Jerry Butler, the decorated soul singer who became a senior politician in his adopted home state of Illinois, died at his Chicago home on February 20, the Chicago Sun-Times reports, citing a ...

Jerry Butler Death News: Iconic soul singer Jerry Butler, popularly known as "The Iceman", breathed his last on Thursday. He was 85. According to the initial medical reports, Butler was suffering ...

Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as “For Your Precious Love,” “Only the Strong Survive” and “Make It Easy On ...

Les McCann, the soul-jazz singer, composer and fellow pianist who discovered Flack while the latter performed in a Washington, D.C. club, once said, “[h]er voice touched, tapped, trapped and ...

Angie Stone, the soul singer and former member of Hip-Hop trio Sequence, has died at age 63. The tragic news was confirmed by her daughter, Diamond, via Facebook on Saturday (March 1) in a ...

Tributes have been paid to Gwen McCrae, the much-loved and influential US funk and soul singer, who has died aged 81 after a long illness. Affectionately known as the "queen of the rare groove ...

Butler was the original lead singer of the Impressions before embarking ... In 2004, he released a memoir, Only the Strong Survive: Memoirs of a Soul Survivor. Butler served on the Cook County ...

Originally broadcast in 2000. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The great soul singer Jerry Butler died last month at the age of 85. We're going to remember him by listening back to our ...

NEW YORK — Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as “For Your Precious Love,” “Only the Strong Survive” and “Make It ...

Butler, who died Feb. 20, was born in rural Miss., and had his first hit in 1958, singing lead with The Impressions. He later moved to Chicago and entered local politics. Originally broadcast in 2000.