Soul legend Solomon Burke began his career as a gospel singer, scoring his first hit with “Christmas Presents From Heaven” in 1954. He was all of 14 then, but he already knew his way around a mike: as ...

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. By The Associated Press ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — 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 ...

“Gospel music is always timeless,” says Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Solomon Burke. “The test is, you take these great groups like the Soul Stirrers, play their records and see what relief, joy ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Solomon Burke, the larger-than-life "King of Rock and Soul," whose songs blended soul, gospel, country and R&B, died early today at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport at age 70. Born to ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - 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 ...

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 ...