label: Atlantic 2276 chart position: RandB #1, US #22 written by: Delores Burke & Solomon Burke album: The Best of Solomon Burke comments: [southern soul]	Solomon Burke	Got to Get You Off My Mind	1965	Atlantic
5	record label: Atlantic 2288 chart position: RandB #2, US #28 written by: Solomon Burke & Don Covay album: The Best of Solomon Burke comments: [blues soul]	Solomon Burke	Tonight's the Night	1965	Atlantic
6	record label: Atlantic 2226 chart position: RandB #8, US #33 written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) & Wes Farrell album: Rock and Soul comments: [southern soul ballad]	Solomon Burke	Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)	1964	Atlantic
7	record label: Atlantic 2241 chart position: RandB #4, US #58 written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns), Solomon Burke and Jerry Wexler album: Atlantic Soul Classics comments: [southern soul]	Solomon Burke	Everybody Needs Somebody To Love	1964	Atlantic
8	record label: Atlantic 2131 chart position: RandB #5, US #44 written by: Bert Russell album: Rock and Soul comments: [southern soul ballad]	Solomon Burke	Cry To Me	1962	Atlantic
9	record label: Atlantic 2259 chart position: RandB #10, US #57 written by: Solomon Burke, Solomon Burke Jr. and J.B. Moore comments: [deep soul]	Solomon Burke	The Price	1964	Atlantic
10	record label: Atlantic 2416 chart position: RandB #11, US #49 written by: James Brown	Solomon Burke	Take Me (Just As I Am)	1967	Atlantic
11	record label: Bell 783 chart position: RandB #15, US #45 written by: John Fogerty album: Proud Mary	Solomon Burke	Proud Mary	1969	Bell
12	record label: MGM 14353 chart position: RandB #13, US #89 written by: Solomon Burke (as Solomon Burke Sr.) album: Cool Breeze	Solomon Burke	Love's Street and Fools' Road	1972	MGM
13	record label: Atlantic 2308 chart position: Cashbox R&B #14, US #94 written by: Larry Harrison, Jimmy Williams and Solomon Burke	Solomon Burke	Only Love (Can Save Me Now)	1965	Atlantic
14	record label: Atlantic 45 2147 chart position: RandB #15, US #85 written by: John Berry and Don Covay	Solomon Burke	I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You	1962	Atlantic
15	record label: Atlantic 2218 chart position: RandB #17, US #51, US AC #16 written by: Joe Allison and Audrey Allison album: Rock and Soul	Solomon Burke	He'll Have To Go	1964	Atlantic
16	record label: Atlantic 2378 chart position: RandB #15, US #64 written by: Alexander comments: [deep soul]	Solomon Burke	Keep a Light in the Window Till I Come Home	1967	Atlantic
17	record label: Atlantic 45 2147 chart position: RandB #20, US #71, US AC #19 written by: Solomon Burke and Bert Berns album: Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits	Solomon Burke	Down In The Valley	1962	Atlantic
18	record label: Dunhill 4388 chart position: RandB #14 written by: Billy Page and Gene Page album: Music to Make Love By	Solomon Burke	Midnight and You	1974	Dunhill
19	record label: Chess 2159 chart position: RandB #19, US #96 written by: Solomon Burke and Jerry Styner	Solomon Burke	You and Your Baby Blues	1975	Chess
20	record label: Atlantic 2345 chart position: Cashbox RandB #19 written by: Solomon Burke, Dolores Burke	Solomon Burke	Suddenly	1966	Atlantic
21	record label: Atlantic 4044 chart position: RandB #24, US #89 written by: Solomon Burke, Eddie Floyd and Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)	Solomon Burke	Someone Is Watching	1965	Atlantic
22	record label: Atlantic 2196 chart position: US #66 written by: James Mitchell album: Rock and Soul	Solomon Burke	Can't Nobody Love You	1963	Atlantic
23	record label: MGM 14221 chart position: RandB #26, US #96 written by: M. Burke, Solomon Burke Jr. and B. Burke	Solomon Burke	The Electronic Magnetism (That's Heavy, Baby)	1971	MGM
24	record label: Atlantic 2507 chart position: RandB #32, US #68 written by: Billy Taylor and Dick Dallas	Solomon Burke	I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)	1968	Atlantic
