About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 115. Chapters: Chuck Berry, Ike Turner, Benny Goodman, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jimmy Rogers, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James, Solomon Burke, The Moonglows, Doc Pomus, Four Tops, Buddy Guy, Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, Tommy & the Tom Toms, Joe Stampley, Archie Bell & the Drells, Irma Thomas, Larry Williams, Little Milton, Rufus Thomas, Lonnie Brooks, Al Hibbler, Otis Rush, Eddie Bo, Al Downing, Denise LaSalle, Harvey Fuqua, The Crew-Cuts, Big Walter Horton, Jimmy McCracklin, Baker Knight, Pigmeat Markham, Billy Stewart, Big Maybelle, C. L. Franklin, Gene Ammons, Sonny Terry, Robert Nighthawk, John Brim, Eddie Boyd, Bobby Charles, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Willie Mabon, Rosco Gordon, Justine Washington, Jimmy Nelson, Valaida Snow, Lucky Thompson, Rusty York, Percy Mayfield, The Falcons, King Floyd, Washboard Sam, Doctor Ross, Jack McVea, James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, The Hollywood Flames, Dave "Baby" Cortez, Eddie South, Jackie Brenston, Jimmy Donley, Alberta Adams, The Radiants, Jessie Hill, Wayne Cochran, Red Prysock, Art Neville, The Vibrations, Barbara Carr, Monk Higgins, Cookie and the Cupcakes, Tab Smith, Johnnie & Joe, The Rays, Alvin Cash, Jackie Ross, Jerry Mason, The Corsairs, Leo Parker, Lee Andrews & the Hearts, Tony Clarke. Excerpt: Solomon Burke (March 21, 1940 - October 10, 2010) was an American singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, mortician, and an archbishop of the United House of Prayer For All People. Burke was known as "King Solomon," the "King of Rock 'n' Soul," and as the "Bishop of Soul," and described as "the Muhammad Ali of soul," and as "the most unfairly overlooked singer of soul's golden age." Burke was "the founding father of what was defined as soul music in America in the 1960s," and "a major architect of 1960s soul, infusing post-World War II R&B with gospel roots." and "a key transitiona...
