Passed away (aged 70) on this day in 2010 at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands, is preacher and singer, Solomon Burke
He was born on 21 March 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Burke left behind 21 children, 90 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren at the time of his death.
He is well known for the hit "Cry to Me", a song written by Bert Berns (listed as "Bert Russell") and first recorded by Solomon Burke was in 1961 (and was released in 1962). South Africans will know this song as covered by their local group The Staccatos as a film track in the South African movie "Katrina")
YouTube link for "Cry to Me": https://youtu.be/mEu8DrO9PbY
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