Savvy Producer Jerry Wexler backed her with a funky Memphis ... Afterward, spent and exalted, Lady Soul said something that nobody in the church that night needed to be told: “My heart is ...

Jerry Butler, the soul singer-songwriter and hit maker known as the Iceman, died Thursday at his home in Chicago. He was 85. His assistant confirmed his death to The New York Times, sharing that ...

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 ...

when he created the Jerry Butler Songwriters Workshop in Chicago in the early 1970s. Butler’s workshop had an impact on soul ...

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 ...

The co-founder of the music group The Impressions, Jerry Butler - an iconic baritone ... Survive" Butler had two Grammy ...

Butler was the original lead singer of the Impressions before embarking on a successful solo career Jack Vartoogian/Getty Jerry Butler has ... Memoirs of a Soul Survivor. Butler served on the ...

Jerry Butler, a soul music giant who later served as a Windy City politician, has died following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 85. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee died at ...

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 ...

The co-founder of the music group The Impressions, Jerry Butler — an iconic baritone ... Butler had two Grammy nominations. The soul singer had been living with Parkinson’s disease before ...