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Like A Fire

When Solomon Burke sings, you can hear his smiling eyes — he's having a laugh at his detractors. Over the past half-decade, the 68-year-old soul titan defied the odds, re-emerging from commercial oblivion with a string of albums that showcase his genius for ragged-voiced ballads, and for p...

2008 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Nashville

2006

Make Do With What You Got

2005

Don't Give Up On Me

2002

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

By the age of nine, Solomon Burke (b. March 21, 1940, Philadelphia, PA) was a preacher and choir soloist at his family?s Philadelphia church, the...

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