-
Des Moines Register
| over 2 years ago
The first shift of firefighters practiced today in the seven-story building located on the corner of Eighth Street and Grand Avenue...Firefighters responded to different scenarios during the practice call in full gear and performed duties in real...
-
The Boston Globe
| over 2 years ago
A Vermont man is going to spend at least 12 more years in prison after being sentenced for sexually assaulting a homeless woman. Fifty-one-year-old James Burke of Burlington was charged following the 2004 incident, but wasn't arrested until 2005...
-
The Star
| over 2 years ago
Solomon Burke was born to the sound of music in an upstairs room of a Philadelphia church and went on to become one of the greatest soul singers of the 1960s, renowned as among music's premier vocalists. Yet his popularity never matched that of those...
-
Bradenton Herald
| over 2 years ago
Solomon Burke, known as the king of rock and soul, was a big man. So big, in fact, that when he headlined at the Sarasota Blues Fest in 2003, they raised him to the stage on a forklift. He was wearing a black beaded cape, and though he may not have...
-
The independent
| over 2 years ago
Everything about the soul singer, Solomon Burke, was larger than life: his gargantuan frame, his dynamic vocals, his prodigious recording output and his huge family. While not having the chart successes of Sam Cooke or Otis Redding, he played a major...
-
The Independent
| over 2 years ago
Solomon Burke on stage at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2007 Solomon Burke, the self-styled King of Rock and Soul, was pronounced dead in the early hours of yesterday morning at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam where he had flown from Los Angeles to...
-
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 2 years ago
Israeli writer David Grossman is given the German Book Trade Peace Prize at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Singer Solomon Burke, who mixed R&B, country, gospel and soul, has died on a plane at Amsterdam's main airport. The Scottish country estate made...
-
Bradenton Herald
| over 2 years ago
Then why was the Sound Advice Sarasota Bluesfest on Saturday filled with people grinning from ear to ear? "There's a myth that the blues is all about hard times," guitarist Coco Montoya said. "Any psychologist will tell you that if you hold it in, it...
-
Bradenton Herald
| over 2 years ago
A teenaged Solomon Burke had just been signed to Apollo Records, and was about to embark on his first tour of Florida. A representative from Apollo met Burke and his 6-foot-5 piano player at the Miami airport, loaned them a bright yellow Cadillac...
-
E! Online
| over 2 years ago
Burke, the singer whose version of "Cry to Me" played scratchily during the love scene in Dirty Dancing , died Sunday in Amsterdam, his Website said. He was 70. "He was on his way to spread his message of love as he loved to do," Burke's family said...
-
The Huffington Post
| over 2 years ago
He was Solomon's agent in the '60s when he was at the William Morris Agency...Solomon quickly became very much a father to me (as if he needed more children; he had 21 of his own). And like a good father, he was there at nearly every crossroads of my...
-
Laist
| over 2 years ago
Born in Philadelphia, Burke was first a preacher, and then a gospel radio show host. He began recording professionally in the 1960s. "Burke was also an undertaker and had a mortuary business in Los Angeles. He was trained as a mortician early in his...
-
Hollywood Reporter Music
| over 2 years ago
U.S. soul singer Solomon Burke died at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on Sunday morning, aged 70, after flying in from Los Angeles, Dutch media reported. Known as the King of Rock and Soul, the Grammy winner was a preacher turned singer and had...
-
Stupid Celebrities Gossip
| over 2 years ago
Legendary soul singer Solomon Burke has died at the age of 70 at an airport in Amsterdam, Holland. Read more on Burke's death below. Singer Solomon Burke died on Sunday at an airport in Amsterdam at the age of 70. Burke was scheduled to play a show...
-
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 2 years ago
Singer Solomon Burke, who mixed R&B, country, gospel and soul, has died on a plane at Amsterdam's main airport. More than $1 million US of Michael Jackson memorabilia is sold at an auction in China. Fans around the world mark what would have been...
-
The Huffington Post
| over 2 years ago
Solomon Burke was not only one of the most soulful singers in history; he was quite possibly the single most soulful man who I ever met. I had the honor of sharing time with this timeless soul giant and inspiring preacher twice. The first was a short...
-
The Guardian
| over 2 years ago
a life in clips From a 1962 recording of Cry To Me, via a Mick Jagger duet, to a 2003 version of Everybody Needs Somebody to Love Solomon Burke, who died this morning on a plane at Amsterdam's Schipol airport, lived his life in front of a microphone...
-
Daily News & Analysis
| over 2 years ago
US soul singer Solomon Burke died at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on Sunday, aged 70, Dutch media reported. Burke, who had been due to perform at an Amsterdam club on Tuesday, died after arrival at the Amsterdam airport from Los Angeles, Dutch...
-
United Press International
| over 2 years ago
Grammy Award-winning soul singer Solomon Burke died Sunday on a plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, officials said...Burke died after arriving on a flight from Los Angeles, Sky News reported Sunday...A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,...
-
Chicago Tribune
| over 2 years ago
Solomon Burke , the larger-than-life "King of Rock and Soul ," whose songs blended soul, gospel , country and R&B , died early Sunday at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport at age 70. Born to the sound of music in an upstairs room of a Philadelphia church,...
-
Canada.com
| over 2 years ago
Grammy award-winning U.S. singer Solomon Burke, crowned "the King of Rock and Soul" during a career spanning five decades, was pronounced dead Sunday at Amsterdam airport...A spokeswoman for The Netherlands' Amsterdam-Schipol airport confirmed that...
-
Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 2 years ago
U.S. soul singer Solomon Burke, a Grammy winner and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died on Sunday at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, according to media reports. Burke, 70, died after arriving on a flight from Los Angeles, CNN reported. Famed...
-
CNN
| over 2 years ago
Hailed by Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler as "the greatest soul singer of all time," Burke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. He had top R&B hits in 1965 with "Got to Get You Off of My Mind," and "Tonight's the Night,"...
-
The Age
| over 2 years ago
She could not say if the 70-year-old singer, known as the "King of Soul", had died on the flight or in the airport. Advertisement: Story continues below Burke was due to give a concert in Amsterdam on Tuesday with Dutch group De Dijk. Born on March...
-
The Jakarta Post
| over 2 years ago
Follow us on World Soul singer Solomon Burke, who wrote "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" and recorded the hit "Cry To Me" used in the movie "Dirty Dancing," has died at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport...Airport police spokesman Robert van Kapel...
-
BBC
| over 2 years ago
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...Born in Philadelphia,...
-
AP Online
| over 2 years ago
Soul singer Solomon Burke has died at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. He was 70.
Airport police spokesman Robert van Kapel confirmed the death of the singer Sunday, and referred further questions to the performer's management.
