Share memories of growing up with the great music of the 50s, 60s and 70s. My background includes radio and television personality as well as V.P. A&R for A&M Records, where I signed Bryan Adams. In 1997, I began Treasure Island Oldies, the Home of Lost Treasures. I play the biggies, but extensively feature hard to find rare oldies. Listen live Sundays 6 to 10 p.m. Pacific and also the show archives at www.TreasureIslandOldies.com
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Music fans around the world lost one of the greatest soul singers of all time, the highly influential Solomon Burke. He died of an apparent heart attack on a plane bound for Holland and a concert he was scheduled to give. He sure had a colourful history, including parenting at least 21 children, being a mortician, and owning a funeral home in Los Angeles.
This week the Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing a clip from the British TV show Tops Of The Pops featuring the great Solomon Burke with one of his signature songs, recorded later by Wilson Pickett, who made it a hit all over again.
Here is Solomon Burke with Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, our Song of the Week.
