Solomon Burke - The Soul Sound Of King Solomon

SOLOMON BURKE - THE SOUL SOUNDS OF KING SOLOMON

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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

With his big, powerful voice and his ardent but controlled emotionality, Solomon Burke was one of the early pioneers of soul music, although his merits were not fully recognized until the new millennium, when he belatedly won his first Grammy.

At the age of nine, Solomon Burke (born March 21, 1940, Philadelphia, PA) was a preacher and choir soloist at his family's Philadelphia church, the House of God for All People. At age twelve, he hosted his own gospel radio program, "Solomon's Temple," and toured the gospel circuits as the "Wonder Boy Preacher." In 1955, he began recording both religious and secular music for the Apollo and Singular labels before signing with Atlantic Records in 1960.

At Atlantic, Burke made some of the first soul records, recording his 'gospel preaching' style in songs influenced by R&B, rock & roll and other secular music styles. He was a big influence on Mick Jagger, who included Burke songs like "You Can Make It If You Try," "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love," "If You Need Me" and "Cry To Me" on early Rolling Stones albums. Otis Redding also covered Burke's R&B version of the traditional folk ballad "Down In the Valley."