Jerry Butler - Soul Legend '2022

Tracks list

Tracklist:

1. Come Back, My Love (02:33)
2. He Will Break Your Heart (02:47)
3. Find Another Girl (02:48)
4. You Can Run (But You Can't Hide) (02:39)
5. If You Let Me (02:14)
6. Rainbow Valley (02:00)
7. For Your Precious Love (02:43)
8. Don't Take Your Love From Me (02:11)
9. The Challenge (02:55)
10. Moon River (02:37)
11. September Song (04:23)
12. Chi Town (03:00)
13. Lost (02:19)
14. No End Or Time (03:40)
15. You Go Right Through Me (02:10)
16. Isle Of Sirens (02:57)
17. The Gift Of Love (02:43)
18. A Lonely Soldier (02:55)
19. I Was Wrong (02:45)
20. Thanks To You (02:40)
21. O Holy Night (02:53)
22. Hold Me My Darling (02:40)
23. After My Laughter (02:17)
24. Silent Night (02:41)
25. I Found A Love (02:06)
26. Give Me Your Love (02:46)
27. Butterfly (02:30)
28. It's Too Late (02:29)
29. Sweet Was The Wine (02:05)
30. Where Do I Turn (02:30)
31. Aware Of Love (02:12)
32. Teardrops From My Eyes (02:33)
33. Without Your Love (02:35)
34. The Wishing Star (02:26)
35. Couldn't Go To Sleep (02:35)
36. I'm The One (02:08)
37. The Lights Went Out (02:18)
38. Have A Good Time (02:07)
39. When Trouble Calls (02:38)
40. One By One (02:39)
41. The Wicked Man (02:53)
42. Is This True Love (01:53)
43. Make It Easy On Yourself (02:38)
44. The Gift Of Love (part 2) (02:42)
45. Listen (02:41)
46. At The County Fair (02:02)
47. I See A Fool (02:43)
48. I'm Telling You (02:20)
49. Don't Leave Me (01:42)
50. Can't You See (02:34)
51. Love Me (02:32)
52. A New Love (02:10)
53. Senorita I Love You (02:30)
54. Say That You Love Me (02:42)
55. I Need Your Love (02:22)
56. Grow Closer Together (02:12)
57. Minstrel & Queen (02:18)
58. Gypsy Woman (02:18)
59. As Long As You Love Me (02:26)
60. Little Young Lover (02:14)
61. Shorty's Got To Go (02:30)
62. Lovely One (02:22)
63. You've Come Home (02:47)
64. Never Let Me Go (02:31)


 Read MoreButler acquired his initial music lessons as a young boy while a
member of the church choir in Chicago. Curtis Mayfield, who was three years
younger, was also a member of the same choir. The two befriended each other and
began a collaboration that would have an everlasting impact on music. The
twosome joined up with brothers Arthur and Richard Brooks and Sam Gooden to form
the R&B group the Roosters. In fact, the Brooks brothers, Gooden, and a female
had migrated to Chicago from Tennessee, and were called the Roosters & a Chick.
But when Butler and Mayfield joined them, the group became simply the Roosters.
In 1957, the quintet's name was changed to Jerry Butler & the Impressions.
Butler scored his first hit with the Impressions in 1958 with the timeless
ballad "For Your Precious Love." (He'd written the lyrics to the song when he
was just 16.)

The Iceman ComethThat same year Butler and the Impressions cordially split, and
Butler began his solo career. He released his first single, "Lost," on the Abner
label. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard R&B charts. Jumping over to
Vee-Jay in late 1960 where his career blossomed, Butler had his first hit as a
solo artist with "He Will Break Your Heart." The single popped to the top of the
charts at number one and stayed there for seven consecutive weeks. In 1961,
Butler bounced back with two Top Ten singles: "Find Another Girl" and "I'm a
Telling You." In 1967, he signed with Mercury and teamed up with the production
duo of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. His work with these two master producers and
songwriters resulted in some classic recordings, including the outstanding album
The Ice Man Cometh. The album featured one superb track after another, including
two number-one singles ("Hey, Western Union Man," "Only the Strong Survive") and
two Top Ten singles ("Never Give You Up," "Are You Happy"). Always known for
being a crooner, "Hey, Western Union Man" revealed to many that Butler was more
than capable of singing up-tempo songs.

In 1971, Gamble and Huff formed their own label and subsequently Butler formed a
creative workshop to help provide material for his forthcoming albums. Material
that did not make his albums, he marketed to other artists. In the spring of
1971, Butler hit the Top Ten with the number-eight single "If It's Real What I
Feel," which was written by Chuck Jackson (the younger brother of Rev. Jesse
Jackson). Butler continued his hit-making tradition with "Ain't Understanding
Mellow," a classic soul-ballad duet with Brenda Lee Eager that peaked at number
three on the Billboard R&B charts. Butler scored a number-six single with Eager
with a remake of the Carpenters' "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and a solo hit
with a remake of the O'Jays' "One Night Affair," which was also his last song to
crack the Top Ten.

Never one to categorize singers because he believes that a singer is a singer --
not based on genre, but on a person's mere ability to sing -- Butler himself
covered several styles of music during his lengthy music career. He had many
highs in his career; ranging from sharing the spotlight with such greats as
Aretha Franklin to being the chairman of the board for the Rhythm and Blues
Foundation (a non-profit organization). Butler also became a force in another
field: politics. In the mid-'80s, he was a significant campaign supporter of
Chicago's first black mayor Harold Washington. A short time later, Butler
himself became the Cook County (IL) Commissioner and by the late '90s he was a
Chicago City Alderman. When the great Jerry Butler is not lobbying for his
constituents, he can be found on-stage giving one of his spine-chilling
performances with Ice Man-cool delivery. ~ Craig Lytle

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