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Solomon Burke (born March 21, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, died October 10, 2010 at Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands) was a soul music pioneer and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Despite releasing numerous rnb chart hits in the 1960s, he never had a Top 20 hit on the pop ch… read more -
Linda Jones
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Big Maybelle
100,039 listeners
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Dee Dee Warwick
37,065 listeners
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Don Covay
100,005 listeners
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Carla Thomas
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Irma Thomas
407,834 listeners
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The Elgins
159,591 listeners
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Arthur Conley
173,409 listeners
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Doris Troy
108,977 listeners
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