25	record label: Atlantic 452314 chart position: RandB #31, US #96 written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)	Solomon Burke	Baby, Come on Home	1966	Atlantic
26	record label: Atlantic 2157 chart position: US #93 written by: Don Robertson and Howard Barnes	Solomon Burke	I Really Don't Want To Know	1962	Atlantic
27	record label: Atlantic 2254 chart position: RandB #38, US #92 written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)	Solomon Burke	Yes I Do	1964	Atlantic
28	record label: Atlantic 2327 chart position: US #97 written by: Orville Couch and Eddie McDuff	Solomon Burke	I Feel a Sin Coming On	1966	Atlantic
29	record label: Atlantic 2349 chart position: RandB #38, US #109 written by: Solomon Burke	Solomon Burke	Keep Looking	1966	Atlantic
30	record label: Atlantic 45 2180 chart position: Cashbox R&B #36, US #121 written by: Solomon Burke	Solomon Burke	Words	1963	Atlantic
31	record label: Atlantic 2483 chart position: US #112 written by: Don Covay	Solomon Burke	Party People	1968	Atlantic
32	record label: Bell 759 chart position: RandB #47, US #116 written by: Dan Penn, Jimmy Johnson and Spooner Oldham album: Proud Mary	Solomon Burke	Up Tight Good Woman	1969	Bell
33	record label: Fat Possum 358 2 chart position: UK #125 written by: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Brenda Russell album: Don't Give Up on Me	Solomon Burke	None of Us Are Free	2003	Fat Possum
34	record label: MGM 14402 chart position: RandB #42 written by: Solomon Burke Jr. and Solomon Burke (as Solomon Burke Sr. album: We're Almost Home	Solomon Burke	We're Almost Home	1972	MGM
35	record label: Bell 806 chart position: US #129 written by: Beasley Smith and Haven Gillespie album: Proud Mary	Solomon Burke	That Lucky Old Sun	1969	Bell
36	record label: Atlantic 2459 chart position: RandB #47, US #104 written by: Danny Dill and Mel Tillis	Solomon Burke	Detroit City	1967	Atlantic
37	record label: Chess 2172 chart position: RandB #72 written by: Solomon Burke album: Music to Make Love By	Solomon Burke	Let Me Wrap My Arms Around You	1975	Chess
38	record label: Amherst 736 chart position: RandB #91 written by: J. Williams Jr.	Solomon Burke	Please Don't You Say Goodbye to Me	1978	Amherst
39	record label: MGM 14571 chart position: RandB #97 written by: Daniel Moore	Solomon Burke	Shambala	1973	MGM
--	record label: Atlantic 2205 written by: Bert Russell, Solomon Burke album: Rock and Soul comments: [ballad]	Solomon Burke	Beautiful Brown Eyes	1963	Atlantic
--	record label: Atlantic 8096 written by: Angela Martin, Bobby Scott album: Rock and Soul comments: [album cut]	Solomon Burke	Won't You Give Him (One More Chance)	1964	Atlantic
--	record label: Atlantic 8096 written by: Solomon Burke album: Rock and Soul comments: [album cut]	Solomon Burke	Someone To Love Me	1964	Atlantic
--	record label: Atlantic 8096 written by: Bert Berns, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Nugetre album: Rock and Soul comments: [album cut]	Solomon Burke	You Can't Love' Em All	1964	Atlantic
--	record label: Atlantic 8096 written by: Woody Guthrie album: Rock and Soul comments: [album cut]	Solomon Burke	Hard Ain't It Hard	1964	Atlantic

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 a "key transitional figure in the development of soul music from rhythm and blues. He had a string of hits including "Cry to Me", "If You Need Me", "Got to Get You Off My Mind", "Down in the Valley" and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love". Burke was referred to as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", "Bishop of Soul" and the "Muhammad Ali of soul". Due to his minimal chart success in comparison to other soul music greats such as James Brown, Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding, Burke has been described as the genre's "most unfairly overlooked singer" of its golden age. Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler referred to Burke as "the greatest male soul singer of all time".

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