Solomon Burke

Everybody Needs
Somebody to Love

Solomon Burke’s 1964 Atlantic single, produced by Bert Berns – a sermon in soul form from the former boy preacher Atlantic’s Jerry Wexler called the greatest male soul singer of all time. It only reached No. 58 on the Billboard pop chart, but the song travelled: The Rolling Stones cut it in 1965, Wilson Pickett had the bigger hit with it in 1967, and The Blues Brothers made it a movie showstopper in 1980. Rhino posted this official audio for its Soul Sunday series.

Solomon Burke. Written by Bert Berns, Solomon Burke and Jerry Wexler; produced by Bert Berns. Atlantic 2241, July 1964; B-side “Looking for My Baby”. Sources: Wikipedia, Rhino on YouTube. Photograph: Solomon Burke on his throne, August 7, 2010 – two months before his death – by HagenU, CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons. This tinted crop is shared under the same licence.