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Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits "Just Out of Reach (of My Two Open Arms)" b/w "Be Bop Grandma" (from Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits) Atlantic 2114 24 7 Rock 'n Soul: 1962 "Cry to Me" b/w "I Almost Lost My Mind" (from Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits) Atlantic 2131 44 5 "I'm Hanging Up My Heart for You" / "Down in the Valley" Atlantic 2147 85 71 15 20
Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy, praised Burke soon after his death: "GRAMMY-winning soul singer Solomon Burke was revered as one of music's greatest vocalists and a pioneer of the genre. A deeply spiritual man, his love and passion for his craft kept him touring and performing to sold-out audiences right up to his final days.
Rock 'N Soul is a 1964 studio album by Grammy Award winning musician Solomon Burke. The album contained seven top 100 hits. Originally released on LP on Atlantic Records, #8096, in July 1964, it was subsequently reissued in March, 1997, on the Sequel Records imprint, #RSACD 861. [2]
When Burke arrived for his first recording session at the Atlantic Records studio at 1841 Broadway in New York City on December 13, 1960, [2] he was given four songs, including his first Atlantic release, "Keep the Magic Working", which was a flop [3] and "Just Out Of Reach (of My Two Empty Arms)", [4] a cover of a country song written and recorded by Virgil "Pappy" Stewart, [5] [6] that had ...
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that "it's all but impossible to make a bad record with Solomon Burke" and that "one listen to Nothing's Impossible confirms that [producer Willie] Mitchell's instincts were right on the money" to make "rich, strong, and gospel-influenced R&B that's sturdy enough to support Burke's earth-shaking vocals while ...
Pages in category "Solomon Burke songs" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cry to Me; D.
[8] [9] While Burke's version spent 5 weeks at #2 in the R&B charts in the American summer of 1963, kept from the number one position by Jackie Wilson's "Baby Workout" and Sam Cooke's "Another Saturday Night", Pickett's original stalled at #64 in the Pop charts and #30 on the R&B chart. [10] "
Burke's version, while later ranked #429 on the Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and ranked #447 in Dave Marsh's book, In The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made, [6] which was released in July 1964, and was in the US Pop Charts for 8 weeks, but only reached #58. [9]