The R&B, Soul and Beach Music genres especially miss these two.
BILLY BUTLER, 69 Died March 31, 2015
The much-lesser-known younger brother of Chicago's Jerry Butler. Formed his group Billy Butler & the Chanters and had one hit with go to #60 on the pop charts in 1965, "I Can't Work No Longer." Co-wrote Jerry Butler's "I Stand Accused."
His music is still popular in Beach Music and Northern Soul.
PERCY SLEDGE, 74 Died April 14, 2015 He was a part-time singer and hospital orderly before hitting it big. And, boy did he hit it big. His first song, "When a Man Loves a Woman," went to #1 in 1966. This was always a much requested wedding song although it really wasn't a good wedding song. But it was always a good one to get people out on the floor dancing slow.
His next two songs cracked the Top Twenty "Warm and Tender Love (#17-1966) and "It Tears Me Up" (#20-1966).
He did not return to the Top Twenty again until 1968's "Take Time To Know Her" went to #11.
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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