Soul Singer Solomon Burke Dies Aged 70

[Hissyspit]

Source: BBC

10 October 2010 Last updated at 05:15 ET
Soul singer Solomon Burke dies aged 70

US soul singer Solomon Burke, who wrote the classic song Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, has died at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport aged 70.

The former preacher turned singer had been due to perform at a well-known club in the city on Tuesday.

The self-proclaimed King of Rock & Soul was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 and won a Grammy in 2003.

Burke leaves behind 21 children and 90 grandchildren.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11509614

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90 grandchildren!!

[mediaman007]

1. What an athlete!

[robdogbucky]

2. RIP Rev. Burke

I was lucky enough to see him perform (he was in a chair for his entire performance and weighed about 400 lbs.)as the opener for Keb Mo last year at Oakland's Paramount Theater. He was great, even singing from a chair he could still bring it. He had so many hits over his long career, and yet he was more popular in Europe. He was fromm NOLA and when he performed, his entire family participated, with one number giving rise to the backup singers alternately throwing/passing out Mardi Gras beads and then near the end he had all the women in the audience come up and receive a long-stem red rose. I think it was just his entourage's way of giving back to the audience. One could sure feel the love when he performed. A true believer with lots of soul and will and should be missed by anyone that loves music.





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[lib2DaBone]

3. He was one of the greats in soul and R&B....Goodbye and God Bless

Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
Cry to Me
A Change is Gonna Come
I can't Stop Loving You
Try A Little Tenderness


Don't give up on Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0bsWl-GnOo

[AlecBGreen]

4. he wrote one of the greatest love songs of all time

AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXUOw_FJQtY

[Judi Lynn]

5. Here's one of his songs HBO's "The Wire" used: "Fast Train"

The Wire: Solomon Burke- Fast Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BcrbEexjYw&feature=related

[Bigmack]

6. One of my favs....

When I hear that song, I got more Soul than I can Control!

The killer is that Fast Train was written by that famous black songwriter...well... black Irish... Van Morrison.

[Bette Noir]

7. Does anyone here know how many women were involved in

giving birth to those 21 children? Or were some of them adopted? Neither IMDB nor Wikipedia mentions any wives/girlfriends/groupies.

Sorry for the poor taste. It just seems like a lot of children.

[Tx4obama]

8. Looks like he fathered them all

From wikipedia:

Burke fathered 21 children (14 daughters and 7 sons),had 90 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Burke

[John Kerry VonErich]

9. Time to pop in The Blues Brothers

Everybody Needs Somebody To Love was used in the films key scene

[Roland99]

10. Damn.... :-(

[estael_oscora]

11. online memorial

It’s a tragedy that Solomon Burke passed away. Honor his memory by contributing to his memorial site http://solomonburke.people2remember.com/