Solomon Burke, the larger-than-life "King of Rock and Soul" who was revered as one of music's greatest vocalists died early Sunday at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. He was 70. Solomon Burke, the larger ...

Solomon Burke is back, though he didn't leave for long. Ten years ago, the soul music legend quit recording to devote more time to preaching, but he returned with a country album in 2006. This year, ...

Soul legend Solomon Burke died Oct. 10 on the way to a concert in Amsterdam. He was 70 years old. After the news of Burke's death spread, All Things Considered host Melissa Block spoke with musician ...

Before his death in 2010, powerful baritone Solomon Burke was one of the most colorful personalities in the music business. For 55 years, Burke released 38 studio albums and had 38 charting singles.

Solomon Burke—who died in the Netherlands last week, aged 70 (although there is some controversy about his date of birth)—was a great soul singer with hits such as “Cry to Me,” “Tonight’s the Night,” ...

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 ...

Solomon Burke, a pioneering singer-songwriter of so-called sweet soul music whose powerful ballads in the 1960s were a major influence on a generation of rock, R&B and pop vocalists, has died. He was ...

who was revered as one of music’s greatest vocalists, died early Sunday at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport at the age of 70. Hear Gary Calamar’s tribute, including an interview with Solomon, up now in ...

Many things have gone unchanged in a secular Solomon Burke show over the past 2½ decades -- the medleys, the sanctifying, the tributes to old soul singers, the purity of his delivery. As he mounts a ...