Jerry Butler ~ Similar Artists

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The Dells - 100% match to Jerry Butler

A US soul vocal and close harmony group formed in 1953 as the El-Rays, when the members - Johnny Funches (18 July 1935, d. 23 January 1998; lead), Marvin Junior (b. 31 January 1936, Harrell, Arkansas, USA; tenor), Verne Allison (b. 22 June 1936, Chicago, Illinois, USA; tenor),... Read more

The Impressions - 96% match to Jerry Butler

Formed in Chicago in 1957 and originally known as the Roosters, this group comprised Jerry Butler (8 December 1939, Sunflower, Mississippi, USA), Curtis Mayfield (b. 3 June 1942, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 26 December 1999), Sam Gooden (b. 2 September 1939, Chattanooga,... Read more

The Drifters - 86% match to Jerry Butler

Formed in 1953 in New York, USA, at the behest of Atlantic Records, this influential R&B vocal group was initially envisaged as a vehicle for ex-Dominoes singer Clyde McPhatter (Clyde Lensley McPhatter, 15 November 1932, Durham, North Carolina, USA, d. 13 June 1972, New York... Read more

Jackie Wilson - 83% match to Jerry Butler

Jack Leroy Wilson, 9 June 1934, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 21 January 1984, Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA. When parental pressure thwarted his boxing ambitions, Wilson took to singing in small local clubs. He sang with the Thrillers (a predecessor group to the Royals) and... Read more

The Isley Brothers - 76% match to Jerry Butler

Three brothers, O'Kelly (25 December 1937, d. 31 March 1986), Rudolph (b. 1 April 1939) and Ronald Isley (b. 21 May 1941), began singing gospel in their home-town of Cincinnati, USA, in the early 50s, accompanied by their brother Vernon, who died in a car crash around 1957.... Read more

The Four Tops - 75% match to Jerry Butler

Levi Stubbs (6 June 1936, Detroit, Michigan, USA), Renaldo "Obie" Benson (b. 14 June 1936, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 1 July 2005, Detroit, Michigan, USA), Lawrence Payton (b. 2 June 1938, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 10 June 1997, USA) and Abdul "Duke" Fakir (b. 26 December 1935,... Read more

Gladys Knight & The Pips - 73% match to Jerry Butler

The O'Jays - 58% match to Jerry Butler

The core of this long-standing soul group, Eddie LeVert (16 June 1942, Birmingham, Alabama, USA) and Walter Williams (b. 25 August 1942, USA), sang together as a gospel duo prior to forming the Triumphs in 1958. This doo-wop-influenced quintet was completed by William Powell (b.... Read more

The Shirelles - 56% match to Jerry Butler

Formed in Passaic, New Jersey, USA, the Shirelles are arguably the archetypal "girl-group"; Shirley Owens (10 June 1941, Passaic, New Jesey, USA), Beverly Lee (b. 3 August 1941), Doris Kenner (b. Doris Coley, 2 August 1941, North Carolina, USA, d. 5 February 2000, Sacramento,... Read more

Smokey Robinson - 53% match to Jerry Butler

William Robinson, 19 February 1940, Detroit, Michigan, USA. A founding member of the Miracles at Northern High School, Detroit, in 1955, Robinson became one of the leading figures in the local music scene by the end of the decade. His flexible tenor voice, which swooped easily... Read more